## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 14[th] August 2024 Period start date   To  13[th] August 2025 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Frome Shed Charity registration number: 1172707** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Charitable Objectives:<br> For the public benefit, the<br>preservation and protection of good health among people<br>in Frome and the surrounding, area, including retired,<br>unemployed and those with health problems, through the<br>provision of facilities for hobbies, recreation and practical<br>interests, skills sharing and learning and conducting<br>community-based projects.<br>Overview of the Charity:<br> The Frome Shed offers workshop<br>space and tools including tools larger than used in most<br>home workshops. Members decide which projects that<br>they do. These include projects for members, individuals<br>and community organisations.|
|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|These are the main areas of public benefit undertaken by<br>the Shed.<br>• To share skills and interest, swap ideas and pass on<br>knowledge.<br>• Work on projects that will aid the community and develop<br>a sense of achievement.<br>• Provide a venue where members can meet, relax and<br>share concerns and discuss issues.<br>• Use machine and other tools on more challenging<br>projects<br>• Promote physical and mental well-being and meet<br>visitors to the Shed.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|All current Frome Shed Trustees have read and taken note<br>of the Commission’s public benefit guidance and have<br>regard to it when making decisions and exercising any<br>powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

|Policy on grant making|No grants have been issued by the Frome Shed during<br>this period.|
|---|---|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Frome Shed Trustees have not considered any social<br>investment at present. Should any Social Investment be<br>considered the Trustees will seek advice and develop<br>policy in accordance with commission guidelines.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|The Frome Shed has no employees and is run completely<br>by Volunteer Members. All the Duty Managers have<br>attended First Aid courses so that they can address any<br>issues should they arise. We have also run sessions so<br>members can make safe use of machine tools.|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. 

The Frome Shed has run 131 sessions for the year. 51 on Mondays mainly with Women attending and 51 on Thursdays mainly with Men attending. 29 Wednesday sessions have been run for a smaller number of members who wish to learn woodworking skills and for a painting and drawing group. The weekly average of attending members is 35. 

The loss of members for reasons other than their relocation has been very small and the views of those who attend continue to be positive. 

## **Projects** 

Many projects, of varying sizes, were completed during the year. Examples follow, in no particular order ... 

- Renovation/repairs to chairs, garden benches 

- Bag making 

- Litter picking 

- Raised planters 

- Hedgehog boxes 

- Christmas crib 

- Garden gates/arches 

- Scooter racks 

- Picture framing 

- Bunting 

- Quilts (large and small) 

- Garden toy kitchen 

- Lanterns 

- Cycle racks 

- Lino printing 

## **General** 

- Our finished Rocking Horse donated to a school 

- Taking part in local community events: `o` Melksham Shed Celebration Day 

   - Children’s Festival 

   - Frome Independent Market 

   - Coffee Mornings to raise donations 

   - `o` Frome FM – ‘About The Shed’ 

- Crochet lessons 

- Fire drills 

- Monthly book club meetings 

- Maintenance of our large planer/thicknesser 

- Visit by Swiss National TV  Talks by various organisations  Visit by UKMSA CEO 

- Allotment 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|The charity has maintained its finances at almost the same<br>level as at the end of the previous year.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|There is no policy regarding reserves.|
|Amount of reserves held|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Trustees have not judged a reserve to be necessary for the<br>survival of the Frome Shed. If this year is repeated<br>financially, the Shed has money in its account to survive for<br>10 years.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|None|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||
|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton (CIO) Associaton<br>Consttuton|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton (CIO) Registered 24 Apr<br>2017|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Elected by members at Annual General Meeting (AGM).<br>The members or the charity trustees may at any time decide<br>to appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a<br>charity trustee who has retired or been removed, or as an<br>additional charity trustee, provided that the limit on the<br>number of charity trustees as detailed in the Constitution is<br>not exceeded. The number of Frome Shed Trustees over<br>the period has not exceeded the constitutional<br>requirements.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Frome Men’s Shed|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|The Frome Shed (Working name)|
|Registered charity number|Charity number: 1172707|
|Charity’s principal address|22, Slipps Close Frome, Somerset BA11 1FW|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Anne Jones|MembershipSecretary|Wholeperiod||
|Pamela Curtis||Wholeperiod||
|John Corfield|Treasurer|Wholeperiod||
|Richard Whitehouse||Wholeperiod||
|Steven Wallbank||Wholeperiod||



|Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved - None|Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved - None|
|---|---|
|Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity|- None|
|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others|- None|
|Exemptions from disclosure|- None|
|Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details|- None|





|||**Frome Men's Shed**|**Frome Men's Shed**||||**1172707**|**1172707**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**|
||**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ~~||**For the period**<br>|Period start date<br>**To**<br>8/14/2024<br> ~~ee~~||||Period end date<br>8/13/2025|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Donations||**1,943**||**-**||**-**||**1,943**||**1,396**|
|Grants||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|MembershipFees||**490**||**-**||**-**||**490**||**740**|
|Session Collections||**7,601**||**-**||**-**||**7,601**||**7,838**|
|Bank interest||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Gift Aid||**1,523**||**-**||**-**||**1,523**||**1,162**|
|Other||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**(Gross income for AR)|(Gross income for AR)|**11,557**||**-**||**-**||**11,557**||**11,136**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                  11,557**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,557**<br>**11,136**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~——————~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Rent||**10,080**||**-**||**-**||**10,080**||**9,880**|
|Premises||**310**||**-**||**-**||**310**||**110**|
|Insurance||**331**||**-**||**-**||**331**||**331**|
|Other RecurringCosts||**84**||**-**||**-**||**84**||**760**|
|Tools||**119**||**-**||**-**||**119**||**56**|
|Sundries||**367**||**-**||**-**||**367**||**564**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**11,291**||**-**||**-**||**11,291**||**11,701**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                  11,291**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,291**<br>**11,701**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~—————~~|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                       266**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**266**<br>**-                    565**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**18,203**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**18,203**<br>**18,768**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                  18,469**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**18,469**<br>**18,203**<br>~~=====~~|||||||||||





|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>Bank Balances<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**18,467**<br>**18,469**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||



#VALUE! 

