## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2024 31 March 2025
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Southbourne Men’s Shed
**Other names charity is known by** None
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1174277 **Charity's principal address** The Old School (Age Concern) 40 New Road Southbourne, Emsworth **PO10 8JX** ~~a~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Tim Underwood Chairman Membership 2 Doug Meany Secretary 3 Alan Wheeler Treasurer 4 5 6 ~~ee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** none ~~————~~ **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser** none **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** none ~~==~~ **Section B Structure, governance and management**
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## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees selected and/or re-elected by Members at the AGM Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
n/a You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing men aged 18 or over, within Southbourne Parish and the surrounding area, from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially **Summary of the objects of** excluded and assisting them to integrate into society through the provision of **the charity set out in its** facilities in which they can meet to undertake creative, physical or recreational **governing document** activities, learn or pass on skills and knowledge, and support each other socially.
**Summary of the main** Southbourne Men’s Shed (SMS) meet mainly on Tuesdays and Thursdays **activities undertaken for** providing refreshments and a place for social interaction plus use of the Metal **the public benefit in** work room and Woodwork room, with an average attendance of between 10 **relation to these objects** and 20 on each of the main meeting days. **(include within this section the statutory declaration** We support local community initiatives through the following activities including **that trustees have had** regard to the guidance issued on Public Benefit. **regard to the guidance** : **issued by the Charity** - **Design and construction of** : **Commission on public** - Bird tables. - **benefit)** Bird box packs for assembly by community groups such as schools.
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- Mud kitchens for local schools. - Picnic table / benches for community groups - Other small construction / maintenance projects for the benefit of the local community - - **Organise external events/trips for members to such places as:** - A) Chichester Observatory . - B) Southampton Hall of Aviation. - C) Fish and Chip lunches on Hayling Island seafront. - D) ShedFest on the Isle of Wight, meeting Shedders from all over the region. - E) Milestones Museum, Basingstoke - enjoying a ‘nostalgic’ day. - F) Visiting other local Sheds. - H) Join other local Southbourne Village groups for the annual ‘Litter Pick’. - These activities have encouraged the membership to work together and - develop their self confidence, social and physical skills.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include n/a further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grant making;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main 1. Membership** Our current membership is slightly lower **achievements of the** than last year at 28 members with about 16-18 at most **charity during the year** Tuesday meetings and 10-12 at the Thursday meeting. **2. Publicity** We have had regular adverts and a number of articles in the Village Magazine. Our website brings a number of enquiries and contacts. **3. Fundraising** We sold our Ride On train this year as our members could nolonger support running .We also received a donation of a quantity of products from Ronseal and are anticipating more. We have attended selling opportunities at Southbourne Village Hall, the jumble trail and a good Christmas sale table at Southbourne Farm Shop and we have just had a successful day at the 2025 Village Hall Spring Sale. We sold some excess tools to members and members also purchased some of our products.
## **Section E Financial review**
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With Security of Tenure doubts, and the possibility of seeking **Brief statement of the** alternative premises, the Trustees decided to increase the ringfenced **charity’s policy on** contingency fund to £9000 within the accounts. These are not **reserves** Restricted funds in the true sense of financial accounting, but just a logical separation of funds. **Details of any funds** n/a **materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include Members’ subscriptions, donations, sale of goods made and grants additional information, provide the majority of shed income. Sale of refurbished items and where relevant about: surplus tools also contributes to our funds. the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
**Section F Other optional information**
n/a
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Alan Wheeler **Full name(s)** Alan Geoffrey Wheeler **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 30 December 2025
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**Southbourne Men's Shed (CIO) # Receipts and payments accounts For the period from**[Period start date] **To** P
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31st March 2025
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1st April 2024
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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|Restricted|Endowment|
|Unrestricted funds|Total funds|Last year|
|funds|funds|
|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|A1 Receipts|
|Member Annual Subscriptions|969|969|639|
|Member Weekly Donations|1,656|1,656|1,714|
|Other Donations|1,417 -|-|1,417|2,394|
|Disposal of SurplusTools|1,269 -|-|1,269|5|
|Donations for Products|911 -|-|911|246|
|Fetes and Shows|564 -|-|564|622|
|Grants|- -|-|-|-|
|Refunds re Misc Expenses|35 -|-|35|253|
|Unallocated receipts via Sumup|338|338|-|
|Unallocated subs|134|134|-|
|HMRC Tax Claim|- -|-|-|-|
|Rebate of Core Costs (6M)|-|-|
|Sub total|(Gross income for|
|-|7,294|5,873|
|AR)|[ 7,294 - ]|
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|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
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|Sub total|- -|-|-|-|
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|Total receipts|7,294 -|-|7,294|5,873|
|A3 Payments|
|Coffee & Biscuits|130 -|-|130|169|
|Calor Gas|152|152|114|
|Misc Materials|748|748|533|
|Misc Expenses|736|736|566|
|Donations Out|-|-|100|
|Fetes and Shows|20 -|-|20|-|
|Tools & Equipment|500 -|-|500|261|
|Contribution to Core Costs|2,320 -|-|2,320|2,197|
|Event Transport/Refunds|- -|-|-|-|
|Insurances|395 -|-|395|518|
|UK Mens Shed Assoc|30 -|-|30|-|
|Wi-Fi / Internet|192 -|-|192|177|
|Train Costs|500 - #|-|500|-|
|Xmas Meal|488|488|
|- -|-|-|-|
|Sub total|[ 6,211 - ]|-|6,211|4,635|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases, (see table)|
|Age Concern Shop Float|[ - - ]|-|-|-|
|Sub total|[ - - ]|-|-|-|
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|Total payments|[ 6,211 - ]|-|6,211|4,635|
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|Net of receipts/(payments)|1,083|-|- 1,083|1,238|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|9,801|-|9,801|8,564|
|Cash funds this year end|===>|10,884|-|- 10,884|=>|9,802|
|Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period|
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**Categories**
## **B1 Cash funds**
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## **B4 Assets retained for the h it ’**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Details funds funds funds
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Current Cash Balance 1,884 - -
Savings Account 9,000 -
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Total cash funds 10,884 - -
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Date of
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Alan Wheeler Alan Wheeler 30/12/2025
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