ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT BECCLES MENS SHED 2023---2024 CHARITY  1176626 

A DIFFICULT YEAR  WITH ONSET OF CORVID AFFECTING OUR MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERS ATTENDING THE SHED ,  WE LIKE ALL OTHER OUTLETS HAVE SEEN THE PRICES OF ALL GOODS INCREASING AND TAKING ITS AFFECTES ON OUR BUGET 

WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR OBLIGATION TO THE GRANT SET BY SUFFOLK COUNTY COUCIL AND WAVENEY HOUSING AND THE DISABLE TOILET HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED 

OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS SLOWLY INCREASE WITH NEW MEMBERS BRINGING WITH THEM NEW  SKILLS MUCH NEEDED AS WE ARE ABLE TO EXTENDING OUR RANGE OF SALEABLE GOODS WHICH WILL GO SOME WAY TO OF SET THE RISING COST OF PURCHASES 

DURING THE YEAR WE PLAYED HOST TO MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL U3A CHARITY AND THE LADIES DURING THERE VISITS WERE GIVEN INSRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE TOOLS AND DURING THEIR VISITS WERE ABLE TO MAKE ITEMS FOR THER OWN USE 

OUR ONLY FORM OF POWER IS BY DIESEL GENERATOR WHICH OVER THE YEAR HAS BEEN AN UP AND DOWN AFFAIR WITH BREAK DOWNS AND LACK OF POWER AFFECTING THE SHED OPERATIONS SO MUSCH SO THAT  A NEW GENERATOR WAS PURCHASED  AT A  COST  OF £1249-99 

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE  GO WITH GREEN ENERGY AND HAVE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY DIRECT BUT A  QUOTED COST OF £75,000-00 TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE IS BEHOND OUR BUGET 

THE INTRODUCTION OF A WOOD BURNER TO THE SHED NOT ONLY PROVIDES  WARM ENVIROMENT FOR MEMBERST  TO  WORK IN IT ALSO PROVES USEFUL IN DISPOSING OF OUR OFF CUTS OF WOOD 

OUR AGM WAS HE;LD ON 1MAY 2024 AND A NEW TEAM APPONTED TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE YEAR 

MR SEVEN DOYLE APPINED CHARMAN MR COLIN LESTER-RUDD    TREASUREER MR ROBERT SMITH TRUSTEE MR TERRY GOODWIN TRUSTEE MR PAUL NICHOLLS TRUSTEE 



## INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BECCLES MEN SHED  PERIOD I APRIL 2022---31MARCH 2023 

|INCOME|||
|---|---|---|
|DONATIONS MUCH LOVED||£357-66|
|DONATION LORD MAYOR||£360-00|
|DONATION TOWN LAND TRUST||£90-00|
|GRANT MORRISON STORE||£1,000-00|
|GRANT YAR HOUSING||£3,000-00|
|CREDIT LLOYDS BANK||£111-53|
|HENHAM PARKING SERVICES||£500-00|
|SALES OF MADE GOODS||£877-41|
|MEMBERS SUBSRIPTIONS||£2,000-00|
|SALE OF OLD EQUIPMENT||£1,388-00|
||TOTAL|£9,684-60|
|EXPENDITURE|||
|FENDLAND TRUST LAND PAYMENT||£14-60|
|BETTS SUPPLIES||£60-77|
|PAT TESTING||£108-00|
|FIRE EQIPMENTS CHECKS||£90-93|
|GENERATOR SERVICE AND PARTS||£152-43|
|ANNUAL INSURANCE||£543-44|
|COMPUTER SERVICES||£160-00|
|SPECIAL RESERVE FUND||£6,441-71|
|PURCHASE OF NEW EQIPMENT||£1,170-00|
|DIESEL PURCHASED||£100-00|
|SUFFOLK COUCIL RATES||£174-42|
||TOTAL|9016-30|