Charity No: 1180944
## Winterton Men in Sheds
## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year ending
31[st] March 2025
Phoenix Accountancy and Business Consultancy Limited
Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Contents to the Financial Statements For the Year ending 31[st] March 2025**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Trustees Annual Report|3|
|Independent Examiners’ Report|8|
|Receipts and Payments Account|9|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|10|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|11|
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
The Trustees present their report with the independently examined financial statements of Winterton Men in Sheds, a registered charity, for the year ending 31[st] March 2024.
## **Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers**
|Name of charity:|Winterton Men in Sheds|
|---|---|
|Charity Registration Number:|1180944|
|Charity’s Principal Address:|Winterton Men In Sheds|
||8 King Street|
||Winterton|
||Scunthorpe|
||North Lincolnshire|
||DN15 9RN|
## Trustees:
Names of Trustees who served during the year and since the year end were as follows:-
|**Name:**|**Position:**|**Dates of service if not for the full**|
|---|---|---|
|||**year:**|
|Mr K Darlow|Chair|Appointed February 2024|
|Mr D Sutcliffe|Chair|Resigned - Chair August 2023|
|Mr D Broadbent|Treasurer|Appointed October 2024|
|Mr J Wear||Resigned|
|Mrs J Birkett||Resigned- Secretary November 2022|
|Mrs A Page|Secretary|Appointed July 2024|
|Mrs G Swainston-Lagos||Appointed February 2024|
|Mrs C Bennett||Appointed February 2024|
|Mr A Crow||Resigned|
|Mr R Atkinson||Appointed November 2023|
|Independent Examiner:|Rebecca Triffitt, MAAT|
|---|---|
||Practice Accountant, Employee of:|
||Phoenix Accountancy and Business Consultancy Limited|
||Morley’s Cottage|
||Morley’s Yard|
||Walkergate|
||Beverley|
||East Yorkshire|
||HU17 9BY|
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
Bankers: HSBC 84 High Street Scunthorpe DN15 6HQ
Virgin Money 7 Gold Street Northampton NN1 1EN
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## Governing Document:
Winterton Men in Sheds is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Constitution (foundation model). The organisation was registered with the Charity Commission on the 30[th] November 2018 and was amended on 23[rd] August 2020.
## Recruitment and appointment of Trustees:
The trustees form the Executive Committee of the charity. The members of the Executive Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting by the members of the Charity. All members are circulated with invitations to nominate trustees in advance of the AGM.
The Constitution of the Charity states that there must be at least three charity trustees and the maximum number of charity trustees is twelve.
## Trustee Induction and Training:
All trustees are provided with the Charity Commissions ‘Roles and Responsibilities of Trustees’, the Constitution and the financial statements including the Annual Report. Any training required by the trustees may be requested at any point, where it is considered useful to their role as trustee.
## Organisational Structure:
The board of Trustees manages the Charity, with the support of the shed members for the day to day general running of the shed. The board holds its board meeting every bi-monthly to discuss strategic planning for the charity future. Trustees are aware that any conflict of interest is declared and recorded
## Risk Management:
The major risks, to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks. All systems and procedures are reviewed regularly to ensure they meet charity law and our own
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
organisations aims and objectives. The charity has guidance and a specific trustee who is responsible for the safeguarding of every member.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The charity’s object is:
“To promote social inclusion for the public benefit, by preventing men aged 18 or older within the Winterton and the surrounding area, becoming socially excluded. This is to be achieved by assisting them to integrate into society through the provision of facilities in which they can meet to undertake creative, physical or recreational activities, learn or pass on skills and knowledge and support each other socially as well as helping with communitybased projects.”
It is very important to the trustees that the charity helps to provide support, understanding and a safe environment to males who want to join due to suffering from depression and other mental health problems. Safeguarding and suitability is very important.
## Main objectives for the following year:
In shaping our objectives for the following year and planning our activities, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and this is regularly revisited.
- 1 Continue to expand our membership and raise our profile in the community, with an emphasis upon supporting members most susceptible to being socially excluded.
- 2 Increase our range of activities to support a wider range of potential members. Examples of such activities will be model making and photography.
- 3 Process of Identifying new larger premises to enable the continued growth of our members.
## **Achievements and Performance**
This year 2024/25 has been a busy year for The Shed. Membership has grown with new members becoming involved in many of the projects conducted in The Shed, where we have continued to develop facilities with environmental and machinery improvements. On a visit to Barton Shed, we were impressed by the dust extraction/clean air filtering unit they had in place leading to the Trustees obtaining a grant and purchasing one for the Winterton Shed. This has improved the air quality and enabled members suffering with COPD to work longer on projects. We also acquired a new Dewalt cordless Jigsaw, (following grant funding), enabling work to be carried out without worrying about dangling cables.
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
On a few occasions during the year, we organised canal boat cruises for members, this proved very popular and will be run again in the future.
In addition, over the past year we have delivered a few projects which members have been able to engage with, but not limited to as described below: -
- i. Produced bird boxes – for sale to support funding for The Shed
- ii. Produced bird feeders – also for sale to support funding for The Shed
- iii. Numerous projects repairing furniture (chairs/tables/furniture) for members of the Winterton community
- iv. Built collapsible picnic tables for a local group that supports children with learning difficulties
- v. Created Wooden Christmas Trees with space to write adverts on in chalk for the local Council to advertise events over the festive period, together with free standing signposts
- vi. Supported local group “Light up Winterton” in creating animated creatures using wicker cane for use in the Christmas parade through the village
These are just a few of the projects The Shed was involved with during the year.
We have created videos and taken pictures of members working in The Shed and posted them to social media for followers to view. At Christmas The Shed Trustees organised a Christmas Lunch for members to come along and enjoy the festive season. A fabulous meal was enjoyed by those able to attend.
Sadly, during the year we lost a few members, some due to ill health, others moving to a distant part of the country and others through age. They left us with a wealth of great memories and stories which are still remembered regularly in The Shed.
We maintain a very low membership fee, which can be paid annually, half yearly or quarterly to enable members from any background to attend. Our financial position remains healthy, although not overly wealthy. We have obtained some lottery funding together with a group of other Men in Sheds through the Humber & Wolds Rural Action, which enables us to pay our ongoing costs for 3 years. Our public profile is good and is demonstrated by attracting new members on a regular basis.
We enjoy providing a warm and welcoming environment where men and women can call in for a cup of tea, a chat, a joke, friendship, and support as well as getting the opportunity to use the facilities available within our workshops.
## **Financial Review**
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944 **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
## Reserves Policy
The charity doesn’t have a reserves policy at the moment. At the financial year end the cash balance was £9,100, which is significantly exceeded the amount required by the policy.
## **Plans for Future Years**
Please see main objectives for the following year.
In the year 2025/26 we are looking forward to moving to new and larger premises which will enable us to provide improved facilities for our members, including but not limited to:-
- I. Larger parking area
- II. Separate rooms for:-
- a. Quiet and comfy room for reflection
- b. Cutting and sanding room
- c. Assembling room
- d. Painting & finishing room
- e. Large kitchen and sitting area
- f. Comfy room for supporting people with mental health challenges
- III. Increase membership
- IV. Become even more involved in the support of other charities and local projects
- V. Support people in the local community with their projects
## **Statement of disclosure of information to Independent Examiner**
We, the Trustees of the charity who held office at the date of approval of these financial statements, each confirm so far as we are aware, that:
- there is no relevant information of which the charity’s Independent Examiner is unaware; and
- we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as Trustees in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the charity’s independent examiners are aware of that information.
## **Trustee Declaration**
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees
Mr Keith Darlow Chairperson Date
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31[st] March 2025**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members of Winterton Men In Sheds.**
I report on the accounts of Winterton Men In Sheds for the year ending 31[st] March 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 12.
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Rebecca Triffitt, MAAT Practice Accountant, Employee of: Phoenix Accountancy and Business Consultancy Limited Morley’s Cottage, Morley’s Yard Walkergate, Beverley, HU17 9BY
Date:
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 31[st] March 2025**
|Notes
**RECEIPTS**
1
Grants
2
Membership Fees
Donations & Sales
MIsc
**PAYMENTS**
Expenses
Services (Inc Ins)
Materials
Equipment
Maintenance
Bank Charges
Accounts
Net surplus/(deficit)
for the year before
transfers
Transfers between
funds
**Net**
**surplus/(deficit)**
**for the year**
Cash & Bank Balance
brought forward
**Cash and bank**
**balances carried**
**forward**
3|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,154
-
1,154
776
-
776
675
-
675
-
-
-
1,177
400
1,577
1,530
- 1,530
2
-
2
75
-
75|
|---|---|
||3,008
400
3,408
2,381
-
2,381|
||351
-
351
512
-
512
4,221
-
4,221
4,159
- 4,159
461
-
461
592
-
592
63
358
421
125
-
125
416
-
416
134
-
134
66
-
66
63
-
63
180
-
180
180
-
180|
||5,758
358
6,116
5,765
-
5,765|
||(2,750)
42
(2,708)
(3,384)
-
(3,384)
(8)
8
-
-
-
-|
||**(2,758)**
**50**
**(2,708)**
**(3,384)**
**-**
**(3,384**
**)**
11,808
-
11,808
15,192
-
15,192|
||**9,050**
**50**
**9,100**
**11,808**
**11,80**
**8**|
The notes on pages 10 form part of these financial statements.
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## Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944 **Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31[st] March 2025**
|
**Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
**As at 31st March 2025**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|
|**Notes**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|
|**Monetary Assets**|**£**|**£**|
|Current Account - HSBC|8,029|11,649|
|Virgin|726||
|Petty Cash|345|159|
|**Total Monetary Assets**|**9,100**|**11,808**|
|
Comprising:|||
|Unrestricted Funds|9,050|11,808|
|Restricted Funds
3|50|-|
||9,100|11,808|
|
**Non-Monetary Assets and Liabilities**|||
|**Fixed Assets for the Charity use**|||
|Dewalt Jigsaw|||
|Air Purifier|||
|
**Creditors**|||
|Accounts Fees|(180)|(180)|
|Rent|-|-|
||(180)|(180)|
|These financial statements have been approved by the committee on ______________(date)|||
|and signed on its behalf by:|||
|__________________________________________Mr Keith Darlow, Chairperson|||
|__________________________________________Mr David Broadbent, Treasurer|||
The notes on pages 11-12 form part of these financial statements.
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31[st] March 2025**
## **Notes**
## **1 Basis of Preparation**
These accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments (R&P) basis in line with charity commission guidance for a charity of this size.
## **2 Grants**
|Co-op Community Fund
NFU mutual National
Fund|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,154
-
1,154
776
-
776
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**1,154**
**- 1,154**
**776**
**-**
**776**|
## **4 Restricted Funds**
|Winterton Lions
Winterton Town Council|Funds at
01.04.24
Incoming Outgoing Transfer
Funds at
31.03.25
-
200
(208)
8
-
-
200
(150)
-
50|
|---|---|
||**-**
**400**
**(358)**
**8**
**50**|
A brief description of the restricted funds is provided below:
## **Winterton Lions**
Restricted funding received from Winterton Lions to pay for a Dewalt Jigsaw.
## **Winterton Town Council**
Restricted funding received from Winterton Town Council to pay for an Air Purifier.
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Winterton Men In Sheds Charity No: 1180944
## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31[st] March 2025**
## **4 Taxation**
Winterton Men in Sheds is a registered charity. All the charities’ income is applied to its charitable objectives and the association is therefore exempt under current legislation from most forms of taxation.
The charity is not VAT registered and all expenditure includes irrecoverable VAT.
## **5 Payments to Trustees**
No remuneration directly or indirectly out of the funds of the Charity was paid or payable for the year to any Trustee.
There was no reimbursement of travel expenses paid or payable to Trustees in respect of the year.
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