2025-04-01-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1.4.2024 Period start date To 31.03.2025 Period end date

Charity name: The Grange Shed

Charity registration number: 11820007

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To promote social inclusion for the public benefit of men locally; preventing them from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The provision of premises in which men can meet and jointly or individually undertake and share creative, physical, social and recreational activities of their choice. This can include the provision of facilities for hobbies, recreation or other leisure time occupations including practical interests, skills sharing, the learning of new skills and helping the local community with specific projects and providing assistance to the disabled and elderly.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have considered and had regard to Charity Commission Guidance particularly on public benefit.

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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers

Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
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.	Para 1.20	Over the year we have expanded the community works carried out including helping the Morecambe Bay Partnership and the Peninsula Environmental Action Team. We have strengthened our working relationship with Grange Repair Café and providing a walk-in repair service mainly for elderly and disabled members of our community.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The financial position is currently healthy and we are well supported with donations from the community.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Specified reserves are not held we maintain a reasonable balance on our bank account.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	N/A
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Specified reserves are not held we maintain a reasonable balance on our bank account.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Trust
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	No changes have been needed but any authorisation is via membership selection

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Grange Shed
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	11820007
Charity’s principal address	Yewbarrow Studio Back Yewbarrow Terrace, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria. LA11 6ED

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Stephen Jolly	Treasurer
	Brian McCann	Secretary
	Peter Endsor
	Glyn Jones

Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name	N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
	N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Michael Halsall

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date

30 October 2025

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES The Grange Shed Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the p8riod from To 114r2024 3110312025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrtct•d fvnds to the ne￿1 Restricled fund5 Erbdowment funds Total funds Last year tothe nearo¥t£ to the n&ire5tÉ totho n•aio$t£ A1 Receipts Donaliolls Meinber5 5ubscnpU Interest Grants 3,290 1.970 235 129D 1.970 235 3,723 1,799 37 10 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 5.495 4659 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total 5.495 S￿5 5.659 A3 Payménts Premises Gosts Insuran lalerials RÉfwhments Admin Sund Tools SubSCrir￿QnS 3.153 3.153 2,964 464 825 148 82 478 162 606 478 152 6D6 645 30 Sub total 5,188 5.188 S.1SB A4 Asset and investment purchases. see table Sub total 5.188 5.188 5,158 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between f￿ndS A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 307 307 501 11.983 11.983 CCXX R1 ISSI

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrostri¢ted funds Restricted funds to nE8t¢¥t£ Endowment funds to nearest £ Categories Detalls B1 Cash funds Totsl cash funds 12.290 ax¥this)) Unrestricted funds Rèstriet•d funds to noaroSt£ Endowment fvnds Details trj nèarest £ Fund lowhich Curretrtvalue ional Detal Cost l¢Jptionall B3 Investment assets Fund towhich •¥s¢t belon Current v&lue tional Details C05t loptionall B4 Assets retained for the charitys own use Fund towhi¢h AmoUntd￿• nal Imien due ional Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or tnjstees on behalf of all Ihe trustees SwJnature Print Name Date of roval CCXX R2 a(Eourts ISS}