## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Day 01 Month 09 Year 2020
Period end date Day 01 Month 09 Year 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Northampton Community Sheds Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1184438.**
**Charity's principal address Northampton Community Sheds, C/O Spencer Contact,**
## **Gladstone Close,**
**Northampton**
**Postcode NN5 7AY**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Philip Osborne Chair
2 Hars Samrai Treasurer
3 Keith Westhead Secretary
4 Derek Thorndike
5 Noel McKenna
6 Christine Holmes
7 Alan Goodacre
8 Martin Price
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
CONSTITUTION
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company) ELECTED BY MEMBERS
- Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
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**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing adults in Northampton and the surrounding area, from becoming socially excluded, and by relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded.
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To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing adults in Northampton and the surrounding area, from becoming socially excluded, and by relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
We are assisting them to integrate into society through the provision of practical facilities in which they can meet jointly or individually to undertake creative, physical or recreational activities, learn or pass on skills and knowledge and support each other socially.
For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; social isolation, bereavement, old age or ill health (physical or mental).
All Trustees have signed the Charity Commission Trustee Eligibility Declaration and are aware of their responsibilities as laid out in this Declaration.
All Trustees have received a copy of the Charity Commission's booklet: 'Running Your Charity', and 'The Essential Trustee - What You Need To Know, What You Need To Do', and have been asked to study these and refer to them for general guidance.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
At the present time all of our activities, including adminisration, are run by volunteers. We have no paid staff.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|**NCS Annual Report to Members, September 2021**
**Chairman Phil Osborne**
Firstly, thanks to you all for turning up to our AGM at
Moulton Scout Hall, which we are using because as yet
we have not been given a re-opening date by our
landlords, Spencer Contact.
Our AGM this year occurs at a time when we hope we will
soon be reopening our doors again after closing in March
2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This will depend
upon whether there are any further lockdowns during the
autumn of this year.
The unofficial re-opening date will be Tuesday 5th
October, but this will be mainly for volunteer maintenance
crews to go in and health & safety check all machinery,
clear work stations, clean up, and generally get
everything into working order for our official return. We
have been allowed one day per week for this, so it may
be at least a month or two before we officially open,
depending on how many volunteers go in, and upon our
landlords, Spencer Contact, deciding when they deem it
safe for us to return.
Since March 2020, some members have met together
occasionally and Keith our secretary has edited and
distributed a monthly Newsletter written by members and
that has been greatly appreciated by many.
I would therefore like to thank Keith for this vital piece of
work at such an important time. Keith has indicated his
desire to stand down as secretary in the near future,
however, he is keen to help whoever should fill this
position. He has been a key mover in shaping the shed
since we started out at Spencer Contact, and personally I
have always been grateful for his sound advice on
governance and technical issues in the Shed.
In the meantime, the trustees have continued their search
for further premises. We registered an application with
the UK Lottery Commission in June this year and this is
to be followed through when suitable further premises
have been found. We are now in discussion with the West
Northamptonshire Council about the possibilities of
occupying one of their vacant properties.
We have continued with sales of donated items during
this last year of lockdowns, where possible, and this has
brought in small but worthwhile amounts of income.||
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Section D Achievements and performance
During these very uncertain times we have been fortunate in receiving an annual grant from the erstwhile Northampton Borough Council. This support has been greatly appreciated; though as we develop, new sources of revenue will need to be earned and found.
Whilst Hars, our Treasurer, will talk more about finances I would like to publicly thank the Trustees of Spencer Contact for the generous rebate on our rent during the pandemic.
During the period of Covid-19 restrictions, when we could not meet together in large numbers, our Shed Management Team organised garden visits to some of our more isolated members. Although no more than six people could be present at a time, these visits helped people tremendously, and became very popular, and in recent months had to be rationed!
While we have been unable to continue most of the activities of the Community Shed during the periods of lockdown, it has been possible in the periods between to go out and pick up donated tools, materials, and other items, and store and sort these in spare rooms or sheds our members have generously made available, and, where items were not needed by the Shed, sell them on the Internet. The Trustees would like to thank all of those members involved in this activity, which is already raising worthwhile funding at a time when everything else has had to lie dormant.
So far as individual homework is concerned, a quick look through back numbers of the Shed newsletter will show an interesting variety of projects made by members. Most members will be familiar with these. Any of these back numbers of the newsletter are available if required.
This work is only made possible due to our members, and the Shed exists for those members to provide a place and opportunity to carry out some workshop projects, but not only that; it is to provide a place where like minded colleagues can meet up, chat and build on friendships that they may have found here.
And here they will also find support and comradeship,
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Section D Achievements and performance
especially where they have recently lost close friends and partners, and I hope in some small way we can bring a smile back to their faces and share good memories.
As ever, we rely on the efforts of members to sustain and develop the Shed. None receive any payment. I want to thank the Team Members, Stewards, Trustees and other appointed members who work with the rest of us to keep the show on the road and grow the Shed’s facilities and membership.
**Philip Osborne Chair of Northampton Community Sheds.**
**Section E Financial review**
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**We reserve at least 12 months rent at the current rate in order to Brief statement of the provide continuity for our members. charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially None in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- 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**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Keith John Westhead, Secretary. **Full name(s) Philip Osborne Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 07/06/2022**
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## **NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY SHEDS**
## **Registered Charity Number 1184438 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 1st SEPTEMBER 2021**
|**Receipts and Payments account**
**Notes**
**Receipts**
Grant - Northampton Borough Council
Grant - West Northamptonshire Council
Local Giving
Donations
Member Subscriptions
Rent refunded for 2020
**Total Receipts for the year**
**Payments**
Rent
Insurance
Telephones
Subscriptions
Website costs
Organised Trips
Moulton Allotments
Overpaid member subscription 2020
NBC funds - Leaflets
**Total payments for the Year**
**Net Receipts / (Payments)**
Cash funds at 01.09.20
**Cash funds at 01.09.21**|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**2021**
**2020**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
6,625.00
1,625.00
-
1,625.00
-
234.75
-
234.75
445.72
-
-
-
673.41
-
-
-
1,310.27
900.00
-
900.00
-|
|---|---|
||2,759.75
-
2,759.75
9,054.40|
||720.00
-
720.00
5,040.00
221.38
-
221.38
412.00
128.88
-
128.88
131.20
-
-
-
192.00
75.00
-
75.00
98.98
-
-
-
100.00
14.00
-
14.00
-
70.00
-
70.00
-
-
-
-
368.00|
||1,229.26
-
1,229.26
6,342.18|
||1,530.49
-
1,530.49
2,712.22
21,059.40
-
21,059.40
18,347.18|
||**22,589.89**
**-**
**22,589.89**
**21,059.40**|
## **NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY SHEDS**
## **Registered Charity Number 1184438 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 1st SEPTEMBER 2021**
There are no employees at present
During the year the trustees received no remuneration.
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND**|**LIABILITIES**||||**Total**|**Total**|
|**Assets:**|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Cash Funds**|||||||
|Current Account|||22,589.89|-|22,589.89|21,059.40|
||||**22,589.89**|**-**|**22,589.89**|**21,059.40**|
|**Liabilities**|||||||
|Professional Fees- L Scullion|||(220.00)|-|(220.00)|-|
||||**(220.00)**|**-**|**(220.00)**|**-**|
||**Opening**|||||**Closing**|
||**Balance**||**Incoming**|**Outgoing**||**Balance**|
||**02.09.20**||**Resources**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**01.09.21**|
|**Charity Funds**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Unrestricted Funds|||||||
|General Reserve|14,052.40||1,134.75|(1,229.26)|-|13,957.89|
|Designated fund - New premises||7,007.00|1,625.00|-|-|8,632.00|
||**21,059.40**||**2,759.75**|**(1,229.26)**|**-**|**22,589.89**|
Approved by the trustees at a management meeting held on 7th September and signed on their behalf:
Philip Osbourne
Chair