## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1st September 2020 to 31st August 2021 **Charity name:** Ripon Men’s Shed Charitable Incorporated Organisation **Charity registration number:** 1185109 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|**For the public benefit, the preservation and protection of**
**good health among people aged 18 years and older, living in**
**Ripon and the surrounding area, in particular but not**
**exclusively older men, including those who are retired,**
**unemployed or have health problems, through the provision**
**of facilities for hobbies, recreation or other leisure time**
**occupations including practical interests, skills sharing, the**
**learning of new skills, and helping with community-based**
**projects.**| |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.|**During the period of this Report, the Charity found suitable**
**premises, completed the fit-out of the premises as a**
**woodworking/craft workshop all aided in the main by a**
**National Lottery Grant, and the generous time of the trustees**
**and volunteers.**
**The Men’s Shed opened its doors in August 2021 and**
**initially attracted some 22 members who now enjoy the use**
**of it.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|**The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit and are satisfied that**
**the Charity's activities have been in the public benefit.**| ||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|**All of the Trustees have undertaken tasks as volunteers to**
**establish the Charity and fit-out the premises as a suitable**
**and safe workshop. In addition, a number of members have**
**assisted as volunteers, helping the trustees with the**
**workshop and putting systems and procedures into place in**
**readiness for the Shed opening.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||| |---|---| |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.|**The Charity has spent the year preparing the workshop**
**premises as a safe, secure and enjoyable place for its**
**members to attend.**
**The Charity had 22 Members at the end of the financial**
**year.**
**The sessions that have operated to date have made a huge**
**difference to its members, providing a warm and**
**welcoming atmosphere with many friendships being made.**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|**The Charity generated a surplus of £337 for the financial**
**year with 22 members. That leaves the Charity well placed**
**at the year end to operate the Men’s Shed in a financially**
**sustainable manner. (**_See Accounts attached_**)**| |---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**The Charity aims to hold reserves equating to 3 months**
**operational costs, that are estimated to be £1,000.**| |Amount of reserves held|**£903**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|**The Charity has established a reasonable membership**
**base and anticipates new members will join as we start to**
**develop the number of sessions available. The Charity has**
**adequate funds and income streams to cover the running**
**of the Shed for the foreseeable future. Therefore, there is**
**no uncertainty about the Charity continuing as a going**
**concern.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|**During the financial year the principal source of funding**
**was grants and donations. Member income streams started**
**in August 2021 as members started to attend sessions.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**| |---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:|| |Type of governing document|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**The Charity is required to have a minimum of 3 and a**
**maximum of 7 Trustees. Trustees will be selected**
**following a policy approved by the Board of Trustees and**
**appointed by the Board or the Members at an AGM. One**
**Trustee has been appointed during this financial year.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|**New Trustees will be required to read the Charity**
**Commission guidance “The Essential Trustee” and given**
**a copy of the Charity's latest Annual Report and**
**Accounts. All Trustees will be given training on their role**
**and responsibilities.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|**The Charity is run by a Board of Trustees and a number**
**of volunteers (there are 4 trustees at the end of the**
**financial year).**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Ripon Mens' Shed Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Ripon Mens' Shed, Ripon Mens' Shed CIO**| |Registered charity number|**1185109**| |Charity’s principal address|**28 Water Skellgate, Ripon, HG4 1BH**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---| |Edward Moore|Chair||| |AnthonyJohnson||Appointed 9 March 2021|| |Andrew Makey|Treasurer||| |Caroline Bentham|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**||| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**None**|| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects||| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets||| Additional Informatlon (Opllonal) Namas and addrossos of advIS￿ (Optional Inforn￿) TY￿ of Name advlser Namo of chlel execut￿ or nam•s of s•nlor staff memb•rs (Omlonal I￿ornIat￿} Exemptlons from dlsclosure R8ason for non-disdosure of ke I detads Other o tional Inforniation Declaratlons Th• tru•t••s d•cl•r• th•t th•y h•v• approv•d th• tru8tM•' r•port •bov•. Slgn•d on b•hatl of th• charlty's trust￿* Slgfb•turnqs1 W-**from**||01/09/2020||**To**||31/08/2021||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**442**
**-**
**735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**1,177**
**-**
**-**

**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**9,554**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,554**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**442**
**9,554**
**735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,731**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,731**
**300**
**369**
**5,775**
**3,706**
**73**
**117**
**24**
**30**
**-**
**10,394**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,394**
**337**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**442**||||||||**-**| |Grants received and utilised|**-**||||||||**-**| |Donations|**735**||||||||**590**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**1,177**||||||||**590**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|
**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||**1,177**||**9,554**||**-**||**10,731**||**590**| ||**300**
**369**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**117**
**24**
**30**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**5,775**
**3,706**
**73**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| |
Utilities|**300**||**-**||**-**||**300**||**-**| |Insurance|**369**||**-**||**-**||**369**||**-**| |Workshopfitout|**-**||**5,775**||**-**||**5,775**||**-**| |Toolingand equipment|**-**||**3,706**||**-**||**3,706**||**-**| |Cleaningmaterials|**-**||**73**||**-**||**73**||**-**| |PPE|**117**||**-**||**-**||**117**||**-**| |Subscriptions|**24**||**-**||**-**||**24**||**24**| |Printingand stationery|**30**||**-**||**-**||**30**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**840**||**9,554**||**-**||**10,394**||**24**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**840**
**337**
**-**
**566**
**903**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,554**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**24**| ||||||||||| ||**337**||**-**||**-**||**337**||**566**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**566**||**-**||**-**||**566**||**-**| ||**903**||**-**||**-**||**903**||**566**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Accruals
Trade Creditors
**Details**
Bank account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Capital Grants
Session fees prepaid
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**903**
**-**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**903**
**-**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**903**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**903**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**903**||**-**| |||OK||| |||A C Makey||| ||||||