## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1st September 2021 to 31st August 2022 **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 developed the**
**operation of the Men’s Shed opening two days per week.**
**Membership numbers built to 30 and the Shed held various**
**classes such as wood turning and scroll saw. It has quickly**
**become a place for the community to bring items for repair**
**and refurbishment, including links with another charity**
**whose aim is to provide furniture for those in need.**
**Members are loving their participation at the Shed and many**
**friendships are being formed.**| |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**
**further establish and promote the Charity. In addition, a**
**number of members and trustees now assist as volunteers,**
**helping with the safe, secure and welcoming operation of the**
**workshop.**| ## **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 running the workshop for 2**
**days per week as a safe, secure and enjoyable place for its**
**members to attend.**
**The Shed has undertaken a number of projects locally**
**supporting other charities and community events.**
**The Charity had 30 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 £593 for the financial**
**year with 30 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|**£1,496**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|**The Charity has established a reasonable membership**
**base and can now look to opening for more days in the near**
**future due to the increase in new members. 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 have**
**increased and are now covering the fixed costs at the Shed.**| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---| |Caroline Bentham|Chair||| |AnthonyJohnson|||| |Andrew Makey|Treasurer||| |Richard Thomson||Appointed 18 February
2022|| |Edward Moore||Resigned 17January
2022|| ||||| ||||| ||||| – 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 |Name of trustees holding title t|o property belonging to the cha|rity| |---|---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |**None**||| |||| |Name of trustees holding title t|o property belonging to the cha|rity| |---|---|---| |**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 information (optional)** ## **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 ## **Other optional information** ## **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)** Caroline Bentham Andrew Makey **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chair] Treasurer **Date** 17th January 2023 ||**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**1185109**|**1185109**|**1185109**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/09/2021||**To**||31/08/2022||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,336**
**-**
**2,449**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**4,785**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**4,785**
**1,200**
**600**
**466**
**188**
**1,183**
**62**
**-**
**35**
**30**
**428**
**4,192**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,156**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,336**
**2,156**
**2,449**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,941**
**-**
**-**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**2,336**||||||||**442**| |Grants received and utilised|**-**||||||||**9,554**| |Donations|**2,449**||||||||**735**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**4,785**||||||||**10,731**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**||| ||**-**||||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|
**-**||||||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||**6,941**
**1,200**
**600**
**466**
**188**
**3,339**
**62**
**-**
**35**
**30**
**428**
**6,348**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||||||||||**10,731**| ||||||||||| |
Rent|**1,200**||||||||**-**| |Utilities|**600**||||||||**300**| |Insurance|**466**||||||||**369**| |Workshopfitout|**188**||||||||**5,775**| |Toolingand equipment|**1,183**||||||||**3,706**| |Cleaningmaterials|**62**||||||||**73**| |PPE|**-**||||||||**117**| |Subscriptions and donations|**35**||||||||**24**| |Printingand stationery|**30**||||||||**30**| |Materials and consumables|**428**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**4,192**||||||||**10,394**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|**4,192**
**593**
**-**
**903**
**1,496**||**2,156**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| ||||||||**6,348**||**10,394**| ||||||||**593**||| ||**593**||**-**||**-**||**593**||**337**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**903**||**-**||**-**||**903**||**566**| ||**1,496**||**-**||**-**||**1,496**||**903**| ## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Capital Grants
Session fees prepaid
Stock
**Details**
Bank account
Petty Cash float
Accruals
Trade Creditors
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,098**
**78**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,098**
**78**
**-**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,098**
**78**
**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**2,098**||**-**| |||**78**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**2,176**||**-**| |||Agreement Error||| |||A C Makey||| |||C Bentham|||