## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1st September 2022 to 31st August 2023 **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 continued to**
**develop the operation of the Men’s Shed in Ripon opening**
**three days per week. Membership numbers increased to 38**
**and the Shed held various classes such as wood turning and**
**scroll saw. It is now well established as a place for the**
**community to bring items for repair and refurbishment,**
**including links with other charities whose aim is to provide**
**furniture for those in need.**
**Members are loving their participation at the Shed with**
**sessions seeing full attendance 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 3**
**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 Shed has carried out restoration work on various items**
**giving new life to things which would otherwise have gone**
**to landfill or waste-to-energy.**
**The Charity had 38 Members at the end of the financial**
**year, with 25+ enjoying regular attendance at the sessions.**
**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** |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|**The Charity generated a surplus of £2,121 for the financial**
**year with 38 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 £1,500.**| |Amount of reserves held|**£3,617**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|**The Charity has established a strong membership base**
**and can now look to further expand the number of sessions**
**available and is currently looking to secure more workshop**
**space to further develop. 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 Member Session fees, sale of Products made by the**
**Shed and local donations for work done in the community.**
**Income streams have increased by 59% over the previous**
**year and cover 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. No**
**Trustees have 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|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – 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 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** 16th January 2024 ||**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**||01/09/2022||**To**||31/08/2023||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,836**
**-**
**3,990**
**2,152**
**45**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,836**
**2,000**
**3,990**
**2,152**
**45**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,023**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,023**
**2,450**
**- 300**
**478**
**-**
**4,341**
**6**
**118**
**44**
**198**
**1,559**
**8**
**8,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,902**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**2,836**||**-**||**-**||**2,836**||**2,336**| |Grants received and utilised|**-**||**2,000**||**-**||**2,000**||**2,156**| |Donations|**3,990**||**-**||**-**||**3,990**||**2,449**| |Products sold|**2,152**||**-**||**-**||**2,152**||**-**| |Classes|**45**||**-**||**-**||**45**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**9,023**||**2,000**||**-**||**11,023**||**6,941**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,023**
**2,450**
**- 300**
**478**
**-**
**2,341**
**6**
**118**
**44**
**198**
**1,559**
**8**
**6,902**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**6,941**| ||||||||||| |
Rent|**2,450**||||||||**1,200**| |Utilities|**- 300**||||||||**600**| |Insurance|**478**||||||||**466**| |Workshopfitout|**-**||||||||**188**| |Toolingand equipment|**2,341**||||||||**3,339**| |Cleaningmaterials|**6**||||||||**62**| |Refreshments and sundryexpenses|**118**||||||||**-**| |Subscriptions and donations|**44**||||||||**35**| |Printingand stationery|**198**||||||||**30**| |Materials and consumables|**1,559**||||||||**428**| |Finance charges|**8**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,902**||||||||**6,348**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|**6,902**
**2,121**
**-**
**1,496**
**3,617**||**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| ||||||||||**6,348**| ||||||||||| ||**2,121**||**-**||**-**||**2,121**||**593**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**1,496**||**-**||**-**||**1,496**||**903**| ||**3,617**||**-**||**-**||**3,617**||**1,496**| ## **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
Petty Cash float
Net liabilities
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Prepayments
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,157**
**274**
**- 814**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,157**
**274**
**- 814**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,157**
**274**
**- 814**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**4,157**||**-**| |||**274**||**-**| |||**- 814**||**-**| |||**3,617**||**-**| |||OK||| |||A C Makey||| |||C Bentham|||