## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2024 **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 continue to**
**increase and the Shed continues to develop its space to be**
**more welcoming and enjoyable for all. 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. At the end of the financial year we had**
**50 members, with 32+ enjoying regular attendance at the**
**sessions.**
**The Shed has undertaken a number of projects locally**
**supporting other charities and community events. We also**
**have carried out restoration work on various items giving**
**new life to things which would otherwise have gone to**
**landfill or waste-to-energy.**
**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 £7,157 for the financial**
**year with 45 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_**)**
**Just before the year end we won a bid to purchase the**
**building we currently rent space in. Fund raising both pre**
**and post year end has been successful in raising the**
**required funds to complete the building purchase, which is**
**anticipated to be early 2025.**| |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|**£10,774 which include funds held pending purchase of the**
**building we currently lease space in.**| |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: |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 63% over the previous**
**year and adequately cover the fixed costs of operating the**
**Shed.**
**Additional**
**applications**
**for**
**grants**
**and**
**fundraising**
**activities have been carried out both to purchase the**
**building, and fit-out the space to increase our operatin**
**capacity.**| |---|---| ## **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. Two**
**trustees were appointed in the year with one trustee**
**stepping down.**| ## **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 5 trustees at the end of the**
**financial year).**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Ripon Men’s Shed Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Ripon Men’s Shed, Ripon Men’s 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||| |Barry Sutton|Shed manager|Appointed 13thFebruary
2024|| |Robert Marchant||Appointed 13thFebruary
2024|| ||||| ||||| ||||| – 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||| Addltional Inforniatlon (opllonal) Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional Informatlon) Typo of Name Address advlser Namo of chlof •xocutlvo or names ol unlor Staff membors (Optlonal inforniation) Exemption5 from disclosure Reason for non4isclosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional information Declaratlons The trusteos d•Glare that they hav• approved the truste••' roport above. Slgned on behall of the ¢harlty's trustees Slgnaturo{8} Full nam•(sl Positlon leg Socrgtary, Chalr, etc) Kthth Pettitt Andrew Makey Secretary Treasurer Dato 17th January 2025 ||**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**Ripon Men's Shed CIO**|**1185109**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For**|**the period**
**from**|01/09/2023|**To**|31/08/2024||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,720**
**-**
**7,807**
**5,415**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,720**
**-**
**7,807**
**5,415**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,942**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,942**
**2,504**
**1,557**
**639**
**-**
**2,206**
**-**
**325**
**80**
**167**
**3,281**
**26**
**10,785**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,785**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**4,720**||**-**||**-**||**4,720**||**2,836**| |Grants received and utilised|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**2,000**| |Donations|**7,807**||**-**||**-**||**7,807**||**3,990**| |Products sold|**5,415**||**-**||**-**||**5,415**||**2,152**| |Classes|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**45**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**17,942**||**-**||**-**||**17,942**||**11,023**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,942**
**2,504**
**1,557**
**639**
**-**
**2,206**
**-**
**325**
**80**
**167**
**3,281**
**26**
**10,785**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**11,023**| ||||||||||| |
Rent|**2,504**||||||||**2,450**| |Utilities|**1,557**||||||||**- 300**| |Insurance|**639**||||||||**478**| |Workshopfitout|**-**||||||||**-**| |Toolingand equipment|**2,206**||||||||**4,341**| |Cleaningmaterials|**-**||||||||**6**| |Refreshments and sundryexpenses|**325**||||||||**118**| |Subscriptions and donations|**80**||||||||**44**| |Printingand stationery|**167**||||||||**198**| |Materials and consumables|**3,281**||||||||**1,559**| |Finance charges|**26**||||||||**8**| |**_Sub total_ **|**10,785**||||||||**8,902**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|**10,785**
**7,157**
**-**
**3,617**
**10,774**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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