Trustees Annual Report for the period 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025
Collingham and District Men in Sheds, also known as The Shed @ Collingham Registered Charity # 1188119
Address:
Unit 1 Gusto House Green Ways Collingham NG24 7DX
Trustees during this period:
Dr Richard Challand Dr Derrick Watson Dr Desmond Williams Mr Jerome Wright
The Governing document for this Charity was adopted at an Annual General Meeting 20 November 2019 and has remained unchanged since then.
The Charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Purpose of the Charity:
- (a) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people within Collingham and District from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society through the provision of 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; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental).
- (b) To promote good health and wellbeing to its members through active participation and, from time to time, providing opportunities for relevant health organisations to raise awareness of good health strategies for the benefit of the Shed.
The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Commission.
During this reporting period we have maintained support for our membership by providing a safe working environment for them to pursue numerous projects of benefit to the wider community such as the clock repairs, construction of min-libraries, numerous planters, signs for community gardens, gear teeth for a local windmill and several hedgehog boxes. Providing training for wood turning remains very popular.
We were also successful in obtaining Government funding to increase the size of our workshop space and thus increase the technical scope of our offering. In addition to our previous focus on woodwork we now have a team of glass workers and the ability to also offer jewellery work, 3D printing and laser etching. As a result our membership has grown by 60%.
Financial Review:
Our policy remains that we should retain sufficient funds to ensure the coverage of two years estimated operating costs – currently this is £7,785.
Outside of the Government funding of our extension project, we had an income of £20,027 against an expenditure of £17,146. Total reserves currently stand in excess of our minimum requirement.
Signed for the Trustees
D J Watson
3 November 2025
2024-25
Collingham Men In Sheds. Annual Accounts for period:
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Income Expenses Totals
29 Jul 24 Cash in hand (shed) £24.80
29 Jul 24 Cash in hand (safe) £131.78
29 Jul 24 Current account Bank balance £14,780.70
29 Jul 24 Deposit account Bank balance
£14,937.28
Income
Member Subscriptions
£5,968.94
15 Jan 25 HMRC Gift Aid reclaim £1,261.07
Coffee Fund
£47.14
Sales
Table top sales £455.27
Commissioned sales £6,845.68
Turning Courses £2,576.35
Sundry sales (ex Shed) £467.61
Resale of raw materials £303.88
Clock repairs £205.00
£10,853.79
Grants
£69,086.02
Bank Interest £311.01
Total Income £87,527.97
Expenses
Purchase of Equipment
-£6,791.53
Purchase of Support materials/ replacement parts
-£5,244.48
Running Costs
-£3,452.07
Expansion Project (Building)
-£64,238.46
Expansion Project (Dust suppression)
-£4,920.12
Total Expenses -£84,646.66
Balance
Final Balance expected £17,818.59
29 Jul 25 Cash in hand (shed) £20.00
29 Jul 25 Cash in hand (safe) £509.72
29 Jul 25 Current account Bank balance £1,677.86
29 Jul 25 Deposit account Bank balance £15,611.01
£17,818.59
Signed as a true account:
D J Watson Treasurer M Harriman Chairman
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