## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|Men
in Sheds are community
spaces for men| |the charity as set out
governing
document||||in its|||to connect, converse
and create. Our
Letchworth
Shed aims to reduce loneliness
and isolation for primarily
older and often| ||||||||retired
men by developing
that sense of| ||||||||personal
identity,
and purpose
and restoring| ||||||||the camaraderie
which isso often lost after| ||||||||retirement.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|This reporting
period began
with collection of
donated
tools from our Camden
Shed friends| |purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or
services identified
in the
accounts.|||||||and group meetings
to identify leads on
potential
premises.
By early March 2020, we
were close to an agreement
to use a portakabin
on site at a local community
organisation
we
had a relationship
with. However,
by the middle
of March 2020, the Covid lockdown
brought| ||||||||everything
to a standstill.| ||||||||Later in 2020, as some restrictions
were eased,| ||||||||there was a general
reluciance
to use online| ||||||||meeting
technology.
We did try a couple of| ||||||||meetings
with some success but we had little to| ||||||||dIscuss.| ||||||||We continued
to receive tool donations
and| ||||||||individually,
some members
met for mutual| ||||||||support. We did receive enquiries
from other| ||||||||local community
groups
including
GP Link| ||||||||workers
enquiring
about placement
oftheir| ||||||||service users when restrictions
would allow. We| ||||||||also regularly
received new member enquiries—| ||||||||evidence ofa need for our group's potential—| ||||||||that were filed for our restart.| ||||||||This situation
largely persisted
through
to the| ||||||||end (and beyond) ofthis reporting
period.| ||||||||Membership
subscriptions
were suspended
for| ||||||||the duration as no benefit was being afforded to| ||||||||members.| |Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|Our normal
meeting
period was monthly|up to|up to| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |whether
the trustees||have|||Covid lockdown
in March 2020. After March,||| |had regard to the guidance|||||face-to-face member
meetings
stopped.||| |issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|||||Trustees continued
to stay in touch and
occasionally
met online or in person
infrequently
as lockdown
restrictions
changed||| ||||||and allowed.
Members were contacted
by||email| ||||||occasionally.||| |Additional|information||(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||||where relevant
about:||| |||||SORP reference|||| |Policy on|grant making|||Para 1.38|||| |Policy on|social investment|||Para 1.38|||| |including|program
related||||||| |investment|||||||| |||||Para 1.38|||| |Contribution
made by|||||||| |volunteers|||||||| |Other|||||||| |Achievements
and|||Performance||||| |||||SORP reference|||| ||||||Letchworth
Men in Sheds achieved
registered||| ||||||status as CIO on 10~ March 2020.||| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its||||Para 1.20|Our new status was to be the legal entity that
would
allow us to seek a rental or other legal
agreement
for premises to operate from.
Unfortunately,
the 2020 pandemic
restrictions
closed all face-to-face meetings,
almost all
discussions
and halted most group activity.||| |beneficiaries
and any||wider|||||| |benefits to society as||a|||During
this reporting
period we managed||a| |whole.|||||couple of outdoor committee
meetings,
an||| ||||||online meeting
to discuss premises
with|the|| ||||||largest local community
property
landlord||and| ||||||followed
two property
leads that eventually||| ||||||came to nothing.||| ||||||Our group has attempted
to stay in-touch||via| ||||||email, a one-off newsletter
and one-to-one||| ||||||member visits when restrictions
allowed.||| ## ## |inanc|i|al
Review|al
Review|al
Review|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review||ofthe charity's||||Para 1.21|At the start ofCovid lockdown,
member| |financial
position
of the period|||at|the end|||subscriptions
were suspended
and, as we had
no premises
and no direct expenditure,
finances for the reporting
period have not| ||||||||changed
from beginning
to end.| |Statement
explaining||||the||Para 1.22|We have very minimal
reserves that reflects the| |policy for holding
stating
why they|||reserves
are held||||fact we have little expenditure
since we do not
manage
premises
and have few incidental
costs, beyond the occasional community
group| ||||||||subscription.| |Amount||ofreserves||held||Para 1.22|Our reserve is the total ofcash in gur| ||||||||community
bank account i.e., E13$| |Reasons||for holding||zero||Para 1.22|n/a| |reserves|||||||| |l3etails|offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|n/a| |deficit|||||||| |Explanation
ofany||||||Para 1.23|Financially,
whilst we have no premises
or| |uncertainties
about||||the|||associated
running
costs, our group
will not| |charity
concern|continuing||as a going||||become insolvent.
We perhaps
have a small
concern that membership
may dwindle
over| ||||||||lockdown
period and beyond, as members
find| ||||||||other priorities
and may not return as| ||||||||restrictions are lifted. We are however confident| ||||||||ofcontinued
interest
in what we have to offer| ||||||||long term and expect that will attract new| ||||||||members
(particularly
as the challenges
of| ||||||||lockdown
have brought
new isolation and| ||||||||challenges
for many, who we believe
will now| ||||||||seek us out).| |Additional|information|information|(optional)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include further statements||||where relevant|about||| |The charity's||principal||This reporting
period covers the main pandemic|||| |sources offunds (including
any fundraising)
Para 1.47||||lockdown
when we member subscriptions
suspended.
During
this period, we gained
other funds and did not seek grants, since||were
no
we|| |||||had no ex enditure
to su
ort.|||| |||||n/a|||| |Investment||policy and|||||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy|||Para 1.46||||| |adopted|||||||| |A description||of the principal||Inability to find|premises
from which to operate||| |risks facing||the charity|Para 1.46|will,
ifcontinued,
lead to loss of interest from
existing members
and a significant
decline
in|||| |||||ambition
from trustees as well as members.|||We| |||||look forward to|businesses
and groups||| |||||beginning
to return to some normality
during|||| |||||2021 which
will|support our search for||| |||||premises.|||| |Other|||||||| ## |Description
of charity's||We have no|trusts.||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document|Para 1.25|Constitution|ofa Charitable||Incorporated||| |||Organisation|(CIO) with|voting||members|other| |||than its chari|trustees.||||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO|||||| |constituted?|||||||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|All our trustees are volunteers,||||elected|from| |including
details of any
constitutional
provisions e.g.||and by our membership,
Constitution.||in|line|with our|CIO| |election to post or name of|||||||| |any person or body entitled|||||||| |to appoint one or more|||||||| |trustees|||||||| |trustees|trustees|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additional||information||(optional)||| |You ma||choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:| |Policies||and|procedures|||| |adopted||for the induction||||| |and training|||oftrustees|||| |||||Para 1.51||| |The charity's|||organisational|||| |structure||and any wider||||| |network||with|which the|||| |charit|works|||Para 1.51||| |Relationship|||with any related|||| |parties||||||| |||||Para 1.51||| |Other||||||| ## ## ## |mes|ofthe charity t|rustees who ma|nage the ch|arity||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted|ifnot for whale year|Name ofperson (orbody) entitled
to a
oint trustee
ifan|| |1|Peter Hill|Chair|||Membership|| |2|Mike Elsdon|Membership|||Membership|| |3|Neill Withington|Treasurer|06/02/2020|onwards|Membership|| |Name oftrustees
holding|title to|property
belonging
to the|charity| |---|---|---|---| |Trustee name||Dates acted ifnot for whole|ear| |Funds held as custodian||trustees on behalf ofothers|| |Description
of the assets||None|| |held
in this capaciiy|||| |Name and objects ofthe||n/a|| |charity on whose behalf|the||| |assets are held and how|this||| |falls within the custodian|||| |charity's objects|||| |Details ofarrangements|for|n/a|| |safe custody and|||| |segregation
ofsuch assets|||| |from the charity's
own|||| |assets|||| ##