## ## ## |||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||of the purposes|||of|Para 1.17|Men in Sheds are community
spaces for men| |the charity as set out
govel'ning
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
is so often lost after| ||||||||retirement.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|This reporting
period covers the very
complicated
Pandemic
period through
stay-at-| |purposes
benefit,|for the public
in particular,
the||||||home orders and various
national
lockdowns
that only began to be removed
later in 2021.| |activities,
services
accoun'ts.||projects
identified|or
in|the|||in October 2020 some members
joined a Zoom
meeting
with Heritage
Foundation
execs to see
ifthey would
help us find premises. The| ||||||||discussion
was very promising
at the time.| ||||||||IN October 8, December 2020 and into January| ||||||||2021,we followed
up promising
leads on vacant| ||||||||premises
belonging
to a) Altro on Works Road,| ||||||||Letchworth,
b) the Stonegate
Pub Group behind
the 3.Horseshoes
Pub, Norton and c)a privately| ||||||||owned
property
in Hitchin.
None ultimately| ||||||||proved viable.| ||||||||In December 2020 our Secretary 8 Trustee| ||||||||Astrid Hansen
and our Trustee Frank Turner| ||||||||both resigned. We now have only the minimum| ||||||||3trustees.| ||||||||ln March 2021 we held our first members
Zoom| ||||||||meeting
(our first meeting since before| ||||||||lockdown).| ||||||||We continue to be recipients ofdonated tools| ||||||||and machinery
which are stored
in our garage| ||||||||lockup.| ||||||||in April 2021 some members
meet with The| ||||||||Heritage
Foundation
(the Heritage) at| ||||||||Standalone
Farm. We' re offered very small| ||||||||unsuitable
remises.
In Ma
we meet a ain and| ||||||are offered 2 ex-farm buildings.
Whilst requiring| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||considerabie
work, they are just viable. A| ||||||License to Occupy document
was given to us in| ||||||June.| ||||||in June 2021 we hold our first face-to-face| ||||||meeting
for members
comfortable
with meeting| ||||||together. We discuss Standalonbe
Farm and| ||||||issues raised are fed back to the Heritage.| ||||||Issues over Standalone
premises are discussed| ||||||with the Heritage
between
June and December| ||||||2021 with a revised and acceptable
License to| ||||||Occupy document
received
in December 2021| ||||||which we expect to sign and return the same| ||||||month.| ||||||During this reporting
period, we lose members| ||||||but gain new members.
Overall, we drop from| ||||||around 25 down to 15.We have not actively| ||||||sought new members.
From time to time we do| ||||||receive requests
from locai GP Link Workers| ||||||and other community
organisation
to take| ||||||persons who couid benefit from attending
our| ||||||group. Sofar, we have responded
to delay any| ||||||partnership,
until we have an operational
group.| ||||||Membership
subscriptions
that have been| ||||||suspended
for the duration
ofthe Pandemic| ||||||remain suspended.| |Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|Our normal
meeting
period was monthly
up to| |whether|the trustees||have||Covid lockdown
in March 2020. Since then, we| |had regard||to the guidance|||have infrequent
Zoom meetings.| |issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|||||Trustees continued
to stay in touch and
occasionally
met oniine or in person
infrequently
as lockdown
restrictions
changed
and allowed.| ||||||Members
have been contacted
by email| ||||||occasionally.| |Additional|information|information|(optional)|(optional)||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You may 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||||||| ## |chievements
and|Per|formance||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||SORP reference||||| ||||l etchworth
Men in Sheds|achieved|registered|| ||||status as CIO on 10'" March 2020.|||| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the||Para 1.20|Our charitable
status was key to the Heritage
Foundation
entering
into discussions
with us
about premises
and making us an offer.|||| |charity's
work has made
the circumstances
of its|to||Lockdowns
have severely
restricted our
activities to a couple ofonline meetings
and one|||| |beneficiaries
and any wider|||face-to-face meeting.|||| |benefits to society as a||||||| |whole.|||Members are still remarkably
keen to see|||our| ||||project running
and have|been generally||| ||||supportive
ofthe Heritage|Foundation
offer of||| ||||premises
at Standalone
Farm, despite work|||| ||||needed.|||| ||||Our group has attempted|to stay in-touch||by| ||||email, a newsletter
and one-to-one||member|| ||||vlslts wherl restl Ictlons allowed.|||| |dditional
information|(optional)|||||| |ou ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant
about:|||| |Achievements
against||Para 1.41||||| |objectives set||||||| |Performance
offundraising||||||| |activities against objectives
set||Para 1.41||||| |Investment
performance||||||| |against objectives||||||| |Other||||||| ## ## ||||||||||||During this reporting
period, we have received|During this reporting
period, we have received| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||F311.99 by way of member donations
and|a| ||||||||||||kindly donation ofF200 from the Masonic|| ||||||||||||Charitable
Foundation.|| ||||||||||||Opening
balance at 31/10/2020 was f136.00|| ||||||||||||Closin
Balance at 31/12/2021 is8351.04|| |Statement|||explaining|||||the||Para 1.22|We do not hold reserves
by policy.|| |policy for holding|||||reserves|||||||| |statin|wh|||the|are||held|||||| |Amount||of|reserves||||held|||Para 1.22|The cash in our community
bank account is
F351.04|| |Reasons||for holding|||||zero|||Para 1.22||| |reserves||||||||||||| |Oetails|offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24||| |deficit||||||||||||| |Explanation||||ofany||||||Para 1.23|Financially,
whilst we have no premises or|| |uncertainties||||about|||the||||associated
running
costs, our group
will not|| |charity|continuing|||||as a going|||||become insolvent.|| |concern|||||||||||We look forward to the imminent
signing ofa|| ||||||||||||License to Occupy that will give us premises to|| ||||||||||||operate from. However,
we know that a lot|of| ||||||||||||effort will be needed to make the premises|| ||||||||||||suitable.|| ||||||||||||We already
know that suitable
insurance
will be|| ||||||||||||needed before we can operate and an electricity|| ||||||||||||supply
with lighting
and power sockets will|be| ||||||||||||needed
but at a cost, we don't have an estimate|| ||||||||||||for. Also, we don't yet know what other costs will|| ||||||||||||arise from these premises.|| |Additional|||information|||||(optional)||||| |You ma||choose to||||include|||further statements||where relevant
about|| |The charity's||||principal|||||||This reporting
period covers the main pandemic|| |sources||of|funds||(including||||||lockdown
when member
subscriptions
were|| |any fundraising)||||||||||Para 1.47|suspended.
During this period, we gained
other funds and did not seek grants, since|no
we| ||||||||||||had no expenditure
to support.|| ||||||||||||In July 2021 we were invited to apply for a|grant| ||||||||||||from the Co-op foundation.
This we did. Pleased|| ||||||||||||to say, a first half year payment
will be due|in| ||||||||||||April 2022, with a second
in October 2022.|| ||||||||||||n/a|| |Investment||||policy||and||||||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy||||||||||Para 1.46||| |acloptecl||||||||||||| |A description||||ofthe|||principal||||Loss of interest from members
leads to collapse|| |risks facing||||the charity|||||||in member
numbers
before we can get our|| |||||||||||Para 1.46|project up and running
at Standalone
Farm. If|| ||||||||||||this happens
with a loss of interest from|| ||||||||||||trustees,
it will be hard to maintain
focus.|| ## |tructure,
Governance|and Ilana|gement||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Description
ofcharity*s||VVe have no|trusts.|||||| |trusts:||||||||| |Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution|ofa Charitabie|||Incorporated||| |||Organisation||(CIO)|with voting||members|other| |||than its charit||trustees.||||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO||||||| |constituted'?||||||||| |Trustee selection methods||All our trustees are|||volunteers,||elected from and|| |including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.||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||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |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||||| ## ## |es|ofthe charity t|rustees who ma|nage the charity||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole year|Name ofperson (or body) entitled
to a
oint trustee
ifan )|| |1|Peter Hill|Chair||Membership|| |2|Mike Elsdon|Membership||Membership|| |3|Neill Withington|Treasurer||Membership|| ## ## ## ||||Unrestrioted| |---|---|---|---| ||||funds| |Asset and investment||sales|| |Sate ofassets|||| |Sate of inveshnents|||| ||||0.96| |Tot8I p8yments|||| |Net ofreseiptsf(paymentsj|||| |Transfers
between|funds||| |Cash funds last|year|end|136.GO| |Cash funds this|year|end||