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|||||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|Men in Sheds are community
spaces for men to|
|the charity as set out
governing
document||||in its|||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||of the main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|In 2022 we moved
into and began repairing
our
premises at Standalone
Farm, Letchworth,|
|purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or
services identified
in the
accounts.|||||||2023 has been about making these premises
habitable,
safe and functional
with members
taking on various voluntary
jobs for our own
benefit that has included
building
work
benches,
shelving,
installing
roof insulation,
opening a new doorway,
constructing
a|
||||||||specialist. lathe bench for woodturning
tuition.|
||||||||These activities support our aim to reduce|
||||||||loneliness
and isolation
by providing
a place to|
||||||||meet up with and engage with others whilst|
||||||||focusing on a common
purpose.|
||||||||Having a functioning
workshop
(mainly
using|
||||||||publicly donated
machinery),
has enabled
us to|
||||||||deliver local community
projects. In particular,|
||||||||we have repaired
table tennis tables for the|
||||||||local Letchworth
Sports and Tennis Club, built|
||||||||(from reclaimed
timber) a large flower planter|
||||||||for a local Baldock retirement
home and made|
||||||||barn owl boxes for a nearby farming
8 wildlife|
||||||||group.|
||||||||Our tenancy at Standalone
Farm requires
us to|
||||||||take on various make and repair projects|
||||||||around the Farm
in return for our use of|
||||||||premises.
In 2023 we have been involved
with|
||||||||preparing
a new build polytunnel
for general|
||||||||use with ground
works and wood cladding,|
||||||||repairing
many public rubbish
bins, making|
||||||||shelving
for a refreshment
kiosk, as well as|
||||||||completing
several
small
repair projects,|
||||||||Having workshop
projects ofvarious
kinds,|
||||||||ives
ur ose and
rovides our members
with|
|||||many opportunities
to engage with others
in line|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||with our
ur oses.|
|Statement|confi
ing||Para 1.18|We began this year with three trustees,
voted|
|whether the trustees||have||on and accepted a fourth
in July but finished the|
|had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit.||||year with three, following
the untimely
death of
one in October. All trustees are members,
fully
participate
in group activities and are registered
with the Charity Commission.|
|||||We continue to operate
in our charities best|
|||||interests and manage
its resources
with care|
|||||and to the best ofour ability.|
|Additional||information|information|{optional)|{optional)||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma
choose to|||include||further statements|where relevant about:|
||||||SORP reference||
||||||Para 1.38||
|Policy on|grant making||||||
||||||Para 1.38||
|Policy on|social investment||||||
|including|program||related||||
|investment|||||||
||||||Para 1.38||
|Contribution||made|by||||
|volunteers|||||||
|Other|||||||
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|Achieve|men|ts
and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||SORP reference||
|||||Our membership
continues
to grow, with many|
|||||who have been meeting
with us for more than 2|
|||||years and
in some cases, 3years.|
|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its|||Para 1.20|Currently
we have around 25 members
and
continue to attract interest from mainly
retired
men who are keen tojoin us for camaraderie
and to be involved
in something
that gives
purpose
and gives back to the community.|
|beneficiaries
and any wider|||||
|benefits to society as a||||We hold regular weekly sessions that are well|
|whole.||||attended
by more than 10members.|
|||||Grants that we obtained
in 2022 continued
to|
|||||be spent in 2023 on essentials
like, dust|
|||||extraction
equipment,
PPE overalls
/ masks/|
|||||visors/ gloves, a new woodturning
lathe and|
|||||accessories, fire appliances
8 training
and first|
|||||aid. And we have been successful
in raising our|
|||||own funds from donations
made
in respect of|
|||||items our members
have made for local|
|||||organisations
and groups,
in particular a large|
|||||flower planter and number ofowl boxes.|
|||||The regular sessions we hold and workshop|
|||||activities we undertake
substantially
meet our|
|||||charity objectives offighting social isolation and|
|||||loneliness, as well as bringing
people together|
|||||in common purpose.|
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|Achievements
against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|
|objectives set||
|Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|Para 1.41|
|set||
|investment
performance|Para 1.41|
|against objectives||
|Other||
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|Financ|ial|Review|Review|Review|Review|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review|of|the charity's||||||Para 1.21|We did not receive any grants
in 2023.|
|financial
position
ofthe period||||at|the|end|||We were able with agreement
to re-purpose a
grant from HCF received
in 2022 to use in 2023|
||||||||||for buildings
work towards roof insulation,
safety|
||||||||||handrails,
fire protection,
first aid, converting
a|
||||||||||window
into a door.|
||||||||||We continued
to spend a grant received from|
||||||||||the Co-op towards
new workshop
machinery|
||||||||||(woodworking
lathe, dust extractor, chip|
||||||||||extractor, power tools, oscillating
sander,|
||||||||||professional
sharpener
and insurance.|
||||||||||At the beginning
of2023 our funds were 69545|
||||||||||at the end of2023 our funds were f2675, which|
||||||||||includes member subscriptions,
donations
from|
||||||||||individuals
as well as donations
made to us by|
||||||||||way of items made to order.|
|Statement||explaining|||the|||Para 1.22|We do not have a policy for holding reserves.|
|policy for holding||||reserves|||||We have underspent
on grants received|
|statin|wh||the|are|held|||||
|Amount|of|reserves|||held|||Para 1.22|Cash currently
in our community
bank account|
||||||||||is226?5|
|Reasons for holding|||||zero|||Para 1.22|n/a|
|reserves||||||||||
|Details|offund materially||||||in|Para 1.24|n/a|
|deficit||||||||||
|Explanation|||ofany|||||Para 1.23|We occupy our premises
by way ofan|
|uncertainties|||about the||||||agreement
called a License to Occupy (LTO)|
|charity
concern|continuing|||as a going|||||from the owner ofthe Farm in which we reside.
The owner is The Letchworth
Garden
Heritage|
||||||||||Foundation.
We know that they have been|
||||||||||working
on a revised
LTO since November|
||||||||||2023.We do not know yet ifthe terms ofour|
||||||||||occupation
will change. And so there is|
||||||||||uncertain
for us into 2024.|
|Additional||information||||(optional}||||
|You ma|choose to include||||||further statements||where relevant about|
||||||||||Our principal sources offunding
have been two|
||||||||||grants from the Hertfordshire
Community|
|The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including||||||||Para 1.47|Foundation
and the Co-op and, a donation
from
the local Masonic Lodge. All received
in 2022.|
|any fundraising)||||||||||
||||||||||n/a|
|Investment
objectives||policy and
including
any||||||Para 1.46||
|social investment||||policy||||||
|adopted||||||||||
||||||||||We began 2023 with a minimum
three trustees|
||||||||||and gained a fourth
during the year. The|
|A description
risks facing|||ofthe principal
the charity|||||Para 1.46|untimely
death ofone trustee leaves us again
with a minimum.
We will look to take on another
trustee from the membership.|
||Space to operate our|workshop|is at a premium.|
|---|---|---|---|
||We have approached|the owners ofthe farm||
||but have not been successful
in||acquiring
more|
||space. We will look to|open more sessions on||
||other days ofthe week to spread||the member|
||load.|||
|Other||||
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|Description
of charity's|||We have no|trusts|trusts|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||||||
|Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|Constitution|of|a Charitable||Incorporated|||
||||Organisation|(CIO) with||voting||members|other|
||||than its chari||trustees|||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|CIO|||||||
|constituted'7||||||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|All our trustees||are volunteers,|||elected|from|
|including
details of any|||and by our membership,|||in|line|with our|CIO|
|constitutional
provisions|e.g.||Constitution|||||||
|election to post or name|of|||||||||
|any person or body entitled||||||||||
|to appoint one or more||||||||||
|trustees||||||||||
|Additional
information|(optional)|||||||||
|You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant||about:|||||
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction||Para 1.51||||||||
|and training
oftrustees||||||||||
|The charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider||Para 1.51||||||||
|network
with which the||||||||||
|charity works||||||||||
|Relationship
with any related||Para 1.51||||||||
|parties||||||||||
|Other||||||||||
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|Charit
name||Letchworth|Men in Sheds||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charit
uses|||||
|Re istered charit|number|1188445|||
|Charity's
principal|address|c/o 1, Milestone Close, Stevenage,||Hertfordshire|
|Postcode|||||
|ofthe charity tr|ustees who manage|the charity|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|ONce (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name ofperson (or body) entitled
to a
oint trustee
ifan||
|Peter Hill|chair||The membership||
|Neill Withington|treasurer||The membership||
|Mike Elsdon|membership|01/01/23 to 03/10/23|The membership||
|Chris Lee|membership|21/07/23 to 31/12/23|The membership||
|Name oftrustees
holding|title to property|title to property|belonging|to the|charity|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name||Dates acted ifnot for||whole|ear|
|Funds held as custodian trustees on||||behalf ofothers||
|Description
ofthe assets||none||||
|held in this capacity||||||
|Name and objects ofthe||n/a||||
|charity on whose behalf|the|||||
|assets are held and how|this|||||
|falls within the custodian||||||
|charity's objects||||||
|Detaiis ofarrangements|for|n/a||||
|safe custody and||||||
|segregation
ofsuch assets||||||
|from the charity's
own||||||
|assets||||||
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||||||||Forthe period||To||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||fr8im|01/01/2023||31/12/2023|||
||||~|~|s|~|||||||
|||||||||Unrlkstricted
tothe nearest E|Restricted
tothe nearest t|Total funds
tothe nearest
K|Last year
io the nearest|E|
|Receipts|||||||||||||
|Membership|fees|||||||216.00|0.00|216.00|296|QQ:|
|Donations||||||||169.19|0.00||||
|Grants||||||||0.00|0.00||8.866.21||
|Sales i event|income||||||||0.00|459.66|||
|interest||||||||0.00||0.00|||
|||||||||10.00|0.00|10.60|||
|Sub total|(Gross|income for AR/||||||854.l9|0.00|854.79|10,321.40:||
|Asset and|investment||sales||||||||||
|Sale ofassets||||||||80.00|0.00|80.00|||
|Sale of investments|||||||||0.00|0.00|||
|Sub total||||||||80.00|0.00|80.00|0.00i||
|Total receipts||||||||934.79|||10,321.40;:||
|Payments|||||||||||||
|Shed premises costs||||||||3,028.92|0.00|3,028.92|5?1.98.i||
|Insurance|||||||||||||
|Materials
&consumables||||||||1,112.91|0.00|'l,112.91|||
|Small tools (&f25)||||||||581.32|0.00|581.32|||
|Repairs and|renewals|||||||0.00|0.00|Q.QQ|||
|Refreshments|& cleaning||||||||0.00|446.24|||
|Admin/Office|costs|||||||10.00|0.00|10.00|||
|Subscriptions||||||||19.19|0.00|19.19|49|19'|
|Sundry||||||||0.00|0.00|0.00|Q.|QQ|
|Other||||||||0.00|0.00|0.00|||
|Sub total||||||||5,640.18|0.00|5,64Q.18|1,12?.07||
|Asset and|investment||urchases||||||||||
|Hand and power Tools (&25)||||||||0.00|0.00|0.00|Q|Qo'|
|Workshop
machines||||||||2,164.92|0.00|2&164.92|||
|Sub total||||||||2,164.92|0.00|2,164.92|0.00';||
|Total payments||||||||7805.16||7,805.16|1,127.07,:||
|Net ofreceipts/(payments}||||||||4,870.31|0.06|%,870.31|9,194.33||
|Transfers
between||funds||||||0.00|0.00||||
|Cash funds last||year end||||||9,545.37|0.00|9,545.3T|35!|Q4|
|Cash funds this||year end||||||2675.06||2675.Q6|9,545.37 i||
|Categories|||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Total current||||||
||||||fullds|funds|||Period||Last year||||
|Gash funds|||||to nearest K|to nearest|s||tothe nearest S||to the nearest||K||
|Coop account|||||||||2,638.56|||0,00|||
|Barclays account|||||||0.00||||||||
|||||||||||||0.00|||
|Total cash funds|||||||||2|675.06|||||
|(agree balances
with receipts and payments||account(s)l|||||||||||||
|Other monetary assets|||||||||||||||
|Stocks/goods
for sale||||||||||0.00|||||
|Debtors|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|Investment
assets|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|||||||||||0.00|||||
|As&ets retained for the Shed's|||||||||||||||
|own use|||||||||||||||
|Buildin s|||||||||2,100||||||
|Ler e items ofmachine|||||||||2,582.88||||||
|Power too/s|||||||||2,&64.96||||||
|Hand tools|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||519.00|||||
|Liabilities|||||||||||||||
|Trade creditors|||||||||||||||
|Accrued expenses|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||0.00||0.00l,|||
|Signed by one or two trustees|on behalf||||||||||||||
|ofali the trustees|||Si|ure||Print Name|||||Date ofa|roval||,
'|
|||||||k3.Mt~||Ifu~rrD~|||l~.g-||||
|Coop account summary|||||||||||||||
|Opening 8alance||||||||asat|01/01/2023|||0.00|||
|Receipts and net transfers|||||||||||8,901.32||||
|Payments|||||||||||-6,262.76||||
|Closing Balance||||||||as at|31/12/2023||2,638.66||||
|Gash funds||
|---|---|
|Coop account||
|Barclays account||
|Total cash funds||
|(agree balances
with receipts and payments|account(s)l|
|Other monetary assets||
|Stocks/goods
for sale||
|Debtors||
|Investment
assets||