## HDMS Annual Summary Report 2022
Like last year it has been a busy twelve months with our vision of what we like our shed complex to look like was coming to fruition.
After moving to this site in April 2021 our Nissen hut was refurbished, and up and running in six weeks the bulk of this carried out by your working committee.
With the Nissen hut basically laid out and workable, we came in to find it flooded, more digging, the soil beside Nissen hut was moved away and a French drain was installed by willing members, using a mini digger and hard graft. Now that side required more concrete shuttering to hold metal sides and make it waterproof.
Preparations were made for the quiet room arrival, site marked out, and slotted platform constructed, the quiet room caringly assembled and modified to include an insulated floor and an insulated roof, fitting of guttering and water collection and rat protection of slotted platform. Skilfully varnished inside and out by our team of expert painters. Also fitted were carpet squares, a sliding table, and a Kitchen sink with worktop, and storage cupboards added.
Scaffold boards were assembled around our site to make raised flower beds around the site, and beside the Nissen hut the ground was landscaped and planted with wildflower seeds. Plus, over 150 plastic gravel grids laid to make the ground safer to walk and work on, also an aid for disabled members with motorised vehicles.
Later in the year our Steel Logo sign was erected, and a pair of gates made and installed at entrance to our Men’s Shed.
We required power to this additional room, Paul our electrician was asked for advice on this project and said he would take it on, ably assisted by a willing gang to install underground feed to our quiet room. Consumer unit, lights and power sockets fitted.
It became obvious to Paul we could have a hot and cold running water system in the kitchen end of quiet room. It was costed up at £765.00. It was too late for our current funding application, so no funds were available at the time.
Later in the year the local Masonic Grand Master after hearing about our kitchen requirements during conversations presented us with a cheque for £300.00 for our kitchen, in the presence of Elaine and Richard Bird of Town & Around, they heard we were still short of £400.00. Later that day Richard Bird telephoned me to generously offer his £400.00 fund he had from scrap. This was gratefully received, with that the kitchen hot and cold system installed.
In addition, hot and cold water was relayed to toilet room with a sink and hot and cold taps fitted.
Our chop saw, wood lathe, and metal lathe have been bolted to the floor in Nissen hut for safe use. The rest of the machinery is mobile or moveable for ease of use.
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Our rear entrance double doors in the Nissen Hut which needed replacing were generously donated by our member John Lambert, old doors scrapped, new fames were made and skilfully fitted to walls on the hr, and frames and doors painted in school blue.
In April last year when we took over Nissen hut at Glebe House School, one of the requirements of our Licence is to run the Car boot sales on the playing field. We would receive 25% of the takings for our charity. With the amount of work required to get our shed up and running we felt this was our main priority at these new premises, we asked for a deferment to starting car boots to later in the year. This was agreed.
In June last year I was asked by Naomi (Headmasters wife) who ran the car boots to assist and see how it’s done. Turnout was low and parking was a shambles. Safety of the public was dubious. The last six in September and October we ran completely, making signs and car park locators. The admin and money continued by Naomi.
We did not receive any remuneration for our efforts, eventually we agreed we would write it off as the school said there will be no charges for that year for electricity. They originally wanted to do the same this year, we decided we would like the 25% from Car boots and pay for electricity as we have our own meter.
It was agreed we would do it completely this year. The admin, food and ice cream, advertising, and the banking. We had a good first year, only one car boot rained off halfway through the day with only 23 units. A low Father’s Day Sunday of 40 units. The rest exceeding 50 units each week, with our excellent first Sunday of 121 units.
As we haven’t got passing trade like we had at our first premises 9-11 Westgate this is a welcome small income to assist in the running costs of the shed. It was an encouraging first year, we hope with word of mouth and more advertising next year the numbers will increase to over 100 units each Sunday as it was in the past.
In May, this year we secured another grant to continue our project, to include Insurance for our complex, paint for outside Nissen Hut, soil for flower beds, a Sail to work under outside, a few more tools for versatility, and wood for picnic tables for tea and banter.
The Insurance has been paid, the ten ton of topsoil has been put in the flower beds,
And the Nissen hut painted on the outside. The tools requested will be purchased soon, later in the year or early spring the sail will be erected and picnic tables made.
With these grants they must include what it is for, enclose quotes, it usually allows twelve months for us to spend it. This is followed up by a request for report, to include how we spent it, how it impacted the shed, and photos to back up statement.
Any monies not spent in the time limit must be returned.
When we were formed in September 2019 and moved into our first properties in January 2020 we had literally nothing, we bought as many tools at low cost to give us versatility, not always the best quality or powerful enough, now a few of those tools have been replaced with more durable ones, the chop saw, the pillar drill, and the wood lathe.
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Also, on start-up other established sheds generously donated a few power and hand tools to us. When we replaced our power tools, we did the same and donated them to the network and were collected by the new unestablished sheds members.
We have achieved a lot in establishing our shed complex in a noticeably short time frame which is a testament to the dedication of the shed members.
We have had many project requests from the school during this year, painting a staircase and landing during summer holidays, making stage sets for this year’s pantomime ‘Peter Pan,’ making five honour boards, two ribbon spools, a forest kitchen. We will continue with projects from the school if we are able to do it.
During this year it was good to see new members joining our shed still with covid nagging in the background. We hope they enjoy being here taking part in our project.
Also joining in our impromptu midweek lunch get togethers.
Thank you all for an industrious happy year.
**HDMS 0123456**
**Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **For the To** Member **period from 04/06/2021 04/05/2022**
**CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricte Restricted
d funds funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest to the nearest to the nearest to the nearest
£ £ £ £
Receipts
Membership fees 390.00 0.00 390.00
Donations 117.00 0.00 117.00
Grants 700.00 11,408.00 12,108.00
Sales 919.00 0.00 919.00
Work for othersTransfer from cash to current 45.47 0.00 45.47
account 1,032.00 0.00 1,032.00
Refunds 689.31 689.31
Subs 684.02 0.00 684.02
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 4,576.80 11,408.00 15,984.80 0
Asset and investment sales
Sale of assets 0
Sale of investments 0 0
Sub total 0 0 0 0
Total receipts 4,576.80 11,408.00 15,984.80 0
Payments
Electricity Water Gas 70.70 0.00 70.70
Insurance 0.00 404.57 404.57
Materials & consumables 1,276.31 774.06 2,050.37
Small tools (<£25) 12.99 14.63 27.62
Repairs and renewals 1,639.27 3,818.12 5,457.39
Refreshments & cleaningg 167.14 0.00 167.14
Subscriptions 45.27 0.00 45.27
DBS Checks 480.00 0.00 480.00
Cash to current account 1,032.00 0.00 1,032.00
Building Project Quiet Room 0.00 12,778.44 12,778.44
Sub total 4,723.68 17,789.82 22,513.50
Asset and investment
purchases
Hand and power Tools (>£25) 43.84 167.75 211.59
Workshop machines 0.00 1,266.90 1,266.90
Sub total 43.84 1,434.65 1,478.49
Total payments 4,767.52 19,224.47 23,991.99
Net of receipts/(payments) -190.72 -7,816.47 -8,007.19
Transfers between funds
Cash funds last year end 2,239.07 10,004.22 12,243.29
Cash funds this year end 2,048.35 2,187.75 4,236.10
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio d
Categories Total
Unrestricte Restricted current
d funds funds Period Last year
to the nearest to the nearest
Cash funds to nearest £ to nearest £ £ £
Current account 1,815.19 2,187.75 4,002.94
Deposit account 0.00 0.00
Cash 233.16 233.16
Total cash funds 2,048.35 2,187.75 4,236.10
(agree balances with receipts and OK OK OK OK
payments account(s))
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