Dereham Men’s Shed 62A Norwich Street Dereham Norfolk NR19 1AD Report of the trustees for the year ending 31 March 2025 The Governors of Dereham Men’s Shed Charity present their annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. ## **Our Aims** Our Shed is a member of the UK Men Shed Association. The UKMSA provides advice and support to help us run a successful Shed. We aim to support men within the town of Dereham and its surrounding villages in Norfolk by providing a welcoming environment within our Shed for members to come together, relax, and make friends. Our Shed offers time to sit and chat as well as participate in practical activities within our small workshop, for the benefit of themselves and/or the local community. ## **Objectives and Activities** The objectives of Dereham Men’s Shed (DMS) are to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by engaging adult males aged 18 and over within the Dereham area who may be at risk of social isolation and to relieve the needs of those who are socially excluded by assisting them to integrate in society through the provision of facilities where they can meet to undertake, jointly or individually for - Creative, physical, or recreational activities - Learning or passing on skills or knowledge - Social support. Further opportunities are undertaken to work in partnership with local groups and organisations to support our community. DMS is managed by the Trustees. Any member of DMS can volunteer to become a Trustee and their appointment is formalised and approved during a general meeting of the membership. The DMS Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Page 1 Trustee’s Annual Report 2025 ## **Achievements and Performance** Our Shed has both a communal area and a separate small workshop. This enables the creativity of individuals who are more practically minded, and allows others to enjoy the camaraderie of others in a relaxed atmosphere. The workshop has continued to expand through the acquisition of an increasing range of power tools along with the procurement of infrastructure items to assist keeping the workshop as a safe environment in which to work. Socially members continue to meet on a regular basis. There is a weekly meeting where members talk over some refreshments while providing support to each other, discuss any topic that might be brought up, and welcome the occasional organised presentation. Those members who are more practically minded there are 3 weekly workshop sessions which continue to be well supported. Within the workshop members can make artefacts, using recycled materials were possible, to sell at fetes throughout the year to help our bank balance, and also make and repair items as requested from members of the local community. Support to the local community this year included - The making and installation of notice boards for local villages. - Filling-in of pot holes along a private road for a group of residence in the local town. - Providing assistance to another local charity in the delivery of a workshop making a ‘cigar box guitar’ for each local participant, during the town’s Blues Festival. ## **Financial Review** Funds held 31/03/2025 |Bank account
**£5893**
Petty cash
£0
**Income - Receipts**
Membershipfees
£830
Donations
£935
Grants
£0
Sales/eventsincome
£1345
Membersrefreshments
£425
Other
£0
**Sub total**
**£3535**|Bank account
**£5893**
Petty cash
£0
**Income - Receipts**
Membershipfees
£830
Donations
£935
Grants
£0
Sales/eventsincome
£1345
Membersrefreshments
£425
Other
£0
**Sub total**
**£3535**| |---|---| |Membershipfees|£830| |Donations|£935| |Grants|£0| |Sales/eventsincome|£1345| |Membersrefreshments|£425| |Other|£0| |**Sub total**|**£3535**| Page 2 Trustee’s Annual Report 2025 ## Income – Sale of Assets |Income – Sale of Assets|| |---|---| |Sale ofassets|£0| |Sale of investments|£0| |**Sub total **|**£0**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
INCOME TOTAL £3535
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## **Expenditure – Payments** |Shed premises costs|£531| |---|---| |Insurance|£157| |Materials and consumables|£492| |Admin/office costs|£20| |Subscriptions|£42| |Sundry expenditure|£1195| |**Sub total **|**£2437 **| Expenditure – Asset and Investments |Expenditure – Asset and Investments|| |---|---| |Hand andPower Tools (>£25)|£0| |Workshopmachines|£455| |**Sub total **|**£455**| **EXPENDITURE TOTAL £2892** DMS does not have any debts. An independent audit has been undertaken of our financial accounts and the auditor’s report has been accepted at a committee meeting. The Trustees believe that they have complied with the objectives of being a charity as stated. We aim to ensure that the wider community benefit from the Shed’s activities, and in addition there are personal benefits that the shed members enjoy. ## **Financial Operating Model:** Our primary income stream is derived from donations we receive from artefacts made in the workshop and sold at local events particularly spring and summer outdoor fetes as well as during Christmas events. Further revenue streams are from our member’s regular attendance at the weekly social, meet and chat sessions, as well as the 3 weekly sessions when our workshop is open. Our workshop provides the opportunity for members to engage in more practical activities, so ensuring we have a reasonably balanced income funding model. Page 3 Trustee’s Annual Report 2025 Our expenditure is kept to a minimum where the largest expenditure continues to focus on the workshop. Social activities outside the immediate Shed and its workshop are an area where we could as an organisation; improve the attraction of becoming a member, through the scheduling of more regular events outside the immediate Shed environment. Our bank balance also benefits from the agreement we have with our landlord, Dereham Theatre Company. The DTCo committee provide us with accommodation space for our Shed, for which we pay a peppercorn rent, and in return our workshop members offer support and assistance with the building of sets and other production artefacts required for their regular theatrical productions. While our agreement with DTCo does not specify we pay for services used, we recognise the increase in use of our workshop, particularly in the winter time, increases their electricity costs and therefore we make a voluntary contribution in recognition of their support. ## **Reserves Policy** As required by the Charity Commission, our committee have agreed we allocate £1000 as our financial reserve fund. Our operating costs are relatively small; we have very limited overheads, and no paid staff members. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** DMS is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The CIO is governed by a constitution, with charity trustees being elected by members during a General Meeting. The Trustees are responsible for the governance of the charity and direct how it is managed and run. ## **Administration Information** |Charityname|Dereham Men’s Shed| |---|---| |Registered charitynumber|1192142| |Charity address|Dereham Men’s Shed
62A Norwich Street
Dereham
Norfolk
NR19 1AD| Page 4 Trustee’s Annual Report 2025 ## **Name of the Trustees** |**Trustee Name**|**Office**|**Duration inOffice**|**Appointed by**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |JohnCollins|Chair|Whole period|Member’sAGM| |IanGrixti|TreasurertoMay24|ToMay24|Member’sAGM| |KevinGreen|Secretary|Whole period|Member’sAGM| |ChrisLambert|Treasurer from May24|Whole period|Member’sAGM| |SteveWatts||Whole period|Member’sAGM| |HowardMartin||Whole period|Member’sAGM| |WallaceMurray||From 25 July24|Member’sAGM| ## **Declarations** The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. |**Trustee Name**|**Signature**|**Date**| |---|---|---| |||| |John Collins||| |Kevin Green||| Page 5 Trustee’s Annual Report 2025 Numbers Sheet Name Numbers Table Name Table I Table I Table I Table I Tdblc I TablL I Table I Table I Excel Worksheet Name Instructions Sctu Recei ts ments Bdnk dnd Casli Sumind ShLd As%LI Shed AccoiiiTrls Convertin toaCJO Shed Accounting made easy UK A Men'5 shed Cash Book and Receipts and Payments Aicount template UKK4¥wornmend51ha1allM￿'55hEd￿preplreAuQU￿I50nIh? 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