## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/09/2023 Period start date To 31/08/2024 Period end date Charity name: Camberley & District Men’s Shed**
## **Charity registration number:**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To reduce the social exclusion of people**
**(particularly, but not exclusively, older**
**men). To lessen their isolation and**
**provide social opportunities, helping**
**them to build friendships, through the**
**provision of facilities in which they can**
**meet to undertake a range of creative,**
**physical or recreational activities, learn**
**or pass on skills and knowledge**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We achieved our objective of setting up a**
**local version of the recognised concept**
**of a men's shed.**
**Most of our effort during the year was**
**spent working with local organisations**
**and individuals delivering projects for the**
**community.**
**We used social media, including our**
**website and Facebook page, to advertise**
**the shed and to identify potential**
**members.We pursued grants and**
**funding from a number of organisations. **|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have paid full regard to the**
**Commission's guidance throughout the**
**year.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **We do not make grants** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **We do not make investments** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The shed is run entirely by volunteers,**
**and we have no plans for this to change.**
**They worked on projects for community**
**organisations and their own projects.**
**In addition they pursued membership as**
**wellas carrying out fund-raising. **|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity completed its first full year in**
**its new premises which was officially**
**opened in the summer by our local M.P.**
**As at the end of this reporting period, the**
**Men’s shed had a total of 40 members in**
**addition to the Trustees.**
**Members have benefitted from**
**the installed facilities and**
**equipment, and from social contact with**
**each other, having not met each other**
**before**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We have completed and delivered several**
**projects for local charities, organisations**
**and individuals against objectives set by**
**these persons.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**In the short term, in addition to covering**
**operating costs, we had to buy and**
**replace some items of workshop**
**equipment. We therefore obtained 2 small**
**grants from local**
**councillor’s.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our expenses throughout the year were**
**focused on running costs and**
**maintenance and upkeep of equipment**
**for the use of members. The charity had a**
**healthy positive cash balance at the end**
**of the period. **|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our financial policy is to retain a**
**maximum of six months' operating costs**
**as a reserve.**
**We anticipate that this should cover**
**outstanding commitments at any time.**|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**17,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The concept of a men's shed is well**
**established, and we are confident that we**
**will be able to cover our costs for at least**
**several years.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustee selection will rely on suitable**
**volunteers being identified by personal**
**contact with other trustees, by**
**recommendations from others, or by**
**stepping forward. Normally their formal**
**appointment will take place at an AGM.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Charityname|
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|Camberley and District
Men's Shed|Camberley and District Men's Shed|
|Other name the charityuses|Other name the charityuses|
|Registered charity number|Registered charity number|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Neil Baker|Chair|||
||PhilipWoodland|Vice Chair|||
||Paul Cronin|Treasurer|||
||Nick King|Secretary|||
||Tom Philbrook||||
||Richard Long||||
||Roger Waters||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Paul Cronin **Full name(s)** Neil Baker **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 26/2/2025
## Camberley & District Mens Shed Income & Expenditure Summary (by Fund) - Monthly
**Fund:** General | **Financial Year:** 2023/2024 | **Date:** 31/08/2024 | **Transaction Group:** No filtering | **Projections:** Hidden | **Categories Displayed:** All
## Income
||Sep
2023|Oct
2023|Nov
2023|Dec
2023|Jan
2024|Feb
2024|Mar
2024|Apr
2024|May
2024|Jun
2024|Jul
2024|Aug
2024|Actual|Total Budget|Budget Received|
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||||||||Donations|||||||||
|CDMS project payments|134.65|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|29.49|72.52|111.37|161.13|379.13|888.29|0.00|n/a|
|One Of Gifts|0.00|500.00|1,500.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|2,667.00|171.00|0.00|0.00|700.00|5,538.00|2,000.00|277%|
|Online Giving|0.00|0.00|22.71|0.00|0.00|15.13|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|37.84|100.00|38%|
|Regular Donations|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|37.51|0.00|0.00|28.63|66.14|0.00|n/a|
|Subscriptions|138.30|40.00|0.00|58.30|1,906.77|90.00|60.00|60.00|60.00|30.00|30.00|147.35|2,620.72|2,400.00|109%|
|Total|272.95|540.00|1,522.71|58.30|1,906.77|105.13|60.00|2,756.49|341.03|141.37|191.13|1,255.11|9,150.99|4,500.00|203%|
||||||||Gift Aid|||||||||
|Gift Aid|0.00|0.00|29.47|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|29.47|0.00|n/a|
|Total|0.00|0.00|29.47|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|29.47|0.00|n/a|
||||||||Other Incom|e||||||||
|Bank Interest|28.59|27.56|30.58|30.94|28.14|29.80|28.45|25.17|25.68|26.84|23.74|22.11|327.60|250.00|131%|
|Clothing income|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|372.00|122.00|494.00|0.00|n/a|
|Electric standing charge
refund from SHBC|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|148.18|148.18|0.00|n/a|
|Other|0.00|0.00|0.01|0.00|116.76|4.92|85.41|37.70|0.00|0.00|1.96|0.00|246.76|0.00|n/a|
|Room Hire|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Tool/equipment sales|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Total|28.59|27.56|30.59|30.94|144.90|34.72|113.86|62.87|25.68|26.84|397.70|292.29|1,216.54|250.00|487%|
|Total|301.54|567.56|1,582.77|89.24|2,051.67|139.85|173.86|2,819.36|366.71|168.21|588.83|1,547.40|10,397.00|4,750.00|219%|
|Budgeted|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.83|395.87||||
## Expenditure
||Sep
2023|Oct
2023|Nov
2023|Dec
2023|Jan
2024|Feb
2024|Mar
2024|Apr
2024|May
2024|Jun
2024|Jul
2024|Aug
2024|Actual|Total Budget|Budget Spent|
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|Clothing expenses|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|434.76|0.00|434.76|0.00|n/a|
|Donation to charity|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Equipment & Consumables|449.72|227.99|546.10|130.23|295.70|281.57|339.11|2,554.30|512.17|112.27|345.52|400.39|6,195.07|1,200.00|516%|
|Insurance|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|394.46|0.00|0.00|394.46|750.00|53%|
|IT|0.00|87.48|0.00|137.31|18.00|58.73|18.00|13.00|29.00|40.00|35.00|57.24|493.76|500.00|99%|
|Licences|0.00|0.00|30.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|5.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|35.00|0.00|n/a|
|Major Equipment|839.91|1,822.36|388.46|350.16|0.00|892.21|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|4,293.10|0.00|n/a|
|Member meetings|0.00|0.00|0.00|25.70|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|112.47|138.17|0.00|n/a|
|Refurbishment|687.13|524.80|252.26|83.43|1,162.52|634.26|598.51|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|221.86|4,164.77|0.00|n/a|
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||Sep
2023|Oct
2023|Nov
2023|Dec
2023|Jan
2024|Feb
2024|Mar
2024|Apr
2024|May
2024|Jun
2024|Jul
2024|Aug
2024|Actual|Total Budget|Budget Received|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Shed projects|134.65|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|85.41|160.19|9.95|0.00|190.54|209.21|434.12|1,224.07|0.00|n/a|
|Stripe or SumUp charges|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|11.72|1.96|1.01|1.70|0.00|0.00|0.00|1.87|18.26|0.00|n/a|
|Total|2,111.41|2,662.63|1,216.82|726.83|1,487.94|1,954.14|1,116.82|2,578.95|546.17|737.27|1,024.49|1,227.95|17,391.42|2,450.00|710%|
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|Broadband|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|300.00|0%|
|Electricity|0.00|41.40|0.00|0.00|513.63|18.23|331.02|116.91|0.00|371.51|0.00|0.00|1,392.70|600.00|232%|
|Gas|44.69|37.39|28.59|39.58|42.88|386.02|0.00|274.92|175.94|65.33|36.25|23.96|1,155.55|600.00|193%|
|Rent|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Utilities|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Total|44.69|78.79|28.59|39.58|556.51|404.25|331.02|391.83|175.94|436.84|36.25|23.96|2,548.25|1,500.00|170%|
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|Design & Print|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Website|0.00|0.00|18.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|18.00|0.00|n/a|
|Total|0.00|0.00|18.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|18.00|0.00|n/a|
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|Employment Costs|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Expenses - Meetings|0.00|0.00|0.00|274.12|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|274.12|0.00|n/a|
|Expenses - Travel|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|n/a|
|Training|0.00|0.00|80.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|50.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|130.00|0.00|n/a|
|Total|0.00|0.00|80.00|274.12|0.00|0.00|50.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|404.12|0.00|n/a|
|Total|2,156.10|2,741.42|1,343.41|1,040.53|2,044.45|2,358.39|1,497.84|2,970.78|722.11|1,174.11|1,060.74|1,251.91|20,361.79|3,950.00|515%|
|Budgeted|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|266.67|1,016.67|266.67|266.63||||
## Summary Totals
||Sep
2023|Oct
2023|Nov
2023|Dec
2023|Jan
2024|Feb
2024|Mar
2024|Apr
2024|May
2024|Jun
2024|Jul
2024|Aug
2024|Total to Date||
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|Opening Balance|33,081.58|31,227.02|29,053.16|29,292.52|28,341.23|28,348.45|26,129.91|24,805.93|24,654.51|24,299.11|23,293.21|22,821.30|33,081.58||
|Income|301.54|567.56|1,582.77|89.24|2,051.67|139.85|173.86|2,819.36|366.71|168.21|588.83|1,547.40|10,397.00||
|Expenditure|2,156.10|2,741.42|1,343.41|1,040.53|2,044.45|2,358.39|1,497.84|2,970.78|722.11|1,174.11|1,060.74|1,251.91|20,361.79||
|Surplus (Income -
Expenditure)|-1,854.56|-2,173.86|239.36|-951.29|7.22|-2,218.54|-1,323.98|-151.42|-355.40|-1,005.90|-471.91|295.49|-9,964.79||
|Fund Transfers|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||
|Closing Balance|31,227.02|29,053.16|29,292.52|28,341.23|28,348.45|26,129.91|24,805.93|24,654.51|24,299.11|23,293.21|22,821.30|23,116.79|23,116.79||
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