## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 31/10/2024 Period start date To 31/03/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: HIGHWORTH COMMUNITY SHED** ## **Charity registration number: 1200839** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote social inclusion for the public
benefit by preventing people
(particularly but not exclusively older
men and women), within Highworth and
the surrounding area, from becoming
socially excluded, relieving the needs of
those people who are socially excluded
and assisting them to integrate into
society through the provision of
facilities in which they can meet to
undertake, jointly or individually,
creative, physical or recreational
activities, learn or pass on skills and
knowledge and support each other
socially.
For the purpose of this clause 'socially
excluded' means being excluded from
society, or parts of society, as a result
of one of more of the following factors:
unemployment; financial hardship;
bereavement or old age; ill health
(physical or mental).| |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|Our Workshop offers the opportunity
for members to make items for
themselves or to enter into communal
projects to make items for the Shed
itself or for the community.
Members are able to book sessions and
courses in Basic Woodworking Skills are
offered to members and the general
public.| |||We secured grants from National
Lottery Community Fund (setting up
costs), Co-operative Midshires and Local
Giving Small Stars (both for Shed in
Community project) – all restricted funds
and accounted for.
**We ran our “Shed in the Community**
**Project”**within Highworth, we ran 5
separate FREE of charge craft courses
subsidized from grants from Co-
operative Midshires Society and Local
Giving. Attendance was between 8 – 12
attendees at each session. These were
specifically aimed towards (but not
exclusively) the women in Highworth.
Some of the women have since become
members of the Shed and taken Basic
Woodwork Skills courses and other
courses, we have seen confidence grow
and some now assist the Charity with
fundraising events and have shared what
they have gained from the Shed with the
local residents on Market days when we
have a stall on the Podium.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have received guidance
regarding Public Benefit through
dedicated Trustee training and from
documents via the Commissions website.
The Charitable Objectives are also
added to the agenda of Trustee
meetings as a reminder of our purpose.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|n/a – we do not make grants| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|n/a| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All members and Trustees are volunteers
and as such their contributions to the
Charityis of great significance.| |Other||n/a| ## **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|
Sharing of skills and passing on
knowledge by tuition with our
Shed supervisors or by attending
a_Basic Skills course_

Extending their abilities and
gaining confidence

Provide a venue for members to
meet and talk and make
_friendships_and to feel they can
make a contribution thus assisting
with_mental well being_

Encouraging women members to
work with equipment that they
have never had experience which
enables them_to expand their_
_skills_base and boost general
_confidence_

Full certificated First Aid courses
for all our Supervisors thus
ensuring we can react in the best
way if required
As a new Charity we have spent much of
the year raising awareness of the
project, enrolling members, making
contacts in our wider community and of
course raising finance to ensure the
Charity’s viability and longer-term
security.
In addition to general donations, we
secured grants from National Lottery
Community Fund (setting up costs), Co-
operative Midshires and Local Giving
Small Stars (both for Shed in Community
project) – all restricted funds and
accounted for.
**EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR**
**EVENTS AND PROJECTS 2022 -**
**2024**

Open day for residents of
Highworth and surroundingarea| |
Making bird boxes for Friends of| |---| |Pentylands Park (in Highworth)| |
Planters for area outside the local| |swimming pool| |
Outdoor Library for local Primary| |School| |
Projects for local church including| |storage for recycling containers| |**Run our “Shed in the Community**| |**Project”**within Highworth, we ran 5| |separate FREE of charge craft courses| |subsidized from grants from Co-| |operative Midshires Society and Local| |Giving. Attendance was between 8 – 12| |attendees at each session. These were| |specifically aimed towards (but not| |exclusively) the women in Highworth.| |Some of the women have since become| |members of the Shed and taken Basic| |Woodwork Skills courses and other| |courses, we have seen confidence grow| |and some now assist the Charity with| |fundraising events and have shared what| |they have gained from the Shed with the| |local residents on Market days when we| |have a stall on the Podium.| |**We will offer FREE membership**if a| |person applying is in a position to be| |socially excluded due to**_financial_**| |**_hardship_**– we currently support one such| |male member who also suffers with| |anxiety issues. He has come to the Shed| |on several occasions but he also makes| |items in his home for the Shed with the| |supplies of wood etc we give to him. We| |are extending his FREE membership| |again this year at his request.| |We have several members who have| |**_health issues_**. One, (joined 2023)| |suffers from Parkinsons and we were| |able to offer support to him at sessions,| |we also have a member who has heart| |issues, coming to the Shed has built up| |his confidence and he says he now| |considers a Wednesday as his “Shed”| |day.| We have several members who are on Autistic Spectrum and we endeavour to assist them by encouragement and assistance with the projects they undertake in a structured way. **We have attended:** Craft Fairs in Highworth and Coleshill May Day and Christmas Fayres - all day street events locally in Highworth **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|n/a| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|In addition to grants and donations we
received, we have raised funds from
within the community at Craft Fairs,
local Market stalls and delivering courses
at a very competitive rate| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As a new Charity we are aware of the
need to keep some stability within our
accounts and have concentrated on
delivering a service to our users at the
same time as building up some reserves
for the future. We aim to try and build
up a balance to cover running costs for
twoyearsfor thefuture.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No specific reserves held| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|As above| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Currently we have an adequate balance
to cover our outgoings etc| |---|---|---| |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|We are confident of our future at this
time as we have a lot of support and are
actively fundraising| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Membership £ 920
Courses £ 806
Donations/Grants £ 9200
Fundraising £ 6800| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|None| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Currently confident in our future but we
do discuss at our Trustees meetings| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(CIO)association structure| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(CIO)
Registered 27thOctober 2022
Registration number 1200839| |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|Trustees elected by members at the
Annual General Meeting (AGM). An EGM
can be called by members to deal with
Trustee issues should the matter arise in
between the normal year period. The
number of Trustees allowed for
Highworth Community Shed is 5 (five)
and over the period that number has not
exceeded the constitutional
requirements.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We had a full day induction training for
the Trustees in April 2023, Trustees are
also made aware of Shed policy
documents available in our One Drive
system and what is available on the
CharityCommission site| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We have a Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
and Shed Manager – all are Trustees| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|We network with other charities and
groups in our designated catchment area| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|HIGHWORTH COMMUNITY SHED| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1200839| |Charity’s principal address|(1) Secretary
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Adrian Young|Chair|Oct 2022 – Feb 2023|| ||GerryReilly|Treasurer|Oct 2022 – Jan 2023|| ||Chris Kent|Secretary|Oct 2022 – Feb 2023|| ||Russell Dobbs|Treasurer|Jan 2023 – Feb 2023|| |||||| ||Sue Dobbs|Chair|Feb 2023 - current|| ||Robert Reynolds|Treasurer|Feb 2023 - current|| ||Peter Armitage|Secretary|Feb 2023 - current|| ||GaryBates|Shed Manager|Mar 2023 - current|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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 n/a 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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** ||**Highworth Community Shed**
**Charity Name**|**Highworth Community Shed**
**Charity Name**|**Highworth Community Shed**
**Charity Name**|**1200839**
**No (if any)**|**1200839**
**No (if any)**|**1200839**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|31/10/2022
Period start date|**To**||31/03/2024
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**920**
**806**
**165**
**4,442**
**2,426**
**175**
**123**
**2,845**
**11,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,902**
**939**
**832**
**27**
**251**
**222**
**150**
**190**
**905**
**812**
**305**
**326**
**1,482**
**196**
**6,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,637**
**5,265**
**-**
**1,568**
**6,833**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**400**
**500**
**5,500**
**6,400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,400**
**293**
**1,281**
**607**
**3,946**
**273**
**6,400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**920**
**806**
**165**
**4,442**
**2,426**
**175**
**123**
**2,845**
**400**
**500**
**5,500**
**18,302**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,302**
**939**
**832**
**27**
**251**
**515**
**1,431**
**190**
**1,512**
**4,758**
**578**
**326**
**1,482**
**196**
**13,037**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,037**

**5,265**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membershipfees|**920**||||||**-**| |Course fees|**806**||||||**-**| |Session fees|**165**||||||**-**| |Sales|**4,442**||||||**-**| |Fund raisingconcert receipts(2022)|**2,426**||||||**-**| |Social eveningreceipts|**175**||||||**-**| |Bank interest & compensation|**123**||||||**-**| |Donations -general|**2,845**||||||**-**| |Donation - Coop|||||||**-**| |Donation - Local Giving|||||||**-**| |National Lottery grant|||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**11,902**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |
Rent|**939**||||||**-**| |Insurance|**832**||||||**-**| |Electricity|**27**||||||**-**| |Rates|**251**||||||**-**| |Room hire|**222**||||||**-**| |Trustee & first-aid training|**150**||||||**-**| |Trustee expenses|**190**||||||**-**| |Materials/consumable|**905**||||||**-**| |tools & equipment|**812**||||||**-**| |Legal fees|**305**||||||**-**| |Misc - expenses & subscriptions|**326**||||||**-**| |Fund raisingconcert expenses(2022)|**1,482**||||||**-**| |Social eveningcosts|**196**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,637**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||| |**,**|**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**5,265**|**-**|**-**||
**5,265**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**1,568**|**-**|**-**||**1,568**||**-**| ||**6,833**|**-**|**-**||**6,833**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 03/08/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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