## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2024 Period start date to 31[st] March 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Telford Repair Cafe**
## **Charity registration number:1202453**
## **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 protect and safeguard the environment
for the public benefit through the promotion
of repair and re-use of products as a
means of preventing and minimising waste|
|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 operate regular repair events across
the Borough of Telford where we invite
members of the public to bring items for
repair which would otherwise be disposed
of as waste so to meet our purposes to
protect and safeguard the environment for
the public benefit.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm they have had due
regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on Public Benefit|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference We are not a grant making charity 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
## **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||Throughout the period we undertook 12
repair events at various locations within the
Telford area. The table below shows our
achievements in numbers
**Y/e**
**31/3/25**
**Y/e**
**31/3/24**
**%**
**increase**
**Voluntee**
**r hours**
580
450
30
**Repairs**
298
246
21
**Visitors**
254
194
30
We’ve increased by a fifth the number of
items we’ve saved from going to waste.
Additionally, the number of people visiting
our repair events has increased by almost a
third indicating a greater awareness among
the public of the benefits for repair as
opposed to disposal, not only for the
environment but financially.|
||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||Throughout the period we undertook 12
repair events at various locations within the
Telford area. The table below shows our
achievements in numbers
**Y/e**
**31/3/25**
**Y/e**
**31/3/24**
**%**
**increase**
**Voluntee**
**r hours**
580
450
30
**Repairs**
298
246
21
**Visitors**
254
194
30
We’ve increased by a fifth the number of
items we’ve saved from going to waste.
Additionally, the number of people visiting
our repair events has increased by almost a
third indicating a greater awareness among
the public of the benefits for repair as
opposed to disposal, not only for the
environment but financially.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|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|We brought forward £ 5471 for the previous
year and our Gross income for the period
was £1734 made up of voluntary donations
from our repair events and from the local
community lottery. Our expenditure for the
period was £1393 giving us a net operating
surplus of £341. We anticipate next years
income to be in the region £1400 from
donations but expenditure will be nearer
£2,000 to allow for increased expenditure
on tools and materials for repairs and
training for our volunteers, the difference
will be met from our reserves.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees have agreed to build up a
reserve to provide contingency to maintain
our programme in the event that there is a
shortfall in the primary source of funding
from donations.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,800|
|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|N/a|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Charity is a registered Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (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|The trustees are selected with due regard
to their skills and experience and are
appointed at a full meeting of the charity
trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|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**
|Charity name|Telford Repair Cafe|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1202453|
|Charity’s principal address|25 ORSONS MEADOW
BICTON HEATH
SHROPSHIRE
SY3 5DL|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**
1 Sylivia Ann
Johnson
2 Willie Gormley
3 Vivienne Borrett
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5
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7|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**|
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||Chair|||
||Treasurer|||
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|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
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|Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity|||
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|None|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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
## **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)** Sylvia Ann Johnson
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair / Trustee **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
9/11/2025