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2025-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 6 April 2024 5 April 2025 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address Old School Lane Yateley Hampshire GU46 6NG

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Yateley Men’s Shed YMS

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee(if any)
Christopher Barnes Chair
Denis Adams DeputyChair
John Stephens Secretary
Stephen Bond Treasurer
Nicholas East Membership
John Underwood Tools Officer
John Race Social
TerryGillings Health & Safety

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution adopted April 2023
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Unincorporated association
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General
Meetings held in April

Constitution adopted April 2023
Unincorporated association
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General
Meetings held in April

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Membership of Yateley Men’s Shed is open to anyone, male or female, You may choose to include over the age of 18. additional information, where The Shed opens every weekday morning for members to use the relevant, about: woodworking tools. While attendance in the Workshop is restricted to 8 • members only, the Green Room Social Area has no restrictions. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and The Trustees oversee the day to day running of the Shed through a training of trustees; number of Key Holders who have responsibilities for each session. • the charity’s organisational The use machine tools in the Workshop are only open for members with a structure and any wider proven competence to use such equipment. network with which the charity works; Members Meeting are held monthly were all activities and plans are • discussed with the members attending. A record of the meetings is relationship with any related circulated to the wider membership. In addition YMS runs a Website to parties; communicate with the public, plus a member’s only page for club • Trustees’ consideration of Trustees’ consideration of information.

Section C Objectives and activities

To provide a meeting place where members are able to safely work on woodworking projects, for them, the Shed or the Community. To minimise loneliness and social isolation of members, particularly Summary of the objects of the elderly men, by joint projects and social interaction. charity set out in its governing document

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Yateley Men’s Shed uses its facilities and equipment for members to come together in a social environment and enhance their woodworking skills and abilities by:-

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main During the year we achieved the following:- achievements of the charity • Attended the Yateley May Fayre to support the Lions Club during the year Charity, raise funds by selling hand crafted goods and advertised for new members. • Attended the Yateley Feel Good Festival to support the Yateley Town Council’s Wellbeing Campaign. • Attended the Yateley Christmas Market • Attended Yateley Council’s Craft Fair. • Attended Yateley Lion’s Firework Festival with children’s games and entertainment. • Refurbished an ex-building site office into a new Social Area by adding a kitchen, toilets, Wi-Fi, security cameras and large screen monitor. This was formally opened by the Yateley Town Mayor. • Organised Quiz Nights and Social Events for members. • Repaired play equipment for a local nursery. • Assisted the Royal British Legion in making a Poppy Wall for the Remembrance Ceremony. • Refurbished 15 Picnic Tables and distributed them to local sports groups. • Designed and constructed Carnival Games to enable a local school and children’s charity to raise funds.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Total Bank and Cash held at 5th April 2025 was £13,977 in unrestricted funds.

We normally hold funds to cover 12 months utility costs and commitments. However this year we have needed additional funds to cover the purchase and refurbishment of our new Green Room Social Area.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our main source of income is the annual membership fees and fundraising projects.

However this year we received grants totally £13,500 from the District Council and the Lottery Fund specifically for the Green Room Project

Section F Other optional information

We intend to use our funds to further equip our Workshop, including better machine tools and a more comprehensive dust extraction system to improve air quality for members.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Stephen Bond Full name(s) Christopher Barnes Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 04/02/2026

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Yateley Men's Shed - Accounts Summary 2024/25

Income Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 Total
1a - Membership 1,364 1,863 574 59 83 60 18 18 24 £4,063
1b - Attendance Fees 142 160 169 191 198 217 183 197 134 197 222 251 £2,261
2 - Donations 25 153 108 30 167 5 121 64 50 354 663 £1,740
3 - Grants 11,000 2,500 £13,500
4 - Sales & Event Income 103 1,586 90 195 170 228 719 588 12 90 £3,781
6 - Social & Wellbeing 5 150 280 452 72 £959
7 - Sale of Assets 79 50 29 20 10 59 125 100 64 9 89 £634
Total Income £1,713 £14,812 £970 £500 £695 £592 £183 £1,222 £1,166 £781 £615 £3,689 £26,938
Expenditure Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 Total
1a - Premises - Electricity 58 57 50 57 59 76 90 138 289 261 315 £1,450
1b - Premises - Waste Collection 40 43 39 59 56 59 39 59 39 119 85 £637
1c - Premises - Insurance 809 £809
1d - Premises - Miscellaneous 32 20 174 20 84 96 20 20 20 20 £506
2 - Project Materials 47 48 22 20 37 56 28 80 37 £375
3 - Consumables 78 35 3 131 12 7 51 43 106 £466
4 - Tool Purchases 3,240 21 257 32 92 £3,642
5 - Repairs & Renewals 37 5 20 34 23 63 £182
6 - Refreshments & Cleaning 15 9 3 6 8 11 42 1 £95
7 - Admin & Office Costs 51 20 5 16 4 £96
8 - Subscriptions 30 £30
9 - SundryCosts - General 584 197 19 96 27 £923
9 - SundryCosts - Green Room 5,994 6,014 1,200 904 687 197 3 2,773 1,802 539 £20,113
10 - Social & Wellbeing 293 716 £1,009
Total Expenditure £6,185 £9,501 £1,975 £1,367 £1,318 £396 £420 £1,134 £528 £3,981 £2,344 £1,185 £30,334

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