## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 July 2023 Period start date To 30 June 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Share Haywards Heath**
**Charity registration number: 1203113 12031131203113**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its
governing document|TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN HAYWARDS HEATH AND
THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH IN PARTICULAR
,BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROMOTION OF THE
SHARING AND RE-USE OF PRODUCTS AS A MEANS OF
PREVENTING AND MINIMISING WASTE DISPOSAL; AND
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE
PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE SHARING AND RE-USE
OF PRODUCTS|
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|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.|Providing a 'Library of Things' for Haywards Heath and
surrounding areas|
|Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|The trustees have 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:
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|Policy on grant making|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|**The charity is entirely operated by volunteers**|
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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.|The charity was set up and actually opened to the public at
the end of July 2023. During the year to 30 June 2024 we
made approx 125 loans of items to the public and attended
a number of events to raise awareness of the Library of
Things- this enabled our members to reduce unneeded
expenditure on items with occasional use and our donors
to reduce waste on items they might otherwise have
thrown away.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|**Balance at bank £1934**|
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Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|**Policy:**The trustees consider a reasonable level of
reserves to be three months operating costs (budgeted to
be approximately £100) plus the annual cost of insurance
(previously £400 - £500). The trustees consider it essential
to keep this cost in reserve as without public liability
insurance we would have to close immediately. This would
give a reserve level of £600.|
|Amount of reserves held|At year end we had more than this in reserves (approx
£2,000). This is due to less than planned expenditure on
purchase of items because of a high level of donations of
items and our current limitations on storage space, which
have now been addressed. Also a grant from the Gatwick
trust (£1000) was received in June but had not yet been
spent|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|**None known at present**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|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|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of
three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.In selecting individuals for
appointment as charity trustees, the
charity trustees must have regard to the
skills, knowledge and experience needed
for the effective administration of the
CIO.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Share Haywards Heath|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1203113|
|Charity’s principal address|THE SCOUT HUT
EASTERN ROAD
LINDFIELD
RH16 2LP|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee Name Office (if any) Dates acted Pauline Mallinson Chair and finance officer**
**Richard Bronze**
**Trevor Carpenter Helena Griffiths**
**1 May 2024**
## **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) Pauline Margaret Mallinson**
## **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair**
**Date 4 December 2014**
## **FINANCIAL SUMMARY - to end June 2023**
|INCOME|||EXPENDITUR
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|**Grants**|2380||**Insurance**|765||||
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||||Lend Engine|65||||
||||**Maintenance**|||||
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|**Supp Members**|350||PAT calibration|27||||
||||Repairs etc|88.31||||
|**Loan fees**|456||**consumables**|||||
|**Credit balances**|33||**Items**|358.86||Bank
balance|1934|
|**Donations**|65||**Marketing**|||Cash|30|
|Sale of items|110||Lemonade|114||Paypal|12|
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||3394|||1418.17|
1975.83|||
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