## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 9[th] February 2024 to 31[st] December 2024 Charity name: Snape Men’s Shed CIO Charity registration number: 1206955** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|For the public benefit, the preservation and
protection of good health among people
aged 18 years and older, living in Snape
and the surrounding area, in particular but
not exclusively older men, including those
who are retired, unemployed or have
health problems, through the provision of
facilities for hobbies, recreation or other
leisure time occupations including practical
interests, skills sharing, the learning of
new skills whilst reducing their social
isolation, boosting mental health and
helping with community based projects.| |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.|During the period of this report there have
been activities within a number of different
areas:
1. Holding public meetings with the
village to raise awareness of the
Men’s Shed movement.
2. Having been offered the use of a
shed by one of our members, some
time was spent in cleaning and
reorganising the space to make
best use and ensure safety for all.
3. Develop a range of policies and
procedures to ensure members
needs were catered for, to include
appropriate health and safety
measures and documentation.
4. Organise regular sessions for
members to attend.
5. Looking for premises which could
be used as a long term shed base,
enabling the charity to promote
itself to more potential members.
6. Building new relationships with local
suppliers and experts. Important to
obtain supply of materials and
training for all projects.| ||7. Raising awareness by means of
presentations to other groups within
the surrounding area.
8. Making items for sale to create a
steady income stream to finance
the day to day running costs.
9. Helping with local community
renovation projects.| |---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|The trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and are
satisfied that the charity’s activities have
been in the public benefit.| ||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|The trustees have all undertaken tasks as
volunteers to establish the Charity. In
addition there have been some standout
contributions from members. One of
particular note is that of Eric Imeson, who
has donated the use of his shed to be a
temporary base to run sessions from, until
a permanent home come be found.| ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| ||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.|During the first year of the charity it has
been able to attract 16 members.
It has provided a meeting place with a
relaxed and no pressure environment, with
regular twice weekly sessions attended by
between 6-9 local men.
Men new to the village and surrounding
areas, who have become members, have
quickly been able to make new friends and
social connections. For example one
recently retired, single, living alone person
has found a real place within the
community due to his involvement with the
charity.
The charity has been able to support other
village groups with the provision of
handmade wooden items (at no cost) to be
raffled as fundraisers.
By offering furniture repair services to
villagers who are unable to do so
themselves the good values of the charity
have been enhanced.
A range of “hand made by the members”
wooden products have been sold through
the village at very competitive prices.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|At the end of the first financial year the
charity held a cash at bank surplus of
£1617. The 16 new members all paid a
“founders fee” of £20 to kickstart funds. A
decision was taken by the trustees to not
charge a formal monthly membership
during the first year as this could have
been prohibitive when attracting new
members to a new situation. Instead we
asked session attendees to “put a pound in
the jar” to help with running costs. Revenue
was generated from the sale of wood
based products, the leading selling item
being chopped kindling which generated
£575| |---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|The charity aims to always hold a surplus
equating to 3 months operational costs.| |Amount of reserves held|£1617| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|The charity has established a reasonable
membership comprised on residents within
Snape. The current location has been well
set up to enable sessions to continue,
although attendance numbers have to be
limited. The revenue being generated
through product sales is more than
sufficient to cover operational costs whilst
creating a surplus. When a larger location
is available there is a good opportunity for
further recruitment from the 17 small
villages that are within a 5 mile radius of
Snape.
There is therefore no uncertainty about the
Charity continuing as a going concern.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|During the financial year the initial funding
came from members founders fee. Going
forward the sale of wooden goods made by
the members became the core source of
funding.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:|| |---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| ||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|The charity is required to have a minimum
of 3 and maximum of 7 trustees. The initial
4 trustees were appointed at the projects’
initiation. Any new trustees would be
appointed existing trustees and in line with
reference to the trustee policy.| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|New trustees will be required to read the
Charity Commission guideline document
“The Essential Trustee” and will be given a
copy of the Charity’s most recent annual
report and accounts for review. All trustees
will be given training on the expectations
and responsibilities of the role.| |---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|The Charity is run by a Board of Trustees
(currently 3) and a number of volunteers
(also currently 3, being the Trustees)| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Snape Men’s Shed Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Snape Men’s Shed| |Registered charity number|1206955| |Charity’s principal address|Tilia House
Meadow Lane
Snape
DL8 2TJ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Colin Blanchard|Chair||| ||Steve Lovatt|Treasurer|9-2-24 until 17-11-24|| ||Russel Simms|Treasurer|17-11-24 to 31-12-24|| ||Russel Simms|Secretary||| ||John Chesher|||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |---|---| |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 **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Russel Simms
Full name(s) Colin Blanchard
Position (eg Secretary, Chair Treasurer/Secretary
Chair, etc)
Date 16th October 2025
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|**Snape Men's Shed CIO**|**Snape Men's Shed CIO**||**1206955**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|09/02/2024|**To**|31/12/2024||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |Sales ofgoods|**2,040**|||**-**||**-**||**2,040**||**-**| |Membership joiningfee||**320**||**-**||**-**||**320**||**-**| |Donations||**278**||**-**||**-**||**278**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,638**|||**-**||**-**||**2,638**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
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Sales ofgoods|**2,040**||**-**||**-**||**2,040**||**-**| |Membership joiningfee|**320**||**-**||**-**||**320**||**-**| |Donations|**278**||**-**||**-**||**278**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,638**||**-**||**-**||**2,638**||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |
General operatingcosts|**891**||**-**||**-**||**891**||**-**| |Insurance|**131**||**-**||**-**||**131**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,022**||**-**||**-**||**1,022**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**1,616**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**1,616**||||||||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 16/10/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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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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**Details**
Co Op Bank current account No.67340910
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