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# **THAME COMMUNI TY SHED ANNUAL REPORT**
**Sep 2024- Apr 2025**
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## **Executive summary**
This is the annual report for Thame Community Shed for the period September 2024 – April 2025.
It has been a busy period with membership numbers increasing, the opening hours being extended, and many community based projects being completed. Improvements were also made to the Shed facilities.
Shed finances improved over the period as a result of significant income from donations and modest costs being incurred.
## **Charity details**
**Registered name:** Thame Community Shed
**Address:** Chinnor Rugby Club, Kingsey Road, Thame, OX9 3JL
**Charity Number:** 1210098
## **Trustees:**
Adrian Dite (chair)
Michael Ashford Philip Wiffen
Thomas Wyse
Christopher Hyde
## **Structure and Governance**
The charity has 5 trustees. They have been reappointed at each annual AGM (held in October of each year) when new trustees could be also be proposed and appointed. The trustees oversee the strategic direction of the organisation and have delegated the daily running to a management committee. Michael Ashford sits on the management committee.
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The management committee consists of:
President – Michael Ashford
Chair – Angus Myles Secretary – David Staples
Membership Secretary – John Savell
Treasurer – Richard Down
Engineering lead – Neil Madden
IT & Communication - John Fowler
## **Objectives and Activities**
Thame Community Shed provides a workshop facility based in a barn on the site of Chinnor Rugby Club, OX9 3JL, for those over the age of 18 to engage in practical activity, creating, making, repairing, or mending. The workshop has most of the tools necessary to carry out such work and a significant amount of woodworking and metalworking machinery to enable larger projects to be undertaken.
Thame Community Shed is a registered charity whose main purpose is the advancement of social inclusion, health and well-being of adults, from the age of 18, from all backgrounds and living within Thame and the surrounding areas. This is achieved by creating, developing and maintaining a workshop facility which offers the members the opportunity to meet and undertake creative, physical, purposeful and recreational activities of their choice. This reduces the isolation of men in the area, contributing to their physical and mental wellbeing and develops the capacity of members to share their skills and knowledge with others in a safe and friendly environment. Many community based projects have been completed over the period.
During this reporting period the Shed membership has steadily increased to 89 members and the opening hours have been extended to 5 mornings a week with approximately 10-15 members attending on each day.
A significant donation of £7000 was received following the sale of a Burrell traction engine which had been a key Shed project during 2024.
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A number of projects were undertaken for Chinnor Rugby Club including a new bin store, barn gates, and many improvements for a new marquee for entertaining.
Projects across the Thame area included Lord Williams Festival Choir advertising boards, Hedgehog trail signs for 21[st] Century Thame, and many repairs to chairs and tools.
The Shed flooring was also re-levelled using a self levelling compound. This and the walls were then painted.
A successful application was made to HMRC to register for gift aid and the first claim for this was made.
The wood stores and storage container were also reorganized to increase capacity.
Several visits were hosted for people running or who were looking to start new sheds.
## **Financial Review**
A detailed finance review has been submitted separately. In the summary shown below, the period ended with a strong bank balance which will enable a number of new projects to be considered, including the increase of working space, and new equipment for the membership to use.
INCOME £ EXPENDITURE £ Donations 8,729.14 New flooring 700.00
Membership fees 916.40 Electrical work 147.56 Wood turning courses 115.00 UK Men’s Shed subscription 30.00
Refreshments 1,064.82 General Shed expenses 626.62
HMRC Gift Aid 2,060.11 Wood turning expenses 127.94
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___________ ___________ 12,885.47 1,632.12 Balance @ 18/9/24 1,366.97 Balance @ 30/4/25 12,620.32 ___________ ___________ 14,252.44 14,252.44
Charity Name No (if any) Thame Community Shed 1210098 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start Period end date d t To from 9/18/2024 4/30/2025
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Donations
8,729
Membershipfees
916
Trainingfees
115
Refreshments
1,065
HMRC Gift Aid
2,060
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12,885
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Total receipts 12,885
A3 Payments
Premesis works
848
Subscriptions
30
Expenses
755
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Sub total 1,632
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Sub total -
Total payments 1,632
Net of receipts/(payments) 11,253
A5 Transfers between funds
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A6 Cash funds last year end -
Cash funds this year end 11,253
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
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Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
A2 Asset and investment
sales, (see table).
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purchases, (see table)|to the nearest £
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## Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees
on behalf of all the trustees|Details
Bank current account
Cash
Details
Details
Details
Workshop machinary
Hand tools
Containers
Wood store
Details
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
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Unrestricted
funds|to nearest £
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to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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Ashford
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds
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Endowment
funds|
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|||Michael|Ashford|2/24/2026|
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