## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025** ## **Charity name: The Glossop Shed** **Charity registration number: 1210107** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote social inclusion for the**
**public benefit by preventing**
**people particularly but not exclusively**
**men aged 18 or over within**
**Glossop and the surrounding area, from**
**becoming socially**
**excluded, relieving the needs of those**
**people who are socially**
**excluded and assisting them to**
**integrate into society through the**
**provision of facilities in which they can**
**meet jointly or individually**
**to undertake creative, physical or**
**recreational activities, learn or**
**pass on skills and knowledge and**
**support each other socially.**
**‘To provide or assist in the provision of**
**facilities in the interests of**
**social welfare for recreation or other**
**leisure time occupation of**
**individuals who have need of such**
**facilities by reason of their**
**youth, age, infirmity or disability,**
**financial hardship or social**
**circumstances with the object of**
**improving their conditions of life.’**| |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|**During the period of this report there**
**have been activities within a number of**
**different areas: 1. Searching for and**
**seeking to secure appropriate premises**
**in which to site a Men’s Shed. 2. Setting**
**up an appropriate bank account and**
**beginning to develop a range of policies**
**and procedures to ensure members**
**needs were catered for, to include**
**appropriate health and safety measures**
**and documentation and the handling of**
**money. 3.Developing marketing**
**material, promoting the creation of the**
**Shed on social media and networking**| |||**with agencies and organisations within**
**the 3rd sector to promote the Shed.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees of The Glossop Shed have**
**had regard to the guidance issued by**
**the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit and are aware of both the public**
**and benefit aspect of the requirements**
**and will continue to review the guidance**
**on a regular basis**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The trustees have all undertaken tasks**
**as**
**volunteers to establish the Charity. In**
**addition there have been some standout**
**contributions from potential members.**| |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|**N/A – Due to a lack of funding for the set**
**up process, we have decided to**
**suspend the project until FY27 (1st April**
**2026)**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have been unable to secure**
**appropriate levels of funding for the**
**type of Shed we hoped to deliver.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity undertook no activity due to**
**financial constraints so have net-zero**
**financial position, we have not**
**generated any income and have**
**incurred no costs**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Not Applicable**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity undertook no activity due to**
**financial constraints so have net-zero**
**financial position, we have not**
**generated any income and have**
**incurred no costs**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not Applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Having spent over 6 months**
**investigating both grant and non-grant**
**funding and exploring potential sites for**
**our project, we so far failed to find either**
**that we believed would be both suitable**
**and sustainable. At the end of August**
**2025, we made a decision to suspend**
**the project with a view to review the**
**potential opportunities ahead of FY27**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |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|**Written constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|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|**There must be at least three 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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**UK Men’s Shed Association**
**No other formal links**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Glossop Shed| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1210107| |Charity’s principal address|| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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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 (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Richard Thomas|Chairperson &
Trustee||| ||Karen Rigg|Trustee||| ||Len Gellard|Triustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A 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)** Richard Thomas **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 06/02/2025 Section A Receipts and payments A1 Receipts Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments Sub total 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 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Page 1 Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity�s own use B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Page 2 The Glossop Shed CIO |Receipts and payments accounts|Receipts and payments accounts|| |---|---|---| |For the period|from|1st April 2024| |Unrestricted funds||Restricted funds| |to the nearest|
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