## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 22/10/24 Period start date To 21/10/25 Period end date** **Charity name: Wareham Area Men’s Shed** **Charity registration number:1210615** ## **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, in particular but not
exclusively men aged 18 or over, within
Wareham 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.
For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded'
means being excluded from society, or parts of
society, as a result of one of more of the
following factors: unemployment; financial
hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or
mental).”| |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|**Meeting regularly to discuss and support**
**each member of the Wareham Area Men’s**
**Shed to promote social inclusion. The**
**Charity undertakes wood building**
**projects, social activities for members**
**and support for the local community.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees regularly meet to ensure all**
**members of the charity are not socially**
**isolated.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Page of 1 6 ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The charity does not make grants.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The WAMS CIO meets regularly three times per**
**week and at other times. All members are**
**welcome at these sessions**
**Members meet in the workshop to construct**
**various items for the community either in the**
**workshop or onsite.**
**They also meet socially every fortnight.**| |Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|**The volunteers construct various items made of**
**wood for the benefit of the local community.**
**Helping out at local fairs to enable donations for**
**shed products.**| |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|**The main benefits of the charity are**
**friendship, fellowship and support. The**
**charity supports volunteers or members**
**through their physical and mental**
**disabilities.**
**The discussions of these stresses and**
**their relief is of considerable benefit to**
**volunteers in the charity and clients who**
**benefit from the work of the charity in the**
**community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Objectives are consistently met through**
**regular social interactions.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The charity has not been fund raising in**
**this financial year.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**There have been no investments this**
**financial year**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** Page of 2 6 |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Please note separate financial reports and**
**statements**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity held no reserves separate to**
**the main accounts in this financial year**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See separate report**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held in the main account**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not relevant**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Charity intends to continue through**
**the next financial year.**| ## **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|**Members subscriptions**
**Donations from clients**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The charity invests in a uniform polo shirt**
**which is named. Members buy these at a**
**subsidised rate. Members also are**
**provided with a labelled mug for**
**beverages in the social area of the**
**workshop.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The workshop is a rental property 3 miles**
**away from Wareham Town centre which**
**has needed modification to function as a**
**workshop for disabled members.**
**Numbers are increasing and we need**
**more space to function. The charity**
**recognises a need to invest in more**
**complex tools.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||**The charity has no trusts**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Trust deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| Page of 3 6 |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|**The trustees were initially elected at an**
**Extraordinary General meeting to**
**constitute the CIO. They were then re-**
**elected at the AGM in June 2025.**
**There are no trustees representing other**
**organisations.**| |---|---|---| ## **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|**All trustees are aware of the obligations**
**of trustees. They are given a short**
**manual after they have made the**
**declarations.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The WAMS CIO is a member of the**
**national organisation of UK Men’s sheds.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**None**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Wareham Area Men’s Shed| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|WAMS, Wareham Mens Shed| |Registered charity number|**1210615**| |Charity’s principal address|1 Stowell Crescent
WAREHAM
BH20 4PT| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Harold Forbes|Chairman
Treasurer|Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Philip Dawson|Secretary|Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Robert Lee||Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Robert Apperley||Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Geoff Harris||Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Andrew Morrison||Appointed at start of CIO|None| |John Buckle||Appointed at start of CIO|None| |Andrew Bell||Appointed June 25|None| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Page of 4 6 **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|Not relevant| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets from the
charity’s own assets|Not relevant| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information(optional)**|**Additional information(optional)**|**Additional information(optional)**| |---|---|---| |Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)||| |Type of
adviser|Name|Address| |**None**||| |Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)||| |**None**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **Other optional information** **None** Page of 5 6 ## **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)**
**Position**|Harold Forbes|Philip Dawson| ||**Chair**|Secretary| |||| |**Date**|Wednesday 5th August 26|| Page of 6 6 ||Member|Member|**Wareham Area Men's Shed CIO**|**Wareham Area Men's Shed CIO**|**Wareham Area Men's Shed CIO**|**Wareham Area Men's Shed CIO**|**1210615**|**1210615**|**1210615**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||
**For the period**
**from**|
Period start date
**01/11/2024**||
**To**|
|
Period end date
**31/10/2025**||| |||||||||||| ||**Section A Receipts andpayments**|||||||||| ||**Receipts**|||**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||Membershipfees|||5,832.55||0.00||**5,832.55**||0| ||Donations inc afterprojects|||8,369.93||0.00||**8,369.93**||0| ||Restricted Donations & Grants|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0| ||Sales / event income|||810.15||0.00||**810.15**||0| ||Gift Aid|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0| ||Contribution to events|||735.00||0.00||**735.00**||0| ||**_Sub total _**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**15,747.63**||**0.00**||**15,747.63**||**0**| ||**Asset and investment sales**|||||||||| ||Sale of assets|||129.20||0.00||**129.20**||0.00| ||Sale of investments|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||**_Sub total_**|||**129.20**||**0.00**||**129.20**||**0.00**| |||||||||||| ||**Total receipts**|||**15,876.83**||**0.00**||**15,876.83**||**0.00**| ||**Payments**|||||||||| ||Shed premises costs|||3,298.00||0.00||**3,298.00**||0.00| ||Insurance and subscriptions|||524.12||0.00||**524.12**||0.00| ||Materials & consumables|||2,868.61||0.00||**2,868.61**||0.00| ||Small tools|||99.99||0.00||**99.99**||0.00| ||New Site|||4,244.68||0.00||**4,244.68**||0.00| ||Refreshments & cleaning|||147.93||0.00||**147.93**||0.00| ||Admin/Office costs|||880.96||0.00||**880.96**||0.00| ||Object Activies|||1,750.14||0.00||**1,750.14**||0.00| ||0.00|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||0.00|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||**_Sub total_**|||**13,814.43**||**0.00**||**13,814.43**||**0.00**| ||**Asset and investmentpurchases**|||||||||| ||Hand and power Tools (>£25)|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||Workshop machines|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||**_Sub total_**|||**0.00**||**0.00**||**0.00**||**0.00**| |||||||||||| ||**Total payments**|||**13,814.43**||**0.00**||**13,814.43**||**0.00**| |||||||||||| ||**Net of receipts/(payments)**|||**2,062.40**||**0.00**||**2,062.40**||**0.00**| ||Transfers between funds|||0.00||0.00||||| ||**Cash funds last year end**|||0.00||0.00||**0.00**||0.00| ||**Cash funds this year end**|||**2,062.40**||**0.00**||**2,062.40**||**0.00**| |||||||||||| ||**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|**end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Categories**
**Cash funds**|||**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**to nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**||**to the nearest £**
**Total current**
**Period**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||Current account|||**2,062.40**||**0.00**||**2,062.40**||**0.00**| ||Deposit account|||**0.00**||**0.00**||**0.00**||**0.00**| ||Cash|||**0.00**||||**0.00**||**0.00**| ||**_Total cash funds_**|||**2,062.40**||**0.00**||**2,062.40**||**0.00**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|||OK||OK||OK||OK| ||**Other monetary assets**|||||||||| ||Stocks/goods for sale|||||||**0.00**||| ||Debtors|||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||0.00||0.00| ||**Investment assets**|||||||||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||0.00||0.00| ||**Assets retained for the Shed’s**
**own use**|||||||||| ||Buildings|||0.00||||**0.00**||| ||Large items of machinery|||0.00||||**0.00**||| ||Power tools|||0.00||||**0.00**||| ||Hand tools|||0.00||||**0.00**||| ||Other assets|||0.00||||**0.00**||| |||||||||0.00||0.00| ||**Liabilities**|||||||||| ||Trade creditors|||||||**0.00**||| ||Accrued expenses|||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||**0.00**||| |||||||||0.00||0.00| ||**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**||Signature|||Print Name||||Date of
approval| |||||||Harold Forbes||||04/08/2026| ||||||||||||