## **WEDMORE MEN’S SHED** ## **Charity Number: 121076** ## **ANNUAL RETURN TO THE CHARITY COMMISSION** For the period: 30 September 2024 to 30 September 2025 |CHARITY NAME|WEDMORE MEN’S SHED| |---|---| |Registration Number
Registered on 1 November 2024|121076| ||Constitution adopted 28/09/2022| |Address of Premises|Wedmore Men’s Shed
Wedmore Village Farm
Plud Street
Wedmore
Somerset
BS28 4BH| |TRUSTEES|Mr David Kirley (Chairman & CharityContact)| ||Mr John Ford(Secretary)| |Trustees are appointed at the Annual General|Mr Stuart Inger(Treasurer)| |Meetingbya vote of the members|Mr Curtis Hogben| ||Mr Paul Roberts| |MANAGEMENT|A management committee is elected at the AGM and
currently consists of 8 members with specifc
responsibilities:
Chairman: Mr David Kirley
Secretary: Mr John Ford
Treasurer: Mr Stuart Inger
Members: Mr Paul Goodwin (Health & Safety)
Mr Paul Roberts (Projects & workshop)
Mr Kevin Tilling (Trips & Visits)
Mr Curtis Hogben (Wellbeing)
Rev. Richard Neil
Committee meetings are held at least every three
months.| |CHARITY OBJECTIVES|To promote social inclusion for the public beneft by
preventing people, particularly but not exclusively
men aged 18 or over, within 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.
The Wedmore Men’s Shed meets twice weeklyat our| ||substantial premises where people can engage in
carpentry, maintenance and repairs, assorted
projects and gardening. Alternatively, they can just
meet for a cup of tea and conversation.
Day trips to places of interest are arranged on a
regular basis as is a programme of evening talks.| |---|---| |CHARITY ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR|In addition to our 2 weekly meetings and regular trips
and visits the shed members support local groups
and events in the village such as:
Maintaining parish benches and footpaths
Erecting gazebos, marshalling, lighting at the
Wedmore By Lamplight and Church Summer Fair
We have built a stage and marshalled an outdoor
performance by Wedmore Theatre Group
We have taken part Warm in Wedmore
We have worked with our local First School to build a
‘Sensory Garden’.
At the farm we have also developed a substantial
allotment with greenhouse, fruit cage, and beds
producing healthy produce free to our members,
while providing horticultural therapy for those
involved.
During winter months we have held a monthly
evening talk at a local venue for members and
guests,and these have been well supported.| |CHARITY ACHIEVEMENTS, PERFORMANCE, PUBLIC
BENEFIT|The Wedmore Men’s Shed provides opportunities for
mostly senior men, some who live alone, to remain
active, to engage in worthwhile projects and
activities and to meet others. They are encouraged to
share their knowledge and skills with others and if
they wish, to learn new skills. Some projects as
indicated above involve the local community,
schools and parish, helping members to get out and
meet morepeople.| |FINACIAL REVIEW|We started the year (30/9/24) with £6766.95 in the
bank and fnished the year (30/9/25) with £5410.56
giving a loss of £1356.39 on the year.
We are grateful to local organisations who donate
money to us: Bluebird Café, Wedmore Beer Festival,
Wedmore Power Co-op. They put no restrictions on
how we use the money.
We do not have any debts.
This year we have registered with HMRC (ref
ZD35411)and now claim forgift aided donations.| ||We aim to keep around £5000 in the account to give
us a reserve which is unspecifed.
The main fnancial risk to the association is the
expiry of the lease on the premises. Currently this
has 6 years to run but we fully expect it to be
renewed.
We do not hold any funds as a custodian trustee.
All committee members are volunteers, and we do
not employanyone.| |---|---| |STATEMENT of ACCOUNTS|Full accounts for the year are attached.
They were signed of by Chairman and Treasurer and
approved by an independent inspector. They were
submitted to the AGM and approved.| ## **WEDMORE MEN'S SHED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2** ## (September 30 2024 to September 30 2025) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |2023-24
1960.00
2842.42
7200.00
450.00
0.00
993.00
0.00|**INCOME**
Membership Fees
Donations
Grants
Sales / event income
Interest
Other
Sales of Assets
**TOTAL**|**2024-25**
2060.00
1151.79
2520.00
1189.69
0.00
3343.24
0.00| |---|---|---| |||**10264.72**| ## _NOTES on Income_ - 2 Alan Smith £801.79 - 3 Beer Fest £1500; Power Co-Op £420; Bluebird £600 - 6 Trips moneys, Recovered Purchases (Farm etc) HMRC Gift Aid £435.18 ## **EXPENDITURE** |1
1587.74
Premesis Costs
2
157.00
Insurance
3
8881.99
Materials & Consumables
4
120.00
Small Tools
5
0.00
Repairs & Renewals
6
427.84
Refreshments & cleaning
7
50.00
Admin / Ofce Costs
8
0.00
Subscriptions
9
307.50
Trips & Visits
10
190.00
Other
11
0.00
Hand & Power Tools
12
0.00
Workshop Machines
**TOTAL**|2578.63
0.00
6792.40
0.00
24.00
393.69
727.65
30.00
784.00
190.75
99.99
0.00| |---|---| ||**11621.11**| ## _NOTES on Expenditure_ - 1 Bench £522; Water Bill £700; Elec Insp £680; Racking £294.98 - 3 Mostly CRS; Fruit Cage £368.22 - 6 Paper Shop + Warm in Wedmore - 7 Musgrove return £500; Website Fee £201.60; Domain Fee £20.40 - 9 Trips bills; Church chair purchase - 10 First Aid Course; Flowers & gifts; Bank Monthly Service Charges £26.50 ## **XS EXPENDITURE over INCOME** **1356.39** **024-2025 (Charity No: 1210761)** |**BANK RECONCILIATION:**
Bank Balance at 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
Bank Balance at 30 SEPTEMBER 2025|6766.95
5410.56| |---|---| ||-1356.39| ## **S. Inger** Stuart Inger (Treasurer) ## **D. Kirley** David Kirley (Chairman)