Truste e s Annual Re ort p
April 2025 – April 2026
Presented by Steve Hickin Chair of trustees
The Pavilion, Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ
Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity Registered in Scotland
The Pavilion Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ Email: kdmenshed@gmail.com
Keith & District Men’s Shed Founded 2016
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’ – Trustee s Annual Report April 2025/April 2026
1) Introduction
Moray Council issued the Compl e tion Certificate on 18/06/2025 and the Pav i lion and Hobby Room was finally operational. The SHED is in use from Monday to Thursday with ou r main meeting day being every Wednesday. Work on com p leting the Workshop and tidying the site in g eneral is ongoing and any Shedder is welcome to come alo n g on these days to help.
2) Board of Trustees
The Board of our Shed is made up of a maximum of nine Trustees who ar e Shedders elected by the Shedders to serve a three year t erm of office. The purpose of the Board is t o manage the day to day needs and running of Keith & D istrict Men’s Shed under the provisions o f our Constitution, OSCR Charity regulations and the Law.
Your current Trustees are: Stev e Hickin - Chair, Steve Purves – Vice Chair, Stewart Cree – Treasurer, Jake Kelly, Gordon McWilliam, B o b McWilliam, Barry Ritchie, and Dave Bro w n – Whose term of Office ends at the 2026 AGM.
Don Ferguson, who was elected as Trustee by the members at the 2025 A GM, had been elected as Secretary by the Board but, wa s subsequently unable to take up the duti e s of the Secretary due to personal matters and following on from that, resigned as a Trustee in Decem b er 2025. As no other Trustee was able to take up the role of Secretary at that time, a nd in order to resolve the matter the Board appointed Fiona Addison, a founder member of KDMS, as an ex officio secretary.
The vacancy created by the resi g nation of Don Ferguson in December 2025 was filled by the Board of Trustees under the provisions o f our Constitution by appointing Robbie Mc C ulloch into the post until the 2026 AGM, where his term o f office will end.
3) Members
Since the last AGM we have had a steady flow of interest in our Shed with new members joining and bringing new skills into the Shed.
Davie Leith
I would like to make a mention o f Davie Leith who was an enthusiastic me m ber of our Shed and sadly passed away at the end of 202 5 , in his will he left a generous bequest of £10,000 to our Shed. Our thanks and condolences went ou t to his family.
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Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity registered in Scotland
The Pavilion Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ Email: kdmenshed@gmail.com
Keith & District Men’s Shed Founded 2016
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4) Meetings
The main weekly meeting continues every Wednesday with this being the day with the most attendance, smaller groups of S h edders are at the Shed on Mondays, Tuesd a ys and Thursdays working at various projects including completing the workshop and tidying the outsid e area. Consideration is being given to o t her opening times.
5) Building Project
The Pavilion and Hobby Room a r e complete with just tidying up inside to be finished, the Workshop is almost completed with the final p ositioning of machinery and final installati o n of the extraction system outstanding. In the outside area t he Acoustic Barrier is complete and arrang e ments are in hand for the erection of the Poly Tunnel and Green House. Tidying up in the outsid e area is ongoing with a permanent back gate still to be i n stalled.
6) Treasurer’s Report & Annual Accounts
The Treasurer has prepared the Annual Accounts for 2024/2025 and they have been independently verified, they will be presented f o r adoption as part of his report to the AG M and lodged with OSCR as required. Thanks to our fund raising efforts and the generosity of the Keit h community our accounts are in a healthy state.
A £1000 donation from the TES C O Sure Start fund was divided between the Poly Tunnel group and to provide kitchen equipment.
7) Activities
Music Group:
Our Music Group, organised by W illie Barron, initially came together in 2022 w hen we were still meeting at The Loft Youth Projec t Hall and in the last 12 months it has really d eveloped. During early 2025 the group started receiving requests from other community groups to c o me along and entertain them, these sessions are present e d as ‘Sing Along with the Shedders’ and have proven very popular with return bookings being made. A report of the Music Groups activities is attached to t h is report. See Appendix 1 for Music Group rep o rt
Painting & Drawing Group:
A Painting and Drawing group h as been formed with a local Artist, leading the sessions, the group meets at the Pavilion every 4[th] Monday to practice and develop their artistic s kills.
2026 Burns Supper:
Following the success of the S h edders Burns Supper in January 2025, th e 2026 Burns Supper was expanded as a ticketed event to include members of the local community o ver the age of 60, and in order to accommodate this exp a nsion the venue was relocated to the Keit h Royal British Legion Hall. This expanded event was very p o pular with more applicants for tickets than seats were available, as a
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Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity registered in Scotland
The Pavilion Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ Email: kdmenshed@gmail.com
Keith & District Men’s Shed Founded 2016
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result of the enthusiastic suppor t from the community the 2027 Burns Supper is already in the planning stage.
2026 Coffee Morning:
The KDMS Coffee Morning is an a nnual event that is looked forward to by t h e Shedders and the wider community and scheduled for Ju n e 2026 in the Longmore Community Hall.
Poly Tunnel:
The Poly Tunnel growers group has been formed and visited the Foggy M e n’s Shed to see how they operate their Poly Tunnel. Now that the location for our Poly Tunnel has be e n cleared and levelled the next step is to put it up.
8) External Activities
External activities in the commu n ity are still difficult to entertain while we are completing the exterior areas of our site and enquiries are carefully considered so the Shedders can c ontinue to be active in the community. The Music Group continues to b e popular and is active in external visits to l o cal Care Homes and other community groups.
9) Looking Ahead
We are approaching the point in our Lease with Moray Council when we ha v e the option of activating the Break Clause to allow us to consider our options which could be; Con t inue with the Lease as is, Make an application for a Co m munity Asset Transfer of the Pavilion and Land into the Shed’s ownership or, walk away from t h e lease. These and other options must be c arefully considered by the Board and the Shedders before a decision is made.
2027 AGM
The provisional date for the 202 7 AGM is 21st April 2027, the date will be co n firmed nearer the time.
For and on behalf of the Trustee s :
Steve Hickin Chair Keith & District Men’s Shed
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Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity registered in Scotland
The Pavilion Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ Email: kdmenshed@gmail.com
Keith & District Men’s Shed Founded 2016
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Appendix 1 - Music Group Report 2026
The music group has been together s ince the start of 2025. We rehearse on a Th u rsday afternoon at the Shed.
At present we have fourteen shedders involved in the group.
The group started performing in Oct o ber 2025, we promote what we do as ‘Sing along with the Shedders’
The events we have been involved in are:
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30/10/25 League of Friends for T urner Memorial Hospital
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1/12/25 The Woman’s Guild X m as party.
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26/01/26 Hanover housing Tayl o r Court, Keith, resident’s group
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29/01/26 Fly and Friendship group, Fife-Keith.
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19/02/26 Hanover housing Duff t own resident’s group.
Looking forward to the rest of the year we have return performances for each of the groups mentioned, along with a performance for the 50 + group, Glen Isla care home and Weston Vi e w care home.
We have been well received at all th e events we carried out, this is reinforced by having been asked to return to each of the groups.
Willie Barron
Music group coordinator.
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Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity registered in Scotland
The Pavilion Seafield Park, Keith, AB55 5AJ Email: kdmenshed@gmail.com
Keith & District Men’s Shed Founded 2016
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Kei t h & District Men’s Shed
A c counts for the period
01[st] Nove m ber 2024 to 31[st] Octob e r 2025 Forwarded by CCLO
o rt Independent Examiner’s Rep
Statement o f Balances @ 31[st] Octo b er 2024
Expenditure and R eceipts Year ended 31[st] October 2024
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Keith & District Men’s Shed is a Charity registered in Scotland
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