2026-03-31-accounts - Men's Shed Govan

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APPENDIX 1

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From To 01 04 25 31 03 26

Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator

Reference and administration details

Charity name Men's Shed Govan Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC 048041

Charity’s principal address 31 Arngask Road Govan Glasgow

Postcode G51 4TR

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report


			Dates acted if not for whole year
	Trustee name	Office (if any)


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Martin Haddow	Chair

	Gordon Anderson	Vice Chair
	GregSoper	Secretary
	Robert Wood	Treasurer
	Sarah Everett	FundingManager
	William Love	Trustee
	James Dempster	Trustee
	Robert Craig	Trustee
	John Devlin	Trustee
	James Brown	Trustee	05.12.25

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Reference and administration details

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)

Name	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Stephen Kelly		05.12.25

Frank Murphy		05.12.25




Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment

	The charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 09.01.2018. The group was initially set up a few months before this by practice nurse Sarah Everett, and community development officer Mark Ellis. The charity has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are members of the charity.

	Trustees/Committee Members were nominated and voted in originally at the first general meeting and now annually at the Annual General Meeting. Current Trustees were voted in at the AGM on the 05.12.2025 - total 10. Time is donated by the volunteer trustees that run Men's Shed Govan, at approximately 12-16 hours a week x 10 trustees. We pride ourselves that we are all volunteers and there are no employment costs, offering real value for money for our Funders.

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects
	Men’s Shed Govan is a group for retired unemployed or unfit men (and Ladies on a Thursday) in
	, the deprived area of Govan, one of the most deprived in the UK for men's health and wellbeing. It aims to address isolation as well as improve the mental and physical health of the participants. Activities include Woodwork, Gardening, Tai chi, Chair Yoga, Art, Pyrography, Guitar sessions, Model-making, Bike repairs, Health promotion, making friends and building relationships. It has transformed the lives of a peer-led group of men who have set up “Men’s Shed Govan”. It has already demonstrated the benefits to men’s wellbeing. They in turn help the local community by building wooden structures for Nurseries and Primary Schools, providing maintenance services to other charities such as Horatio’s garden, Maggie's Centre and growing produce for food poverty projects. It has provided a sense of purpose, usefulness and optimism in the community.
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	The Ladies Shed is where women can use the facilities on a different day so that the dynamics of a Men's Shed are not altered. Activities for the Men's Shed include woodwork, model-making, gardening, art classes, Thai chi, Chair yoga, playing guitar, bike repair, playing pool, participating in health promotion events, day trips and social events. It sits with "More than Medicine" social interventions, aimed at building social networks and addresses mental health needs.

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Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period	“ ”
	Since the tremendous success of our Happy Feet toenail cutting service we now reach over 200 people aged over 55 in the local community for that service alone, providing affordable footcare. Our Ladies Shed membership is growing and our decision to open up the Tai chi and Chair Yoga to the local community offering free classes to those who are less likely to afford or access these activities, means we are reaching 50 more local residents. Effectively our facility is now providing services for over 350 people. We enjoy excellent support from our local community and have been successful with funding applications, receiving support from the Lottery, Vegware Community Fund, The Alex Ferry Foundation, Thales Charitable Trust, Malcolm Charity and Govan Housing Association. We continue to provide to South West food bank through 2 weekly donations, and fresh produce in the growing season. We donated a Mud Kitchen to Cowcaddens Nursery and outdoor play area, cleared away an outdoor area for Pirie Park Primary School, and built 50 tables for St Constantines primary school. We continue to do work for Horacio's garden and Johnstone Early Learning Centre where we have a special relationship, providing children with single parents with male role models, making toys and play structures. This year we embarked on a very large project for “Maggie’s Centre”, the cancer care support charity, making plinths for their “Scotties in the City” awareness campaign. Our first one has already been installed in Buchanan Galleries Glasgow, and we have 5 more ready to be installed. Our community defibrillator continues to prove to be a valuable resource, now having been used over 12 times.

Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any)
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	The Trustees policy is to retain 6 months - worth of core running costs in order to meet commitments and to cover unexpected expenditure. This stands at approximately £7800 and end of year balance was in excess of £ 32949, showing a healthy figure. Trustees continue to monitor this. Statement of Accounts shows a credit of £11,278, much of this is restricted funds from a two year project but we are pleased to show a credit this year.

	We are pleased to show a credit of £11,278 this year.

	We do a lot of community work for free for Nurseries and Primary Schools. We give a bi-annual gift to The Young Carers Group of Easter Eggs at Easter and Christmas Selection Boxes at Christmas.

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Other optional information

We have a strong relationship with many of our Funders who have supported us multiple times because they believe in the good work that we are doing. The National Lottery, Vegware, The Robertson Trust, Govan Housing Association have all contributed numerous times to our cause since our creation, and more recently we have developed a relationship with local industry such as BAE Systems, Thales and the Alex Ferry Foundation who have offered us steady support. Our fundraising events continue to be well-supported by the community and we have many requests for items to be made by members of the community which we oblige with if possible. We have a public health student from Stirling University on placement for 3 months to find out first hand how a third sector facility like ours runs, and to see the impact and benefits to both mental and physical health attending our charity can bring for mainly older people, both men and women. We have a close relationship with Glasgow University who have involved us in various studies and included the participation of our members on topics such as Healthy Eating and Health Communication.

We run Cancer awareness days hosted by Cancer Research UK and members have the support of being able to ask health advice of our volunteer Funding Manager who is a nurse, and provides checks for Blood pressure and pulse. Several members have been signposted to their GP as a result of these checks and high Blood pressure or irregular pulse findings have now been treated and resolved as a result.

We extended our outdoor working space by turning our shipping container storage unit into another workshop, fitted with electricity lighting and safety stop button for machinery. Another very successful year.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures Full name(s)

Martin Haddow

SarahJEverett

Martin Haddow Sarah Everett

Position (e.g. Chair)

Chair

Funding Manager

Date

06.05.2026

~~06.05.2026~~

Enter SC No. below

Enter charity name below Men's Shed Govan

SC 048041

	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan	Men's Shed Govan			SC 048041

	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	Period sta		rt date			Period		end date
		Day	Month		Year	to	Day	Mon	th	Year 2026
		01	04		2025		31	03

Section A Statement of receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - 1400 500 3893 2030 2058 2809 2540 115 1412 7823 8934 8934	Restricted funds to nearest £		Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -			Permanent endowment funds to nearest £		Total funds current period to nearest £		Total funds last period to nearest £
Donations		0					-		- 1400		4108
Legacies									-
Grants		28120							- 28620		5443
Receipts from fundraisingactivities		0							- 3893		6075
Gross tradingreceipts		1264							- 3294		3175
Income from investments other than land and buildings									-
Rents from land & buildings									-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities									-
		- 29384							-
*A1 Sub total*				-					- 37207		- 18801
A2 Receipts from asset & investment sales							-
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets									-
Proceeds from sale of investments		-							-
*A2 Sub total*				-					-		-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments							-
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Expenses for fundraising activities		99							- 2156		2655
Gross trading payments		923							- 3732		1427
Investment management costs									-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities		5244							- 7784		9582
Grants and donations									- 115		203
Governance costs:									-
Audit / independent examination									-
Preparation of annual accounts									-
Legal costs									-
Other		10730							- 12141		15625
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*A3 Sub total*		- 16996		-			-		- 25930		- 29492
A4 Payments relating to asset and investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets									-
Purchase of investments									-
*A4 Sub total*		-		-			-		-		-
*Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*
		- 16996		-			-		- 25930		- 18801

	- 7823	- 29384		-			-		- 37207		- (29492)

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	- (1110)			-
		- 12389		-			-		- 11277		- (10691)

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Section B Statement of balances

Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £ 18472 12389	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £ - - Last year to nearest £ - Last year to nearest £ - Last year to nearest £ - Last year to nearest £ - Date of approval 32368 (10689) 21670 1000 250 1000 950 350 2000 100 - 5650
Cash and bank balances at start of year	3198 (1110)				- 21670	32368
Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					- 11279	(10689)
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Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	- 2088	- 30861	-	-	- 32949	- 21670
	-	-	-	- asset belongs	-
			Fund to which		Market valuation to nearest £
N/A




Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
					Current value (if available) to nearest £
ShippingContainer		Service Delivery		1100	1000	1000
Polytunnel		Service Delivery		500	250	250
Garden Equipment		Service Delivery		1500	1000	1000
Woodwork Machinery		Service Delivery		950	800	950
Cooker/Hob Kitchen		Service Delivery		400	350	350
Potting Shed		Service Delivery		2500	1800	2000
Computer Equipment		Service Delivery		200	100	100
Footcare Equipment		Service	Delivery	1500	1200	-

Details			Total - Fund to which liability relates 7150	- 7150	- 6500	- 5650
					Amount due to nearest £
N/A




Details			Total Fund to which liability relates		-	-
					Amount due (estimate) to nearest £
N/A


Signature*			Total Print Name		-	-

			Sarah Everett
			Robert Wood

Please note - OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

Funds obtained to cover Tai Chi, Chair Yoga, Art Classes, Gardening and Growing Materials, Woodwork Equipment, overall running costs for Energy, Insurance and Governance.

Type of activity or project supported Vegware CommunityFund The National Lottery The Alex FerryFoundation Thales Charitable Trust Govan HousingAssociation	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £
	1	1260
	1	18200
	1	2500
	2	5660
	1	500
	Total	- 28120

If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)
Authority under which paid		£
N/A





If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b)

Nature of relationship Nature of transaction N/A N/A	Nature of relationship Nature of transaction N/A N/A	Number of trustees £	Number of trustees £
N/A




Nature of relationship N/A		Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£)






Malcolm Trust also gave us a Grant of £500 but unable to list above as no room on table.

C4b Trustee expenses - details

C5 Transactions with trustees and connected persons

C6 Other information

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Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations

1 Donations
	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Donarions from various community members	1399.90	0			- 1399.90	4108
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Total 2 Grants	- 1399.90	-	-	-	- 1399.90	- 4108
	- Unrestricted to nearest £ funds	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	- Total current to nearest £ period	- Total last period to nearest £
Grants as listed previous page	500	28120			- 28620	4137
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Total 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities	- 500	- 28120			- 28620	- 4137
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
Happy Feet - Toenail cutting service		1264.33			- 1264.33	1480.45
Various creations	2030.04				- 2030.04	1694.63
Fundraising	3893.19				- 3893.19	6075.41
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Total - - Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities 5923.23	- 5923.23	- 1264.33	-	-	- 7187.56	- 9250.49
		- Restricted funds to nearest £	- Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	- Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
Charitable Activities	2539.88	5243.99			- 7783.87	9581.51
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Total	- 2539.88	- 5243.99	-	-	- 7783.87	- 9581.51
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Additional analysis (2)

Receipts 5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds	Unrestricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total unrestricted funds	Total unrestricted funds last period
Donations	1399.90				- 1399.90	4198.13
Legacies					-
Grants	500				- 500	4136.55
Receipts from fundraisingactivities	3893.19				- 3893.19	6075.41
Gross tradingreceipts	2030.04				- 2030.04	1694.63
buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	- 7823.13	-	-	-	- 7823.13	- 16104.72
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Proceeds from sale of fixed assets	-				-
Proceeds from sale of investments	-				-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	- 7823.13	-	-	-	- 7823.13	- 16104.72
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Expenses for fundraisingactivities	2057.52				- 2057.52	2637.85
Gross trading payments	2809.15				- 2809.15	601.98
Investment management costs					-
Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities	2539.88				- 2539.88	8696.80
Grants and donations	115.32				- 115.32	202.93
Governance costs:	1361.60				- 1361.60	8171.46
Audit / independent examination	50				- 50	50
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
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*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	- 8933.47	-	-	-	- 8933.47	- 20361.02
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Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	- 8933.47	-	-	-	- 8933.47	- 20361.02
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	- 8933.47	-	-	-	- 8933.47	- 20361.02
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	- 7823.13	-	-	-	- 7823.13	- 16014.72

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	- (1110.34)	-	-	-	- (1110.34)	- (4346.30)
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Nature and purpose of funds
Thai Chi, Chair Yoga, Art Classes. Funds for Woodwork, Gardening, Model making, Arts & Crafts, Pyrography, Guitarsessions. Energy and Running Costs, Governance Costs, Soup provision, Producing Items for community groups, schools nurseries, Maintenance costs of building and outdoor spaces, workshop, Fundraising and Day trips.

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Additional analysis (3)

Receipts 6 Breakdown of restricted funds	Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total restricted funds	Total restricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants	28120				- 28120	1307
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts	1264.33				- 1264.33	1480
Income from investments other than land and buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	- 29384.33	-	-	-	- 29384.33	- 2787
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Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	- 29384.33	-	-	-	- 229384.33	- 2787
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Expenses for fundraising activities	98.60				- 98.60	17
Gross trading payments	922.97				- 922.97	825
Investment management costs					-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities	5243.99				- 5243.99	885
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:	10729.68				- 10729.68	7403
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
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*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	- 16993.24	-	-	-	- 16993.24	- 9130
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Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	- 16993.24	-	-	-	- 16993.24	- 9130
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	- 29384.33	-	-	-	- 29384.33	- 2787

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	- 12391.09	-	-	-	- 12391.09	- (6343)
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Nature and purpose of funds
Funds are to provide free classes of Thai Chi, Chair Yoga and Art for members of Men's Shed Govan, Ladies Shed Govan and the local community. Also to cover soaring Energy Costs, and specific projects such as upgrade of shipping container into another workshop.

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APPENDIX 3 Independent examiner’s report on the accounts Men's Shed Govan

Report to the Charity name trustees/members of

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	Charity name Men's Shed Govan
Registered charity number On the accounts of the charity for the period Set out on pages Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner Basis of independent examiner’s statement Independent examiner’s statement Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:**	SC 048041
	Period start date					Period end date
	Day	Month	Year			Day		Month	Year
	01	04	2025	to		31		03	2026
								(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
	My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.
	In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that disclosed on the attached page*] 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
					Date:		16.04.2026
	Catherine Sheridan

	7 Livinstone Crescent The Murra East Kilbride G75 0ER
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*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

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APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose