PORINGLAND & DISTRICT MEN'S SHED

Registered charity 1171564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This is a wellbeing project aimed specifically people of all genders particularly at men as they do not tend to have the social networks of women, so when they are made redundant, or retire, or are bereaved -they do not have the friendship support network on which to lean on through difficult times.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PERSONS AGED 18 OR OVER, WITHIN PORINGLAND 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 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 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: South Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with a total fund of £36,355.43, resulting from a surplus of income over expenditure of over £16,000. The trustees report that the accounts were fully audited and approved, indicating a stable financial position with unrestricted funds available for general use.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lisa Roll a Finance Officer at Norfolk County Council. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Steward
• Billy Parker
• Ernest Joseph Green
• JOHN MALLOTT
• Jonathan Bruce
• Peter Stuart
• Peter Webb
• Ryan Bedwell-Woods
• Suzi Jarvis

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DORKING MEN'S SHED.

• DORKING MEN'S SHED income £28k
• GAINSBOROUGH MEN'S SHED income £35k
• COLLINGHAM AND DISTRICT MEN IN SHEDS income £88k
• MEN'S SHED KNUTSFORD income £187k
• NORWICH MEN'S SHED income £82k
• SHREWSBURY MEN'S SHED income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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