ALDRIDGE SHED

Registered charity 1174684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A place to pursue practical interests at leisure, to practice skills and enjoy making and mending. You can usually find at the Aldridge Shed woodworking, repairing and restoring, model boat building, pen making etc. Whatever the activity, the essence is not a building, but the connections and relationships between its members.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF MEN AND WOMEN LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF ALDRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, TO COMBAT LONELINESS, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN MEET AND ENGAGE IN HOBBIES, PRACTICAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TOGETHER, AIMED AT INCREASING THEIR ENGAGEMENT, SKILL SHARING AND CONDITION OF LIFE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "SOCIAL EXCLUSION" 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 OR DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER-REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); OR 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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has moved to larger premises due to growth, which has increased operating costs. The trustees acknowledge the need for sustainable funding and are actively seeking grants and partnerships to ensure financial sustainability. A prior period adjustment was made to correct the accounting treatment of a security deposit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• IVOR ANDERSONchair
• Graham Trevor James
• IAN CHARLES DAVIS
• Mark Albert Woods
• Mark Antony Perry

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).