WHARFEDALE MEN'S SHED

Registered charity 1183609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Shed is about having fun, sharing skills and knowledge with like-minded people and gaining a sense of purpose and belonging, by working on projects for ourselves & the community.Work undertaken by our members includes making various Planters, Bird Tables & Boxes & Hedgehog homes in addition to carrying out repairs to a number of pieces of furniture and toys for members of the local community

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEN AGED 18 OR OVER, WITHIN WHARFEDALE 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 OF 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); 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £25,563.96 against total expenditure of £25,563.62, resulting in a negligible surplus. The charity holds total assets of £23,431.86, which includes a business reserve account balance of £18,608.57.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Otley Lions — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Sinclairs — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Northern Circuit Barristers — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Skipton B.S. — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Arnold Clark — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• the Sarah Jackson Community Wish Fund — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Ilkley Round Table — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)
• Barker Sutcliffe & Associates Ltd — “Our fundraising to date stands at a magnificent , with donations and grants from Otley Lions, Sinclairs, Postcode Lottery, Northern Circuit …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeffrey Stuart Gregory
• Neil Robert O'Brien
• Peter Howard
• Robert Emblin
• Robert Henry Miles

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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