BRUNDALL MEN'S SHED

Registered charity 1197274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote social inclusion for the public by preventing adults within the Brundall 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 & knowledge.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING MEN AGED 18 OR OVER, WITHIN BRUNDALL, BLOFIELD 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; 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: Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds ended at £22,199, with a treasurer's report noting a current balance of £24,652.87. The trustees aim to build reserves to £25,000 to cover future legal and agent fees for securing a property, indicating a cautious approach to liquidity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We have built our reserves up to £?????. The aim is to get to £25000” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 21/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 70

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 21/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 65

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 21/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 51
  • Government income: £850 — grants £850 (3); 4% of the £21,468 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
21/12/2025£29k£26k
21/12/2024£23k£11k
21/12/2023£21k£16k
21/12/2022£15k£11k

Common questions

Is BRUNDALL MEN'S SHED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds ended at £22,199, with a treasurer's report noting a current balance of £24,652.87. The trustees aim to build reserves to £25,000 to cover future legal and agent fees for securing a property, indicating a cautious approach to liquidity.

Who funds BRUNDALL MEN'S SHED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRUNDALL MEN'S SHED as a grant recipient include Norwich Freemen's Charity.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Norwich Freemen's CharityFY2025£925New equipment and training for members

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£9kEnhancing Activities in Brundall Men's Shed

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRUNDALL MEN'S SHED£29k—0below—no doubt
MEN'S SHED KNUTSFORD FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONG SUTTON MEN'S SHED FY2025£20k—0unclear—no doubt
MEN IN SHEDS (HULL) FY2026£68k—0unclear—noted
SHREWSBURY MEN'S SHED FY2025£55k——unclear—no doubt
DORKING MEN'S SHED FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.