GAINSBOROUGH MEN'S SHED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 5 October 2023
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £35,466
Latest expenditure: £28,205
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 17 Stirlin Place, Willoughton Drive, GAINSBOROUGH, Lincolnshire, DN21 1NF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.gainsboroughmensshed.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We provide a safe, welcoming space in Gainsborough where adults can meet, reduce loneliness and improve well-being. We offer creative, physical and recreational activities, opportunities to learn and share skills, and social support for people experiencing isolation due to age, ill health, bereavement, unemployment or financial hardship.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 3 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 3 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £35,466
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,205

Fin Period Start Date: 5 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 10 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £12,420
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,407

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 3 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £35,466
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,205
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £7,870
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 5 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 10 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £12,420
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,407
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 15

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Lincolnshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: GAINSBOROUGH MEN'S SHED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2023-10-05T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Oct 2023 as amended on 09 Oct 2025 as amended on 09 Oct 2025
Charitable Objects: 1. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people particularly but not exclusively men aged 18 or over and women, within Gainsborough 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 jointly or individually 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).2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS IN GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 670140
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GREENER GAINSBOROUGH

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures