Registered charity 1207381

Men's Shed Blaenau Gwent

What it does

The charity has not given a description on the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEN AND WOMEN AGED OVER 18), IN BLAENAU GWENT 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 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, RECOVERING FROM ADDICTIONS, SOCIAL ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, YOUTH, OLD AGE OR ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL).

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Disability
Who it helps: Older people
The general public
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides services
Acts as an umbrella or resource body

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Blaenau Gwent

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 1 April 2025, it had income of £13,698 and spent £12,069.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
1 April 2025	£13,698	£12,069	Not reported	15

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 88% of its income in the year to 1 April 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 1 April 2025: £3,650 from 2 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2024, worth at least £23,000.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

By funder

The National Lottery Community Fund£19,000, 1 grant
The Clothworkers Foundation£4,000, 1 grant

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
23 Feb 2026	The National Lottery Community FundThe Shed - Connection Hub	£19,000
12 Dec 2024	The Clothworkers FoundationGrant to Men's Shed Blaenau Gwent	£4,000

Trustees

5 trustees run the charity.

David FinchChairAppointed 29 February 2024
Alan ScedAppointed 29 February 2024
Howard DaviesAppointed 29 February 2024
Robert YorkAppointed 29 February 2024
Shane PetersAppointed 29 February 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
1 April 2025	1 February 2026	Received 25 January 2026, 7 days early	Received 25 January 2026

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1207381
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 11 March 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Mar 2024
Website: www.theshedbg.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Blaenau Gwent

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

1 April 2025

£13,698

£12,069

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

23 Feb 2026

The National Lottery Community FundThe Shed - Connection Hub

£19,000

12 Dec 2024

The Clothworkers FoundationGrant to Men's Shed Blaenau Gwent

£4,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

1 April 2025

1 February 2026

Received 25 January 2026, 7 days early

Received 25 January 2026