|**CHARITY COMMISSION**|**CHARITY COMMISSION**|**CHARITY COMMISSION**|**CHARITY COMMISSION**|<br>C l i a r l t yN a m e|||_MQ_|_MQ_|I I I a n y )|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|FORENGLANDANDWALES||||**U n i v e r s i t y of tlie Tliird A g e - Yorl(**|||**1**|**0**|**0 7 8 4 3**|||||
|||||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||||
|||||**For the period**<br>**from**||01-Aug-21|**To**||31-JUI-22|||||
|**Section A Receipts**|||**and payments**|||||||||||
|||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|
|||||**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||
|Donations andLegacies||||**43,423**||||||**43,423**||||
|Charitable Activities||||**69,139**||||||**69,139**||||
|Investment Income||||**52**|||||||**52**|||
||||||**-**|||||||||
||||||**-**|||||||||
||||||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income_|||_for_<br>_AR)_|**112,614**||||||**112,614**||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||
|**(see table).**||||||||||||||
||||||**_-_**|||||||||
||||||**_-_**|||||||||
|||**_Sub total_**|||**_-_**|||||||||
||**_Total receipts_**|||**112**Z3C||<br>**3C**|<br>2]|**1**||**112,614 I**||**I**|**2 1 , 6 9 9 ]**|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||
|Charitable Activities||||**92,097**||||||**92**|**097**|||
|||**_Sub total_**||**92,097**||||||**92,097**||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||
||||||**_-_**|||||||||
||||||**_-_**|||||||||
|||**_Sub total_**|||_•_|||||||||
||**_Total_**|**_payments_**||**92,0971 1**||<br>**-1**|**-1**|||**92,097**||**1**|**2 5 , 7 4 4 1**|
|**_Net of_**<br>**_recelpts/(payments)_**||||**2 0 , 5 1**|**7**|**-**|**-**|||**2 0 , 5 1 7**|||**4 , 0 4 5**|
|**A5 Transfers between  **||**funds**|||**-**|**-**|**-**||||||**_**|
|**A6 Cash funds**|**last year end**|||**7 9 , 1 7**|**6**|**-**|**-**|||**79,176**|||**83,221**|
|**_Cash funds this_**||**_year_**|**_end_**|**9 9 , 6 9**|**3 |**|**-**|**-1**|||**9 9 , 6 9 3**||**1**|<br>**7 9 , 1 7 6**|





||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Details**||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bankandcash||**99,962**|||
||**_Total cash_**|**_funds_**|**9 9 , 9 6 2**|||
||(agree balanceswithreceipts and payments|||||
|||account(s))||||
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|
||Details||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**||||||
||Details||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**83 Investment assets**||||||
||||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**84 Assets retained for the**||||||
|**charity's own use**||||||
||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**|**When due**|
||tails||**liability relates**|**(optional)**|**(optional)**|
|**85 Liabilities**||||||
|Signedby one or twotrusteeson<br>behalfofallthetrustees|Signature||Print|Name|Dateof<br>approval|
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|**Objectives and Activit**|**es**||
|---|---|---|
||SORPreference||
|Summaryof the purposes of|Para1.17|**The objects of the u3a are to advance the**|
|the charity as set out in its||**education and, in particular, the**|
|governing document||**education of older people and those who**|
|||**are retired from full time work by all**|
|||**means, including associated activities**|
|||**conducive to learning and personal**|
|||**development, in York and its surrounding**|
|||**locality.**|
|Summaryof the main<br>activities in relation to those|Para1.17 and<br>1.19|**We provide a wide range of classes and**<br>**activities for members, that are led by our**|
|purposesfor the public||**members on a self-help basis. The**|
|benefit, in particular, the||**classes, study trips and other activities,**|
|activities,projects orservices||**cover a wide variety of subjects and**|
|identifiedin the accounts.||**physical activities, and benefit older**|
|||**people in the York area by giving them**|
|||**the opportunity to advance their**|
|||**education and learning.**|
|Statement confirming|Para1.18|**In planning our activities for the year, the**|
|whether the trustees have||**trustees have had regard to the Charity**|
|had regard to the guidance||**Commission guidance on public benefit.**|
|issuedby the Charity|||
|Commissionon public|||
|benefit|||



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||SORPreference||
|---|---|---|
|Policyon grant making|Para1.38|**We do not make grants.**|
|Policyon social investment||**We do not make any social investment.**|
|including program related|Para1.38||
|investment|||
|Contributionmade by||**We do not have any paid staff. All of our**|
|volunteers|Para1.38|**activities are led by volunteers. Their**|
|||**contribution is paramount to the success**|
|||**of our organisation. Our course leaders,**|
|||**office and other helpers, and technical**|
|||**team and Trustees are all volunteer**|
|||**members.**|
|Other|||





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||SORPreference||
|---|---|---|
|||**We have resumed almost all our pre-**|
|||**Covid activities since mid-2022.**|
|||**Our membership numbers have**|
|Summaryof the main<br>achievementsof the charity,|Para1.20|**recovered to 1614 at 31 July 2022 from**<br>**the Covid-induced decline between 2020-**|
|identifyingthe difference the||**2022 (1800 at 31 July 2020 -1518 at 31**|
|charity'sworl<has made to||**Jul 2021) but some members are still**|
|the circumstances of its||**anxious about face-to-face meetings. We**|
|beneficiaries and any wider||**have responded to this by ensuring that**|
|benefits to society as a||**the meeting rooms we use at the Friends**|
|whole.||**Meeting House in York are fully equipped**|
|||**for hybrid meetings using Zoom, and that**|
|||**the hall we use for our monthly talks at**|
|||**the Central Methodist Church is similarly**|
|||**equipped. We are currently not charging**|
|||**members who attend either our interest**|
|||**group meetings or the Saturday talks by**|
|||**Zoom, for their 'attendance'. This has a**|
|||**negative impact on our income but is**|
|||**covered by our reserves.**|
|||**The most significant area of activity that**|
|||**still lags behind pre-Covid levels is**|
|||**international travel, but we do have a visit**|
|||**to Provence organised for late summer**|
|||**2023. Our UK travel group has**|
|||**successfully resumed its activities.**|
|||**We produced a bi-monthly newsletter**|
|||**distributed to our members using email,**|
|||**and now follow this up every month with**|
|||**reminders of up-coming events. We have**|
|||**an extensive website.**|





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|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Reviewoftinecliarity's|Para1.21|**During the year to 31 July 22 we reported**|
|financialpositionat the end||**a surplus of £20,517 (as compared to a**|
|of the period||**deficit of £4,047 for the year to 31 July**|
|||**2021). This £25k improvement is in part**|
|||**(£11 k) because of operational recovery**|
|||**following Covid but also the result of a**|
|||**decision to change policy and process re**|
|||**renewals. We therefore accepted**|
|||**payment for subscription renewals due at**|
|||**1 August 2022 before the 31 July 22 year**|
|||**ended. As we record on a cash basis this**|
|||**has resulted in our declared surplus for**|
|||**the year to 31 July 2022 increasing by**|
|||**almost £14k.**|
|Statement explaining the|Para1.22|**We aim to retain as a general reserve an**|
|policy forholdingreserves||**amount which is the equivalent of no**|
|stating why they are held||**more than one year's planned**|
|||**expenditure, plus a contingency to**|
|||**enable us to meet our significant future**|
|||**premises lease liabilities if revenue**|
|||**continues to fall. We currently have some**|
|||**uncertainty about potential lease renewal**|
|||**costs from August 2024.**|
|Amount ofreservesheld|Para1.22|**We held cash just short of £100K at the**|
|||**end of the year.**|
|Reasonsforholdingzero|Para1.22|**Not applicable.**|
|reserves|||
|Detailsoffundmaterially in|Para1.24|**No funds in deficit.**|
|deficit|||
|Explanationof any|Para1.23|**No uncertainties given cash position and**|
|uncertainties about the||**viability of the organisation.**|
|charity continuing as agoing|||
|concern|||



|**Additional information (optic**<br>**>nal)**|**Additional information (optic**<br>**>nal)**||
|---|---|---|
|Youmay choose to include fur|<br>ther statements|where relevant about:|
|Thecharity's principal||**The principal source of funds is**|
|sourcesof funds (including||**members' subscriptions and**|
|anyfundraising)||**contributions to the cost of group**|
||Para1.47|**activities made by their members.**|



|Investment policy and||**We do not make investments.**|
|---|---|---|
|objectives including any|||
|socialinvestment policy|||
|adopted|Para1.46||
|||**Most of our risks are covered by**|
|||**insurance. Our main remaining risk is**|
|Adescription of the principal|Para1.46|**the potential high cost of any temporary**|
|risksfacing the charity||**premises we may have to hire to**|
|||**undertake our educational activities, if**|
|||**our current premises were not available**|
|||**for an extended period or there were**|
|||**issues in negotiating our lease renewal.**|
|||**We are holding reserves to cover this**|
|||**eventuality.**|
|Other|||





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|Description of charity's|||
|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||
|Typeof governing document|Para1,25|**Constitution.**|
|(trust deed, royal charter)|||
|How is the charity|Para1.25|**Unincorporated members association.**|
|constituted?|||
|(e,gunincorporated|||
|association,CIO)|||
|Trusteeselection methods|Para1.25|**Trustees are drawn from our membership**|
|including details of any||**and interviewed by an Appointments**|
|constitutional provisions e.g.||**Sub-committee, and any vacancies are**|
|election to post or name of||**advertised to all members. All Trustees**|
|anyperson or body entitled||**retire at our Annual General Meeting and**|
|to appoint one or more||**can stand for re-election provided they**|
|trustees||**have not exceeded 9 years as a Trustee.**|



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|Youmay choose to include fur|ther statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Policiesand procedures||**All new Trustees receive a welcome**|
|adopted for the induction and||**package including essential documents**|
|training of trustees||**and forms to complete. Trustee courses**|
||Para1.51|**are available.**|
|Thecharity's organisational||**The York u3a is affiliated to the National**|
|structure and any wider||**Third Age Trust, which provides central**|
|networkwithwhich the||**guidance and support. We also network**|
|charity works|Para1.51|**with other local u3a organisations across**|
|||**the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.**|
|Relationshipwithany related||**We maintain a very good mutually**|
|parties||**supportive relationship with the Friends**|
||Para1.51|**Meeting House in York who are our**|
|||**landlords.**|
|Other|||





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|Charity name|**University of the Third Age Yorl<**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|**Yoric u3a**|
|Registered charity number|**1007843**|
|Charity'sprincipal address|**15a Clifford street**|
||**York**|
||**Y01 9RG**|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|LorraeAtkins|Web Manager|Retired 2021/09||
|2|Anna Baldwin|TalksSecretary (joint)|||
|3|<br>Mike Barnard|Secretary& Region Rep|||
|4|<br>RenBuss|Treasurer|||
|5|Nick David|Regional Representative|||
|6|<br>PeterJarman|TalksSecretaryGoint)|Retired 2022/03||
|7|SandraMason|Membership Secretary|Retired 2021/09||
|8|<br>David Maughan Brown|Chair|||
|9|<br>RosemaryRoyds Tree|Groups Co-ordinator|||
|10|SteveRussell|AssistantTreasurer|Retired 2022/03||
|11|Mo Sandland|AssistMembership Sec|||
|12|Nancy Conway|Office Co-ordinator|Retired 2022/03||
|13|KarenSawyer|Office Co-ordinator|Co-opted 2022/06||
|14|BrianParkin|Membership Secretary|Elected2021/09||
||Corporate trustees - names o1•the directors at the date thereportwas approved||||
||**Director name**||||
||**None.**||||
||Name of trusteesholdingtitletopropertybelongingto the charity||||
||**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||
||**None.**||||





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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE- YORK
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE- YORK
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The University of the Third Age- York
(the charity) for the year ended 315t July 2022 which are Set out on pages I to 2.
Re5ponslbllltles and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the charlty you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trustee's accounts carried out under section 145
of the 2011 Att and in carryinE Out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given
by the charity Commissioner under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect=
111 accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act,. or
121 the accounts do not accord with those records,. or
I have no concerns and have come acr055 no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the account5 to be
reached.
Nigél
verard BA FCA
Hun
r Gee Holroyd
Club Chambers
Museum street
York YOI 7DN
6￿KJ
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