Burgess Hill
Year End Accounts: 31st December 2023
Income and Ex ditUTe
Income
Membership Subscriptions- Note I
Gift Aid - Note 2
Granvs, Transferls. Donation/s
Events
Monthly Meetin85
Group Meetings
Bank interest
Miscellaneous- Note 3
TOTAL
2023
2022
£8.187
£1,243
7,822
1,198
£8.859
£1,067
£14,955
£658
£1,479
2,135
650
11.908
52
185
Ex erKllture
Third Age TrusVNational Office- Note I
NewsLink & Printin8- Note I
Adminlstratlon
Awareness and Promotion
Monthly Meetings
Group Meetings
Other Meetin8S
Events
Mlscellaneous
Depreclaton
TAL
£3,692
£4,207
£369
£687
£1,396
£16,330
£398
£9.161
£19
£175
3,481
2,898
470
284
639
14,138
899
1,742
175
24.726
Excess Income over expendlture
-776
FIX
Assets:
Purchase of equipment over £500:
Depreclation of equipment-
Net bix>k value carrled fwd..
699.IX)
99.ijj
699
524.25
174.75
Bank and De
sit Accounts
Admin Account l Bal at Barclays Bank
Current Account Uoyds Bank- Note 4
Year end adjustments
COIF Charities Deposit Fund - Note 5
UTB 120 day notice account- Note 6
otal:
31,132.95
4,741.66
1,221.82
5,390.59
33,0(K>.
37
75.66
37 745.36
Notes to the accounts
Note l- Membership subscrlptlons are used mostly to pay the National Office fee of £4.(Kl per member, as
well as Third Age Matters and NewsLink.
Note 2 - The claim for the Gift Aid relates to the year 2022.
Note 3 - MIs￿lIaneouS includes takings and costs ￿lating to the summer Fayre.
Note 4- A new current U3A account was opened at Uoyds Bank on 29 September 2023 to replace the
Barclays Bank accounts due to the poor service bein8 received from Barclay5 Bank.
Note 5- The COIF account was closed on 14th June 2023 and the proceeds transferred to the Barclays Bank
current account.
Note 6- Also on 14th June a new 120 day savings atcount was opened at the United Trust Bank providing
interest at the BOE current rate.

Reserves Poll
At the Board of Trustee5 Meeting of 12th September 2023 it was agreed that the level of financial reserve5
should be kept at no less than 6 months. As at 31st December 2023 the finanoal resep4es were £37,742 and
annual expenditure wa5 £36,434, i.e. reserve5 of 104% of annual expenditure or 12.4 months.
Fees Poli
The Board of Trustees policy on mernbership fees is that they Should remain at the same level in 2024 as in
2023. Going fonvard it is planned to maintain current levels of membership fees for as long as funds allow.
Group meeting fees will remain at the same amount of £2.CK) per person for those groups where the income
balan￿S or does not greatly exceed expenditure. In those few cases where expenses are considerably in
excess of the income. alternative arrangements will be made on a case by case basis, in conjunction with the
Group Leader and Convenor.
Events
The following Events were undertaken during the year 2023. Eastboume Theatre Trip. Greyhound Stadium.
Arundel Tullp Festival. Chichester Ship Canal. Kenwood House w￿lt. Chatham Dockyard Wisit. Orion Cinema.
Christmas Lunch at the Oak Bam.
These events were, for the most part, funded by the membets who partapated in eath event. Overall
income was £8,859 as a8ain5t Costs of £9,161.
Independent examlner's report to the Trustees of Bur8ess Hlll U3A
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Bur8ess Hill U3A (the Trust) for the year
ended 31st December 2023.
Responslbllltles and bas1$ of the report
As the charity Trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In accordance
wlth the requlrements of the Charitie5 Act 2011 ("the Act").
I report in repect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 2011 Art
and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions 8lven by the Charity
Commission under Sectlon 145(5)(bl of the Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examlnatlon.
I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my attentlon In connectlon wlth the examlnatlon glvin8 me
cause to believe that In any materlal respect: i. accountln8 records were not kept in respect of the Trust as
requlred under Sertlon 130 of the Art; or 2. the accounts do not accord wlth those records.
I have no COn￿rn5 and have come across no other matters In connection with the examination to which
attentlon should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be
reached.
Name of examlner: Lynne Adams
Slgned:
Erbthic'ly-
Address:
32, Kendall Court. Haywards Heath. RH16 45X, West Sussex