## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 01 April 2022 **To** 31 March 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Craven University of the Third Age **Other names charity is known by** Craven u3a **Registered charity number (if any)** 1038617 **Charity's principal address** 7 School House Fold Riddlesden Keighley, West Yorkshire **Postcode BD20 5PF** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mick Richings|Chair||Elected by membership| ||James Enever|Treasurer|From 15.06.2022|Co-opted| ||Anne MacDonald|Vice Chair||Elected by membership| ||Nigel Holden|Secretary||Elected by membership| ||George Mackley|Trustee||Elected by membership| ||Jacqui Eames|Trustee||Elected by membership| ||Nicholas Jarvis|Trustee|From 30.06.2022|Co-opted| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| **TAR** June 2023 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Unincorporated association Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) Elected by membership at AGM; if co-opted by committee they must stand for election at the subsequent AGM. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; New Trustees are directed to the Charity Commission’s “Trustee Handbook” and the Third Age Trust Committee File, Trustee Section, “Induction for New Trustees”. All trustees have been given a briefing on their responsibilities and made aware of all Third Age Trust advice sheets. All trustees give their time voluntary and receive no remuneration or other benefits. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those who are retired from full time work, including associated activities conductive to learning and personal development, in **Summary of the objects of the** Craven and its surrounding locality. **charity set out in its governing document** To provide facilities for leisure and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their welfare. **TAR** June 2023 2 During the year, we have organised 74 groups, which at year end were attended by 847 Individual, Honorary, Associate and WestNet members. All Trustees have been directed to, and have read the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and the Third Age Trust **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grant making; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** June 2023 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** During the year we’ve organised and run 74 groups, which are intended to be educational, recreational and leisure in nature. Over the period April 2022 to March 2023, we ran 74 groups, with over 740 members attending these groups. Virtually all Groups meeting in venue, with one or two exceptions. The target for the incoming committee post June 2022 AGM was to increase the membership which had partially covered to 740, as of 31[st] March 2023 it stands at 847, the target is to increase the membership to 1,000+ The committee decided that as far as possible all our activities would resume: - The first of these was the Summer Programme held in venue at Ermysteds Grammar School and consisted of 24 presentations from the 28[th] & 29[th] July which was attended by 170 members. - Next was the Open Event held at Skipton Town Hall to show case all our activities to our members and the public on 9[th] August. - December saw the return of the Carol service, attended by 130 members and family members. - A new event was Arts Event held in March 2023 to showcase all the Arts groups alongside music from our various orchestras and singers. **TAR** June 2023 4 ## **Section E Financial review** Our policy is to retain the reserves at a level equal to six months of **Brief statement of the** regular expenditure. The Trustees agreed that this is sufficient to pay **charity’s policy on reserves** our obligations should the number of members paying subscriptions falls significantly, or other contingencies. Reserves on 31[st] March 2023 at the financial year-end were still above the specified minimum. **Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** - Our income is derived from the membership fees and a legacy this year - You **may choose** to include additional information, where form the will of a previous member Dereck Woolley of £5,000 relevant about: • the charity’s principal All funds held are used to pay costs associated with running Craven u3a sources of funds (including any fundraising); The legacy has been ring fenced as a hardship fund to assist and member - • how expenditure has requiring help with membership fees. supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** James Enever **Full name(s)** James Michael Richings **Position (e.g. Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 21.06.2023 **TAR** June 2023 5 ||**Charity Name**
**Craven u3a**|**Charity Name**
**Craven u3a**|**Charity Name**
**Craven u3a**|**No (if any)**
**1038617**|**No (if any)**
**1038617**|**No (if any)**
**1038617**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
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31st March 2023||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**25,323**
**3,610**
**9,402**
**1,550**
**1,774**
**1,360**
**883**

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**27,679**
**5,273**
**1,602**
**1,520**
**258**
**343**
**408**
**452**
**856**
**328**
**294**
**39,013**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,013**
**4,889**
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**22,145**
**27,034**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**25,323**
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**1,360**
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**27,679**
**5,273**
**1,602**
**1,520**
**258**
**343**
**408**
**452**
**856**
**328**
**294**
**39,013**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**4,889**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Membership|**25,323**||||||**22,213**| |Gift Aid|**3,610**||||||**5,534**| |Venue Charge|**9,402**||||||**-**| |Summer Programme|**1,550**||||||**-**| |Transport|**1,774**||||||**1,778**| |Art Event|**1,360**||||||**-**| |SaturdayMeetings|**883**||||||**-**| |Donations|||||||**4**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
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**43,902**||||||**29,529**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**29,529**| ||||||||| |Accomadation|**27,679**||||||**17,194**| |3rd Age Trust|**5,273**||||||**4,490**| |Summer Programme|**1,602**||||||**-**| |Transport|**1,520**||||||**2,117**| |Arts Event|**258**||||||**-**| |SaturdayMeetings|**343**||||||**-**| |PayPal Commission|**408**||||||**103**| |Postage and Printing|**452**||||||**1,464**| |Web Site & Zoom|**856**||||||**2,187**| |Speaker Expenses|||||||**50**| |Film Licence, Refreshments, Committee
Expenses|**328**||||||| |Donationsd|**294**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**39,013**||||||**27,605**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**27,605**| ||||||||| ||**4,889**|**-**|**-**||**4,889**||**1,924**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**22,145**||**-**||**22,145**||**-**| ||**27,034**|**-**|**-**||**27,034**||**1,924**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/06/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
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**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
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**charity’s own use**
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