**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 01 April 2023 **To** 31 March 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Craven University of the Third Age **Other names charity is known by** Craven u3a |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| |1 Mick Richings|Chair||Elected by membership| |2 James Enever|Treasurer||Elected by membership| |3 Anne MacDonald|Vice Chair||Elected by membership| |4 Linda Hoole|Secretary||Elected by membership| |5 Jacqui Eames|Trustee||Elected by membership| |6 Nigel Holden|Trustee||Elected by membership| |7 Nicholas Jarvis|Trustee||Elected by membership| |8 Veronica Dancer|Trustee||Elected by membership| |9 Lesley Perkins|Trustee|30.06.2023|Co-opted| |10|||| |11|||| |12|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |~~oe~~|~~oe~~|~~oe~~|~~oe~~| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** TAR 1 2023-24 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name 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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 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 Craven and its surrounding locality. 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 2 2023-24 During the year, we organised 80 groups, which at year end has been attended by 847 Individual and Associate 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 3 2023-24 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** During the year we’ve organised and ran groups, which are intended to be educational, recreational and leisure in nature. Over the period April 2022 to March 2023, we ran 80 groups, with over 850 members attending these groups. Virtually all Groups meeting in venue, with one or two exceptions which are held in member homes. The target for the incoming committee post June 2022 AGM was to increase the membership which had partially covered to 740 from a low of 650 post covid, as of 31[st] March 2023 it stands at 847, the target is to increase the membership to 1,000+ In addition to the programme of events/activities our Summer Programme was attended by approx. 240 members over 2-days at Ermysteds Grammar School. All activities and events have resumed in venue, the last one being the Christmas meal held at Craven College, Skipton attended by approx. 35 members. TAR 4 2023-24 ## **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 2024 at the financial year-end are above the specified minimum. **Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: All funds held are used to pay costs associated with running Craven u3a. - the charity’s principal The legacy has been ring fenced as a hardship fund to assist any member sources of funds (including requiring help with membership and group fees. any fundraising); - how expenditure has 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 2023-24 5 **CC16a** **Charity Name No (if any) Craven u3a 1038617** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st April2023 31st March 2024 ~~ee ee~~ **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
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**Programme**|||**2,852**||**-**||**2,852**||**-**| |||**Transport**|||**1,854**||**-**||**1,854**||**-**| |||**Donations**|||**5,055**||||**5,055**||| |||**Art Event**|||**128**||**-**||**128**||**-**| |||**Saturday**
**Meetings**|||**1,296**||**-**||**1,296**||**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||||||||||| ||_AR)_|**-**|**-**||**56,592**||**-**||**56,592**||**43,902**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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~~——————~~|||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |||**Accommodation**|**Accommodation**||**20,085**||**-**||**20,085**||**27,679**| |||**3rd Age Trust**|**e Trust**||**3,094**||**-**||**3,094**||**5,273**| |||**Summer**|||||||||| |||**Programme**|||**1,761**||**-**||**1,761**||**1,602**| |||**Transport**|||**1,890**||**-**||**1,890**||**1,520**| |||**Arts Event**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**258**| |||**Saturday Mtgs **|||**730**||**-**||**730**||**343**| |||**PayPal**|||||||||| |||**commission**|||**446**||**-**||**446**||**408**| |||**Sumup**|||||||||| |||**commission**|||**151**||||**151**||| |||**Postage and**|||||||||| |||**Printing**|||**135**||**-**||**135**||**452**| |||**Web Site Zoom**|||**252**||||**252**||**856**| |||**Speaker**|||||||||| |||**Expenses**|||||||||**-**| |||**Film**|||||||||| |||**Licence,Refeshme**|||||||||| |||**nts Committee**|||||||||| |||**Expenses**|||**427**||||**427**||**328**| |||**Donations**|||**115**||||**115**|0|**294**| _**Sub total**_ **[ - ]** **29,086 - 29,086 -** **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~SS~~ _**Total payments**_ **29,086** ~~55—~~ **29,086 -** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **27,506 - 27,506 43,902 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - 27,034 - 27,034 -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~=~~ **-** ~~SS~~ **54,540 - 54,540** ~~SS=~~ **43,902** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 14/08/2024 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
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approval| ||James Enever|JAMES ENEVER|01.04.2024| ||Dave Smith|DAVE SMITH|01.04.2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/08/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Craven u3a On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1038617 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my exarnination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110312024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I Confi￿ that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: 3rd May 2024 Name: David Malcolm Smith Relevant professional qualification{sl or body (If any): Address: Low Green House, Church Lane, Gargrave BD23 3PF Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018