Examination of Accounts for year ended 31/12/2025
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the West Wilts U3A for the year ended 31/12/2025
| have completed my examination.
| confirm 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: these accounts did not accord with the accounting records.
| have no concerns and have come across 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 accounts to be reached.
Signed
J ASUTTERBY BA, CERT ED 57 Regal Court Bythesea Road Trowbridge ° BA14 8HJ
Telephone 01225 533672
e-mail: sutterbyioyce@gmail.com
Date 18" January 2026
West Wilts u3a
Statement of Accounts - all accounts
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Income & Expenditure, 1st January - 31st December 2025
| Startyear | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
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| Category | In | Out | In | : | Out | |||
| AccountTransfers | £10,777.94 | £10,777.94 | £10,596.76 | £10,596.76 | ||||
| Commission | Paid | £23.58 | £2.61 | |||||
| Committee | £375.74 | £464.75 | ||||||
| __ | Donations | £1,409.69 | £1,255.30 | |||||
| Equipment | £622.39 | £12.00 | £491.00 | |||||
| Group LeadersTea | £529.72 | £596.67 | ||||||
| Interest earned | £357.87 | £186.17 | ||||||
| - | IT | £405.33 | £197.88 | |||||
| Membership | £10,746.50 | £10,577.50 | £5.00 | |||||
| Monthly Meetings | £1,238.93 | £1,151.96 | ||||||
| PPS | £239.38 | £548.76 | ||||||
| Raffle | £205.10 | £86.00 | £170.75 | |||||
| Refunds | £172.78 | £512.00 | £50.00 | £537.50 | ||||
| Savings | £12,000.00 | £12,000.00 | ||||||
| Speakers toGroups | £837.00 | £830.50 | ||||||
| SubstoGroups | £14,857.60 | £213.22 | £15,493.40 | £90.15 | ||||
| Sundries | £116.84 | £456.71 | ||||||
| TATBeacon Licence | £744.00 | £700.00 | ||||||
| TatCapitation Fee | £2,848.00 | £2,656.00 | ||||||
| Trips | £19,798.45 | £19,188.95 | £17,287.90 | £17,863.55 | ||||
| Tutors | £2,950.00 | £4,340.00 | ||||||
| u3a Matters | £2,036.00 | £1,808.92 | ||||||
| _ | Venue RentGroups | £56.00 | £8,001.10 | £9,146.00 | ||||
| WWu3a Magazine | £4,320.12 | £3,609.52 | ||||||
| Sub-totals | £58,381.93 | £56,066.24 | £67,629.78 | £68,094.24 | ||||
| Brought forward | £18,889.46 | £19,353.92 | ||||||
| Total | £21,205.15 | £18,889.46 | ||||||
| Balance Sheet | ||||||||
| Current | £30.00 | £45.00 | ||||||
| General | £1,964.44 | £2,436.00 | ||||||
| Groups | £5,232.42 | £3,066.02 | ||||||
| PayPal | £102.13 | £59.15 | ||||||
| Trips | £1,332.12 | £1,097.12 | ||||||
| Virgin instant | £3,052.29 | £3,017.24 | ||||||
| Virgin 120 | £9,491.75 | £9,168.93 | ||||||
| Total | £21,205.15 | £18,889.46 |
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Groups at 31/12/2025
B/F
Change Balance
Comments
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| Architecture | £154.00 | £68.05 | £222.05 | |
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| Bridge | £278.60 | £194.92 | £473.52 | United Church Rentowed |
| Computer Club | £362.83 | £0.00 | £362.83 | |
| Computing - iPad, iPod, iPhone | £64.95 | £92.75 | £157.70 | |
| Craft4 | £2.00 | £0.00 | £2.00 | |
| Exercise Melksham | -£132.00 | £104.00 | -£28.00 | |
| Gardening | £560.34 | -£96.89 | £463.45 | |
| History | £80.47 | £22.00 | £102.47 | ) |
| Line Dancing | £634.77 | £561.67 | £1,196.44 | Hilperton rentowed |
| Local History | £188.09 | £67.96 | £256.05 | |
| Mah Jong | £14.00 | £0.00 | £14.00 | |
| Music Appreciation 2 | £325.06 | -£64.50 | £260.56 | |
| Music Appreciation 3 | £201.68 | £92.80 | £294.48 | |
| Painting 1 HoltGroup | £399.26 | £192.00 | £591.26 | |
| Painting 2 HoltGroup | £405.91 | £129.51 | £535.42 | |
| Painting 3 | £68.00 | £340.00 | £408.00 | Progressive Hall Rentowed |
| Playreading | -£10.05 | £10.05 | £0.00 | |
| Photography | £115.65 | £51.70 | £167.35 | |
| Pickleball Trowbridge | £0.00 | £14.63 | £14.63 | |
| Pickleball Melksham | £0.00 | £104.52 | £104.52 | |
| Science and Engineering | £384.92 | £225.95 | £610.87 | Progressive Hall Rentowed |
| Singing for Pleasure | £154.96 | -£2.77 | £152.19 | |
| Table Tennis | £97.00 | £322.00 | £419.00 | Progressive Hall Rentowed |
| Tai-Chi | £893.00 | -£140.00 | £753.00 | |
| Ukulele | £319.50 | £0.00 | £319.50 | |
| Zumba Gold | £424.38 | -£69.25 | £355.13 | |
| ZZSurplus | -£2,921.30 | -£54.70 | -£2,976.00 | |
| £3,066.02 | £2,166.40 | £5,232.42 |
West Wilts u3a —- AGM — Wednesday 18" March 2026
Treasurers report for year ended 315t December 2025
The accounts for the year ended 315t December 2025 have been approved by Joyce Sutterby, as the independent examiner, and are attached.
Income and expenditure, within unrestricted funds, were generally in line with expectations.
Expenditure to the Third Age Trust and our own quarterly magazine totalled £9948, which equated to 92% of our membership income for the year.
The substantial cost of the quarterly magazine continues to be accepted by the membership (The survey was deemed inconclusive with only 38% of the membership voting).
Gift aid (within donations category) covering 2024 was £1181 and we will claim again this year subject to any decisions from HMRC.
Also, within donations, 4 current members and 2 ex members contributed £78, having duplicated membership or paid in error.
Archaeology funds of £78.70 were transferred to the General account and categorised as a donation.
The ‘Trips’ and ‘Groups’ balances speak for themselves and whilst some venues are very slow in issuing their hire charges, hence some significant balances, the Group Leaders will be aware of any other significant surpluses in their areas of responsibilities.
Looking Forward
In 2029, we reach the 40* Anniversary of our u3a and will need to consider suitable event(s) to celebrate.
If you have any suggestions for events that would be of benefit to all members, please let the Committee know.
On the downside, we might expect to use a large chunk of our surplus funds and so ‘membership fees’ may have to be reviewed as part of the planning for that milestone and indeed toward the next, the 50th anniversary.
Finally, may | remind potential Treasurers/deputy treasurers that | firmly believe the role to be much simplified, since we implemented the financial part of our management system (Beacon), 3 years ago.
Yes, there are some onerous aspects in the number of transactions . processed, but use of the system is very intuitive and up to date live transaction information is readily available to authorised members. End of Year reconciliation is a breeze!
Ken Foster