THE CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT U3A
Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 August 2022.
Unsurprisingly, t he pandemic led to a fall in our membership. As restric9ons eased, we have worked hard this year to increase awareness of our u3a, taking stands at various events during the year to raise our profile. As a result, our membership has increased to almost 900. We shall con9nue these efforts and, given the volume of building and increased popula9on in our area, we are op9mis9c that further progress can be made.
Our Open Day was a vibrant affair with high aFendance. It resulted in sugges9ons for five new Groups. All are already up and running, along with two further Groups suggested since. As a result, we are now offering more than 60 Groups. During the year we held two coffee mornings and a lunch for our Group Leaders, without whom we could not exist. We con9nue to publish a quarterly newsleFer and maintain our ou9ngs programme, although the laFer at a somewhat reduced level compared with pre-pandemic ac9vity.
On the financial side, we had given members a subscrip9on “holiday”in 2020/21, and this year we held our Membership Subscrip9on down to £16 per person (plus £3 for Third Age MaFers magazine (‘TAM’) - the same as for 2019 - 20. Inevitably, our income for the year was down as a result of the pandemic, but we were pleased with the significant savings we were able to make following full implementa9on of the U3A Trust Beacon system.
Our net deficit for the year was £8,628. As a result, our Reserves reduced to £19,626, close to our target of £17500. In light of this year’s deficit, we increased our Membership Subscrip9on for 2022/23 back to £20 per person (plus £3.50 for TAM), bringing the subscrip9on level back to the level it was seven years ago, before progressive reduc9ons were introduced to reduce our reserves gradually to our target level.
Don Henderson
Secretary
Cranleigh & District U3A (Reg. Charity No. 1071260)
| Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2022 Incoming Resources Subscriptions Income Tax/Gift Aid Recovered Income from Group Activities Note 1 Income from Outings Note 2 Interest Total incoming resources Resources Used Hall Hire Expenses from Group Activities Note 1 Expenses from Outings Note 2 Third Age Trust Membership Subscription Administration Costs Note 3 GL Meetings & Lunch Donations & Speakers Fees Purchase of Equipment Total resources expended Net (outgoing) resources Balance Sheet at 31 August 2022 Current assets Prepayments Note 4 Bank Deposits Bank Current Accounts and Cash Note 5 Current liabilities Prepaid Subscriptions Prepayments from groups Net current assets Represented by:- Accumulated Funds B/Fwd. (Deficit)/Surplus for period Total funds |
2021/22 £ 15,257 2,621 6,708 15,696 3 40,285 £ 19,682 3,729 15,894 3,720 3,615 1,969 50 254 48,913 £ £ (8,628) 2,749 19,015 13,304 35,068 £ 15,442 15,442 £ 19,626 £ 28,254 (8,628) 19,626 £ |
2020/21 £ 3 3 £ 214 3,325 4,852 48 8,439 £ £ (8,436) 653 31,390 8,550 40,593 £ 12,256 83 12,339 £ 28,254 £ 36,690 (8,436) 28,254 £ |
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Martin Hayton Hon. Treasurer
Roy Glasper Hon. Examiner
Cranleigh & District U3A (Reg. Charity No. 1071260)
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022
1. Income & Expenses from Group Activities
| Bridge Groups Musicals Wine Appreciation Dutch Masters Other Groups 2. Income & Expenses from Outings Eltham Palace TINA Chicago V&A Singing in the Rain Arundel Audley End Kentish Lady Cruise Mottisfont & Sherfield Strawberry Hill 3. Administration Costs Postage Printing & Stationery Website & Zoom Beacon Licence PayPal Fees Copyright Licences Third Age Matters General Administration |
Income 2,393 338 3,234 324 419 6,708 £ Income 890 3,557 2,030 624 1,708 2,025 514 1,960 1,100 1,288 15,696 £ |
Expense 525 3,204 3,729 £ Expense 941 3,548 2,060 602 1,793 1,928 685 1,934 1,095 1,308 15,894 £ 398 1,037 170 930 209 90 389 392 3,615 £ |
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| 4. Prepayments Outings Printing - 2022/23 Handbook, cards & forms PayPal Fees 5. Bank Current Account and Cash Central U3A Bank Account Bridge Bank Account Outings Bank Account PayPal Account Cash Held by Groups |
1,837 709 203 2,749 £ 10,657 386 2,037 195 29 13,304 £ |
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Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees of the Cranleigh & District U3A (Reg. Charity No. 1071260)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Cranleigh and District U3A (‘the Trust’) for the year ended 31[st] August 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under 145(5)(b) of the 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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act: or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I 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: ______ Date: _______
Mr Roy Glasper
Coombe Lea, Guildford Road, Cranleigh, GU6 8PP