## **The Cranleigh and District U3A Trustees’ Report for the Year ended 31[st] August 2023** This was a good year for our u3a, with membership continuing to recover slowly towards pre-pandemic levels. Some new interest groups were started, and some groups expanded to provide second sessions. Our Open Day in the Cranleigh Village Hall was very wellattended. We continue to offer more than sixty interest groups and organise regular outings for our members. We are very grateful for the energy and enthusiasm of our many Group Leaders, Outings Organisers, and other helpers, without whom we could not exist; and we are always looking for additional volunteers to lead our interest groups and to start new groups. We continue to publish a quarterly newsletter and we maintain a simple website to help keep our members informed and to attract new members. With increased subscriptions and continuing growth in membership, our income increased to £51,349 for the year. Inflationary pressures pushed up our costs, particularly for hall hire, and our expenditure increased to £53,047, leaving us with a deficit of £1,698 for the year. Our reserves as a result reduced to £17,928, and we will seek to maintain our reserves at or above this level in the future. Accordingly, we increased our subscription from £20 to £22 for the coming year. Dot Mariner Secretary ## **Cranleigh & District U3A (Reg. Charity No. 1071260)** |**Statement of Financial Activities**
**for the year ended 31 August 2023**
**Incoming Resources**
Subscriptions
Income Tax/Gift Aid Recovered
Income from Group Activities
Note 1
Income from Outings
Note 2
Interest
Other
**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
Equipment
**Total resources expended**
**Net (outgoing) resources**
**Balance Sheet at 31 August 2023**
**Current assets**
Prepayments
Note 4
Bank Deposits
Bank Current Accounts & Cash
Note 5
**Current liabilities**
Prepaid Subscriptions
Prepaid Outings Fees
**Net current assets**
**Represented by:-**
Accumulated Funds B/Fwd.
(Deficit) for period
**Total funds**|**2022/23**
**£**
19,194
3,360
11,654
16,901
90
150
**51,349**
**£**
20,651
6,343
16,471
3,772
3,836
1,615
359
**53,047**
**£**
**£ (1,698)**
903
25,465
10,305
**36,673**
**£**
18,661
84
**18,745**
**£**
**17,928**
**£**
19,626
(1,698)
**17,928**
**£**|**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**
**£**| |---|---|---| Roy Glasper Hon. Examiner Martin Hayton Hon. Treasurer ## **Cranleigh & District U3A (Reg. Charity No. 1071260)** ## **Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023** ## **1. Income & Expenses from Group Activities** |Bridge Groups
Musicals
Wine Appreciation
Italian Renaissance Arttists
Speaker Meetings
Other Groups
**2. Income & Expenses from Outings**
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Denbie's
Royal Albert Hall
Fisherman's Friends the Musical
V&A Museum
Lewes Castle
Sissinghurst
Philharmonia Orchestra - Basingstoke
Pashley Manor
Great Dixter
Tourist London
Other|**Income**
4,647
259
5,547
432
424
345
**11,654**
**£**
**Income**
1,252
1,537
1,825
2,085
832
1,620
1,607
2,806
945
1,560
832
**16,901**
**£**|**Expense**
138
5,567
328
310
**6,343**
**£**
**Expense**
1,294
1,545
1,684
2,213
667
1,400
1,657
2,757
1,044
1,405
644
162
**16,471**
**£**| |---|---|---| |**3. Administration Costs**
Postage
Printing & Stationery
Website & Zoom
Beacon Licence
PayPal Fees
Copyright Licences
Third Age Matters
General Administration
**4. Prepayments**
Outings
Printing - 2023/24 Handbook & Forms
PayPal Fees
**5. Bank Current Account & Cash**
Central U3A Bank Account
Bridge Bank Account
Outings Bank Account
PayPal Account
Cash Held by Groups|684
219
**903**
**£**
5,493
395
4,387
21
9
**10,305**
**£**|254
1,450
85
941
262
64
485
295
**3,836**
**£**| |---|---|---| ## **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 2023. ## **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: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act: or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. 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