Before I step down as your Chairman I have one last job to do and this is to £Ave my Chaim￿n.5 report for 2023. We have had a very busy and successful year. The membership is now over 460 members and is increasing monthly with many enquiries of ￿Ople wanting to pin. The main reas£￿ being is to take part in the mary groups we on offer and also to meet new people. This is a way of keeping those brain cells functioning and not falling asleep in of the 7VI! As we all know that vlt￿1 wyj stop ￿)rkIng you lose contsct with your colleagues and it can be a lonely time. The committee and I work hard to make this a safe and fun environment to be part of. membffs a￿ the key in making this a thriving or£anisation. Street. which I got mixed up with recently. In hindsight maybe there is a comparison rf you organise this. We did learn some things along the way not to do a buffet again!!1 In May. some of us, went on the Tamworth U3A holiday to Babbacombe. What a wonderful hot. The coach company, the hotel stsff were very welcoming and we had some lovely trips and stress inw)Ived in doing this and she makes it look so easy which I know it isn't. Thank The gardening appreC*t1￿ gr(x4y by ￿ ar￿ Sue has been very successful this year. They reintroduced the garden trips again after having to stop these due to the pandemic, whlth ¥Rs h￿lY PLwlar and full coa(hes on mary of the trips. I have had people asking to join U3A because they have heard about the garden trips. They started with RHS month in between. Well done ladies for all your hard work and Roger who was quietly in the •¥J have our Welfare Officer Eileen who is ready to send a lovely card and she always seerns to blt low. It certainly cheered me up to know people were thinking about me. I would also us. We have had two new committee member joining us this year and they are John Earl and Gy￿ Davies. l am sure John wll be a Valuab￿ member aT￿ he is also our offioal photographer. He did a sterJu)8 Job when we had the coronation evenL The other new committee member is Gwen l)3vEs and she is our ff saviour. She has alrndy done a lot of work on creating a t￿4 dats base (this is where we keep all corrtatt detsils) and made more user frvendly and we Can retrieve infoTFnation Frto ExEel which wTht be very useftA. Li5beth our Membeythip Secretary is stepping dLx¥n fiDm this role but stawng currently on and organised peT50n with computer skill& She has these in bucket load& I have enjoyed y￿rkIng with her and she has made my job much easier. Thank Lisbeth I will miss VDU. She has agreed to stay on and help the ne* Membership Secretsry get to grips with this rde and the new Membership Secfetary is Jokn Fulford. l am sure John wtll be delighted to I￿￿r she will be by his side for a few mon There is going to be a new all singing and dancing U3A website whith will be launched soon. Tory and David aR having training sessions so¢>n so will know hthv to get the most out of it. We should be able to promote Tamworth U3A better and include more information Thank you to the Assembly Rooms staff for their support through 2023, always willing with smile to help if need IL It is nice to theirex4wtise ￿ this beautiful twikl•n& Thank you also to the Group Leaders who share their skills and time with all of us. Totslly voknntary. Also a big thank you to the current committee who have done a sterling job as always and Looking forward to another exciting and busy year. My last thank you is to all of you because you make this ￿ a Succe￿ group. gi%* yOu￿elf a lig pat on the back Judy Emery ## Combined Statement of Affairs for 2023 No daje Book fromm 2022 2022 Difference between receipts and payments Transfer from No? Ajc from No? Ajc No? Ajc Ajc Transfer te te deposit account Galance as per Bank Bank statement Book fromm 2022 2022 14,835.21" Difference between receipts and payments -2,132.08 Transfer from No? Ajc from No? Ajc No? Ajc Ajc 3,450.00 Transfer te te deposit account -5,000.00 Galance as per Bank Bank statement 11,168.13 Difference behween receipts and payments 1683.40 Transferto deposit encoun -3,500.00 Transferto No.l account -3,450.00 Aeiet inact cheques Tramsfer from Nol Afc 5,000.00 Transfer from No 2A/c 3,500.00 “ Interest 43.99* Bank Balance Nol A/c TLiIssisv Bank Balance No2 A/c 649.96 Rank Balance deposit A/c 8,543.99 ~ Total as per Bank Statements 28,362.08 Minus Group Liabilities 6,940.15 “ Suib Total 13,421.93 .- Petty Cash Held 32.69 ~ No 2 a/c Depasit Ale Treasurer ( Ms = 4 Examiner ehZ 032/02]/e3 2CL2024 Page 1 | i ## Balance Sheet 2023 |fansuelSus
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(150.00) *| ||17,230.00|18,587.50|(1,357.50)| |Balance Sheet at 31 December 2023|||| ||2023|2022|| ||£|£|| |Cash at Bank and in Hand|||| |Lloyds Bank|650.46”|5,507.96.-|| |Total Funds|650.46|5,507.96|| |Prepaid to Alfa|(150.00)||| |Due to Middletons|0.00|1,150.00 ~|| |Due to Tamworth Borough Council|||| |Net Funds|800.46|4,357.96|| |Funds|||| |Accumulated Surplus b/f|2,357.96|2,353.46|| |Surplus forthe Year|(57.50)|4.50|| |Accumulated Surplus c/f|2,300.46|2,357.96|| |Loan from /(to) No 1Account|(1,500.00)|2,000.00|| |TotalFunds|800.46|4,357.96|“| John Faulkner Treasurer, No 2 Account . ## Examiner Samantha Gadsby - 28 Nemesia, Tamworth, B77 4EL Charity ;- University of the Third Age (U3A Tamworth) ## Examiners Statement :- | ama Finance Directorfor three companies within a group and have been for 3 out of the past 5 years that | have worked for these businesses. | run the entire accounting function for all 3 entities within the group this includes setting and managing budgets, running monthly balance sheet reconciliations and bank reconciliations. !do allthe preparation of the year end accounts, produce the profit & loss accounts and balance sheet to then be finally checked by our chartered accountants and submitted to HMRC. | can confirm that as part of this audit | have :- - Confirmed the amount of income included within the accounts to that shown within the Charity’s bank account statement. - Confirmed that all payments leaving the Charity’s bank account have been accounted for correctly within their transactions. - Checked that the accounting records that have been kept are complete and true to the required standard. - Compared the accounts to ensure they are consistent with the underlying accounting records. - Checked a sample of entries from the list of transactions to the invoices and receipts. - - accounts.Checked that funds of the charity have been accounted for and reported correctly in the On conclusion of this examination, | can confirm no matter of concern has been identified. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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| | | ## Examiner Samantha Gadsby - 28 Nemesia, Tamworth, B77 4EL Charity ;- University of the Third Age (U3A Tamworth) ## Examiners Statement :- | ama Finance Directorfor three companies within a group and have been for 3 out of the past 5 years that | have worked for these businesses. | run the entire accounting function for all 3 entities within the group this includes setting and managing budgets, running monthly balance sheet reconciliations and bank reconciliations. | do allthe preparation of the year end accounts, produce the profit & loss accounts and balance sheet to then be finally checked by our chartered accountants and submitted to HMRC. | can confirm that as part of this audit | have :- - Confirmed the amount of income included within the accounts to that shown within the Charity’s bank account statement. - Confirmed that all payments leaving the Charity’s bank account have been accounted for correctly within their transactions. - Checked that the accounting records that have been kept are complete and true to the required standard. - Compared the accounts to ensure they are consistent with the underlying accounting records. - Checked a sample of entries from the list of transactions to the invoices and receipts. - - Checked that funds of the charity have been accounted for and reported correctly in the accounts. - On conclusion of this examination, | can confirm no matter of concern has been identified. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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