## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day01 08 2021 31 07 2022
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Congleton & District University Of The Third Age
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1076203
**Charity's principal address** C/O Eileen Grigg
14 Southlands Road Congleton, Cheshire **Postcode CW12 3JY**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 S Boynton Chair Members at AGM
2 A Gubbins Vice Chair Members at AGM
3 J Bardgett Secretary Members at AGM
4 E Grigg Treasurer Members at AGM
5 H Davies Membership Sec Members at AGM
6 L Messham Groups Co-ordinator Members at AGM
7 J Provis Technical Support Members at AGM
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **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**
Constitution, Version 7.0.2, 12 April 2018 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Election by members at Annual General Meeting. Chair and Vice Chair Trustee selection methods serve a fixed two year term. Secretary, Treasurer and Membership (eg. appointed by, elected by) Secretary serve a five year term and other trustees three years.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Affiliated to the National U3A Trust organisation.
- 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;
- 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**
Promotion of educational and physical activities, on a self help basis, primarily to semi/fully retired individuals in the local community, on a totally non-discriminatory basis
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The trustees are satisfied that the objectives and activities above meet the aims and objectives of the public benefit principles of the Charities Act 2011.
**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)**
No external grants were made by the organisation but the trustees authorised expenditure from time to time to assist the U3A groups with the purchase of equipment and materials.
Tuition and leadership is mainly on a voluntary basis.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The organisation was severely impacted by COVID 19 in the previous year.
Membership level was maintained and groups slowly started to throughout the year.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
To maintain the main account end of year reserve at a level between three and six months operating costs.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
The principal income was from the £20 per member annual subscription and the resulting Gift Aid.
No investments other than cash on deposit.
- 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)** Anne Gubbins Eileen Patricia Grigg **Full name(s)** Anne Gubbins **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Vice Chair Treasurer **etc) Date** 11 January 2023
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
Charity Name
## **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Congleton & District University of The Third Age
**On accounts for the year** 31 July 2022 **Charity no** 1076203 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 6 and 7 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07 2022.
**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 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention ( ~~other than that disclosed below~~ *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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 if they do not apply._
**Signed: Date: Name:** John Tudor **Relevant professional** ACMA **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 6 Brereton Court Brereton Heath, Congleton Cheshire, CW12 4TP
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**
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Charity Name No (if any)
Congleton & District University Of The Third Age
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/08/2021 31/07/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Membership Subscriptions 24,345 - - 24,345 15,798
Badminton 58 - - 58 -
Bank Interest 225 - - 225 -
Paid Instructor Fees 13,728 - - 13,728 841
Gift Aid 3,322 3,322 -
Day trips 73 - - 73 -
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays 629 629 -
Holiday Commission 819 819 -
Other - 2,860
Sub total (Gross income for
43,199 - - 43,199 19,499
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 43,199 - - 43,199 19,499
A3 Payments
Rent 26,932 - - 26,932 526
3rd Age Trust Affiliation 5,434 - - 5,434 4,919
Diaries - - - -
Administration 360 - - 360 465
Group Expenses - - - -
Computer Expenses 1,584 - - 1,584 471
Paid Instructor Costs 13,944 - - 13,944 840
Catering & Cleaning - - - -
Newsletter - - - 4,464
Stripe Charges 470 - - 470 356
Telephone 10 10 864
Equipment 459 459 -
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays - -
Holiday Commission - -
Zoom - 1,503
Other 81 81 371
Sub total [ 49,274 ] - - 49,274 14,779
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 49,274 - - 49,274 14,779
Net of receipts/(payments) - 6,075 - - - 6,075 4,720
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 40,806 - - 40,806 36,086
Cash funds this year end 34,731 - - 34,731 40,806
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,731**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|||Print Name
Anne Gubbins, Vice Chair
Eileen Grigg, Treasurer||Date of
approval
11.01.23
11.01.23|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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Charity Name No (if any)
Congleton & District University Of The Third Age
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/08/2021 31/07/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Membership Subscriptions 24,345 - - 24,345 15,798
Badminton 58 - - 58 -
Bank Interest 225 - - 225 -
Paid Instructor Fees 13,728 - - 13,728 841
Gift Aid 3,322 3,322 -
Day trips 73 - - 73 -
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays 629 629 -
Holiday Commission 819 819 -
Other - 2,860
Sub total (Gross income for
43,199 - - 43,199 19,499
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 43,199 - - 43,199 19,499
A3 Payments
Rent 26,932 - - 26,932 526
3rd Age Trust Affiliation 5,434 - - 5,434 4,919
Diaries - - - -
Administration 360 - - 360 465
Group Expenses - - - -
Computer Expenses 1,584 - - 1,584 471
Paid Instructor Costs 13,944 - - 13,944 840
Catering & Cleaning - - - -
Newsletter - - - 4,464
Stripe Charges 470 - - 470 356
Telephone 10 10 864
Equipment 459 459 -
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays - -
Holiday Commission - -
Zoom - 1,503
Other 81 81 371
Sub total [ 49,274 ] - - 49,274 14,779
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 49,274 - - 49,274 14,779
Net of receipts/(payments) - 6,075 - - - 6,075 4,720
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 40,806 - - 40,806 36,086
Cash funds this year end 34,731 - - 34,731 40,806
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,731**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Anne Gubbins, Vice Chair
Eileen Grigg, Treasurer|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
11.01.23
11.01.23|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
Charity Name
## **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Congleton & District University of The Third Age
**On accounts for the year** 31 July 2022 **Charity no** 1076203 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 6 and 7 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07 2022.
**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 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention ( ~~other than that disclosed below~~ *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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 if they do not apply._
**Signed:** JGTudorJGTudor (Jan 22, 2023 11:12 GMT) **Date:** 22 **Name:** John Tudor **Relevant professional** ACMA **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 6 Brereton Court Brereton Heath, Congleton Cheshire, CW12 4TP
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**
## Charity Commission Independent Examiner Report 2022
## Final Audit Report
2023-01-22
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