Trustees, Annual Report for the period Period start dale Period end dale From 0% 2olL To 31 OI ID23 Reference and administration details Section A 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 CIO Eileen Grigg 14 Southlands Road Conglelon, Cheshire Postcode CW12 3JY Names of the charity trustees who manag8 the charity Trustee name Office lif any Date¥ acted if not for whole ear Name of person lor body) entitled toa oint trustee Ifan Members at AGM S Boynton A Gubbins Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Members at AGM Members al AGM Members al AGM J Bardgelt E Grigg H Davies 01.08.22- 08.09.22 Membership Sec Groups Co-ordinator Technical Support Secretary Member Members at AGM L Messham J Provis S Kemp L Taylor M Broughton V Sparks D Sinclair Members at AGM 01.08.22- 08.09.22 08.09.22- 31.07.23 08.09.22- 31.07.23 Members at AGM Members at AGM Members at AGM Member 08.09.22- 31.07.23 08.09.22- 31.07.23 17.04.23- 31.07.23 Members at AGM Member Member Members at AGM Co-opted 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole ear TAR M8rch 2012 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiationl e of adviser Name Address Namè of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Constitution, Version 7.0.2, 12 April 2018 Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Trust Trustee selection methods Election by members at Annual General Meeling. Chair and Vice Chair serve a fixed two year term. Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Secretary serve a five year term and other trustees three years. Additional governance issues (Optional infonnation} Affiliated to the National U3A Trust organisation. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisalional 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 Ob ectives and activities Promotion of educational and physical activities, on a self help basis, primarily to semilfully retired individuals in the local community, on a totally non-discriminatory basis Summary ofthe objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012 The trustees are satisfied that the objectives and activities above meet the aims and objectives of the public benefit principles of the Charities Act2011. 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 aulhorised expenditure from time to lime 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. TAR March 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary of tha main achievements of the Gharity during the year Membership level was maintained and groups continued to thrive throughout the year. TAR March 2012 Section E Financial review To maintain the main account end of year reserve at a level between three and six months operating cosls. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserv8s Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information} The principal income was from the member annual subscription and the resulting Gift Aid. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraisingl., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the Gharity., investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. No investments ather than cash on deposit. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the chartty's trustees Signaturels) Full name{s) Position leg Secretary. Chair, etc) Sandie Boynton Chair Eileen Patricia Grigg Treasurer Date 81h April 2024 TAR March 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALE5 Congl8ton & Distrl¢t Unlvorsity Of The Thlrd Agè Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the pèriod from To 01108f2022 3110712023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to the nèarest Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearost £ to the nearest£ to thè nearest£ io the nèare¥t£ A1 Receipts MeTnbership Subxriplions BadMin￿n Bank1rn16resl Paid InslTucttK F￿$ GIft￿d 43,997 43,997 24.34$ 58 225 73,728 3.222 73 629 819 15,211 1,710 1.710 SDu8ls, theatre trips and UK holidays Holiday Commission Other Sub total (Gross income for AR) 3.390 3,390 64.308 64,308 43,199 A2 A88et and Investment sales, Isèe tsblel. Sub totsl 64,308 64,308 43,109 A3 Payments Rent 3rd Age Trust Affilisiion Diaries Administration Group Expenses Computer Expenses 36,151 4,983 36,151 4,983 26.932 5,434 362 352 360 647 15,890 948 647 15,890 946 1,584 13,944 Catering & Cleanin9 Newsletter strip6 Charoes Telephone Equipment Socials. theatre trips and UK hdidays Holiday C(KnmisW Zoom ot￿r 680 680 470 10 459 147 147 871 60,469 671 60,469 81 49,274 Sub total A4 Asset and investment ur¢hases, see tsblel Sub total Total payments 60,469 60.469 49,274 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ AS Transfèrs belween funds A6 Cash funds last year ènd Cash funds thls year end 3,839 3,839 6,075 34,731 38,570 34.731 38,570 40,806 34,731 CCXX R1 account5 ISSI 0710412024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fun(Is to ntarÈ$t£ Restricted funds to no•ro8t£ Endtswment funds to nearost£ B1 Ca$h funds Total cash funds 38,570 layr88 balaKe9 wiulrecaiws and payments 8cwuniisii Unrestrlcted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ Fund to whl¢h •S8et ￿10￿ eurrentvalue Cost loptional} B3 Investment assets Fund lo whlch 888trt bèlon Cost {optionall Current v•lu8 84 Assets retainod for the charity's own use Fund to which Ilablllt relates Amount due When duè 85 Llabilities Signed by one rjr trustees on b&half of all the tm51ee5 Dale of roval Signature Print Namtr Sandie Boynton, Chair 08.04.24 Eileen Grigg. Treasurer 08.04.24 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 0710412024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of The Congleton & District University of The Third Age On accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023 Charity no lif any) 1076203 Set out on pages 6and7 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity { the Trust") for the year ended 31107 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 145151(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention { ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe thal in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not acGord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: JGTudor Date: Name: John Tudor Relevant professional qualificationls) or body {if any): ACMA Address: 6 Brereton Court Brerelon Heath, Congleton Cheshire, CW12 4TP IER October 2018 **Signature:** John Tudor (Apr 9, 2024 21:20 GMT+1) **Email:** johntudor@btinternet.com ## Trustees Annual Report, Receipt & Payments and Independent Examiners Report - 31.07.23 Final Audit Report 2024-04-09 Created: 2024-04-09 By: Eileen Grigg (eileengrigg@epgaccountants.co.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAA8f3x7OeN4TAEhKxwE_M3TVkIZnIJwuXM ## "Trustees Annual Report, Receipt & Payments and Independent Examiners Report - 31.07.23" History Document created by Eileen Grigg (eileengrigg@epgaccountants.co.uk) 2024-04-09 - 5:31:37 PM GMT Document emailed to John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) for signature 2024-04-09 - 5:32:47 PM GMT Email viewed by John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) 2024-04-09 - 8:17:18 PM GMT Document e-signed by John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) Signature Date: 2024-04-09 - 8:20:46 PM GMT - Time Source: server Agreement completed. 2024-04-09 - 8:20:46 PM GMT