2024-07-31-accounts - The Congleton And District University Of The Third Age

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date

01 08 2023

Period end date 31 07 2024

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) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	1076203 C/O Eileen Grigg 14 Southlands Road Congleton, Cheshire Postcode CW12 3JY ~~—~~	1076203 C/O Eileen Grigg 14 Southlands Road Congleton, Cheshire Postcode CW12 3JY ~~—~~
	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	S Boynton	Chair		Members at AGM
2	A Gubbins	Vice Chair	01.08.23 – 07.09.23	Members at AGM
3	S Kemp	Secretary		Members at AGM
4	E Grigg	Treasurer		Members at AGM
5	H Davies	MembershipSec	Sec	Members at AGM
6	L Messham	Groups Co-ordinator 01.08.23 – 07.09.23		Members at AGM
7	L Taylor	Vice Chair		Members at AGM
8	M Broughton	Member		Members at AGM
9	V Sparks	Member		Members at AGM
10	D Sinclair	Groups Co-ordinator		Members at AGM
11	C Evans	Member	11.03.24 – 31.07.24	Co-opted
12	C Dunn	Member	07.05.24 – 31.07.24	Co-opted
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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

March 2012

TAR

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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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 11.8.0, 30 May 2021 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. Trustee selection methods

(eg. trust, association, company)
(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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

March 2012

TAR

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.

March 2012

TAR

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Membership level was maintained and groups continued to thrive achievements of the charity throughout the year. during the year

March 2012

TAR

Section E Financial review

To maintain the main account end of year reserve at a level between Brief statement of the three and six months operating costs. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The principal income was from the member annual subscription and the You may choose to include resulting Gift Aid. additional information, where relevant about: No investments other than cash on deposit.  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  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) S BoS Boyntonynton (Apr 22, 2025 18:54 GMT+1) Eileen Patricia Grigg Full name(s) Sandie Boynton Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 22/04/25 TAR 5 March 2012

March 2012

	Congleton & District University Of The Third Age Charity Name	Congleton & District University Of The Third Age Charity Name	Congleton & District University Of The Third Age	Congleton & District University Of The Third Age	Congleton & District University Of The Third Age			No (if any)
Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts 01/08/2023 31/07/2024 Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from ee e ee										Last year to the nearest £ CC16a
Membership Subscriptions	42,430	-	-	-	-	-	-	42,430	42,430	43,997	43,997
Badminton		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bank Interest	1,274	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,274	1,274
Paid Instructor Fees		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15,211	15,211
Gift Aid	1,778							1,778	1,778	1,710	1,710
Day trips		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays								-	-
Holiday Commission	406							406	406	3,390	3,390
Other								-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	AR) 45,888	-	-	-	-	-	-	45,888	45,888	64,308	64,308
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 45,888 - - 45,888 64,308 A3 Payments ————~~——~~
Rent	31,760	-	-	-	-	-	-	31,760	31,760	36,151	36,151
3rd Age Trust Affiliation	4,832	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,832	4,832	4,983	4,983
Diaries		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Administration	226	-	-	-	-	-	-	226	226	352	352
Group Expenses		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Computer Expenses	576	-	-	-	-	-	-	576	576	647	647
Paid Instructor Costs		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15,890	15,890
Catering & Cleaning	1,155	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,155	1,155	948	948
Newsletter		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stripe Charges	721	-	-	-	-	-	-	721	721	680	680
Telephone								-	-
Equipment	360							360	360	147	147
Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays								-	-
Holiday Commission								-	-
Zoom								-	-	-	-
Other	111							111	111	671	671
**Sub total **	39,741	-	-	-	-	-	-	39,741	39,741	60,469	60,469
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 39,741 - - 39,741 60,469 *Net of receipts/(payments)* 6,147 - - 6,147 3,839 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 38,570 - - 38,570 34,731 *Cash funds this year end* 44,717 - - 44,717 38,570 ————~~——~~ =====>>

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

21/04/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds - - - - - - - - - Total cash funds 44,717 - - —==== (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - —=—— Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - - - - - a Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - iss Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - - Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval S Boynton Sandie Boynton, Chair 21.04.25 S Boynton (Apr 22, 2025 18:54 GMT+1) Eileen Grigg, Treasurer 21.04.25 ~~—~~ —= CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 21/04/2025

21/04/2025

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 2024 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: John Tudor (Apr 22, 2025 18:59 GMT+1) Date: ~~fe~~ Apr 22, 2025 Name: John Tudor ~~Cs~~ Relevant professional ACMA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 6 Brereton Court Brereton Heath, Congleton Cheshire, CW12 4TP

October 2018

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

IER

Charity Commission Reports 23-24

Final Audit Report

2025-04-22

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