**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date 01 08 2023 **To** 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| |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 year**|| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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 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** 2 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** 3 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** 4 **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** 5 ||**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**
**Charity Name**|**Congleton & District University Of The Third Age**|**Congleton & District University Of The Third Age**|**Congleton & District University Of The Third Age**|**Congleton & District University Of The Third Age**|**Congleton & District University Of The Third Age**|||**No (if any)**|**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**
**e**e
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 1 ## **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** 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 Reports 23-24 Final Audit Report 2025-04-22 Created: 2025-04-21 By: Eileen Grigg (eileengrigg@epgaccountants.co.uk) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAA4Kpe094vt3ZfVbH4Cqk5wgeh2be5OhEr ## "Charity Commission Reports 23-24" History Document created by Eileen Grigg (eileengrigg@epgaccountants.co.uk) 2025-04-21 - 5:38:00 PM GMT Document emailed to chair@congletonu3a.org.uk for signature - 2025-04-21 - 5:40:48 PM GMT - Email viewed by chair@congletonu3a.org.uk 2025-04-22 - 5:50:38 PM GMT - Signer chair@congletonu3a.org.uk entered name at signing as S Boynton 2025-04-22 - 5:54:24 PM GMT - Document e-signed by S Boynton (chair@congletonu3a.org.uk) Signature Date: 2025-04-22 - 5:54:26 PM GMT - Time Source: server Document emailed to John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) for signature 2025-04-22 - 5:54:28 PM GMT Email viewed by John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) 2025-04-22 - 5:55:58 PM GMT - Document e-signed by John Tudor (johntudor@btinternet.com) Signature Date: 2025-04-22 - 5:59:00 PM GMT - Time Source: server Agreement completed. 2025-04-22 - 5:59:00 PM GMT