**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
01 08 2024 31 07 2025
**From To**
Period start date Period end date
## Section A Reference and administration details ~~a~~
**Charity name**
Congleton & District University Of The Third Age
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1076203 ~~Sd~~
**Charity's principal address** C/O Dianne Sinclair
102 Mill Green Congleton, Cheshire **Postcode CW12 1JG**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any)** ~~ee~~ 1 S Boynton Chair Members at AGM ~~es~~ 2 ~~a~~ L Taylor Vice Chair Members at AGM 3 C Evans Secretary Members at AGM ~~es~~ 4 ~~a~~ E Grigg Treasurer Members at AGM 5 H Davies Membership Sec Members at AGM ~~es~~ 6 ~~a~~ D Sinclair Groups Co-ordinator Members at AGM 7 ~~a~~ M Broughton Member Members at AGM 8 ~~a~~ V Sparks Member Members at AGM 9 J Carins Member From 17.03.25 Co-opted ~~es~~ 10 C Dunn Member To 12.24 Members at AGM ~~a~~ 11 M Stynes Member From 12.05.25 Co-opted ~~es~~ 12 ~~a~~ R Rowley Member From 16.06.25 Co-opted 13 ~~es~~ 14 ~~a~~ 15 ~~es~~ 16 ~~a~~ 17 ~~es~~ 18 ~~aa~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for** 19 **example, any custodian trustees) Dates acted if not for** 20 **Name** ~~a~~ **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 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. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
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 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**
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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 **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 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)**
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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.
Leadership is 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.
## Section D Achievements and performance
March **2012**
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## 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**
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**Section E Financial review** ~~ee~~
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)**
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 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.
## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration** ~~ee~~
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Dianne Sinclair **Full name(s)** Sandie Boynton **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Secretary **etc)** ~~——_——~~ **Date** 30.03.26
March **2012**
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**
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**to the nearest £**
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**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**
-|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Membership Subscriptions
**34,320**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**34,320**|**34,320**||**42,430**|**42,430**||
|Badminton||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Bank Interest
**1,194**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**1,194**|**1,194**||**1,274**|**1,274**||
|Paid Instructor Fees||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Gift Aid
**1,750**|||||||||||**1,750**|**1,750**||**1,778**|**1,778**||
|Day trips||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays|||||||||||**-**|**-**|||||
|Holiday Commission
**1,736**|||||||||||**1,736**|**1,736**||**406**|**406**||
|Other|||||||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**39,000**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**39,000**|**39,000**||**45,888**|**45,888**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**39,000**
**-**
**-**
**39,000**
**45,888**
**A3 Payments**
Rent
**30,599**
**-**
**-**
**30,599**
**31,760**
———~~——~~|||||||||||||||||
|3rd Age Trust Affiliation
**4,798**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**4,798**|**4,798**||**4,832**|**4,832**||
|Diaries||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Administration
**875**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**875**|**875**||**226**|**226**||
|Group Expenses||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Computer Expenses
**494**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**494**|**494**||**576**|**576**||
|Paid Instructor Costs||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Catering & Cleaning
**1,353**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**1,353**|**1,353**||**1,155**|**1,155**||
|Newsletter||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**-**|**-**|||||
|Stripe Charges
**596**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**596**|**596**||**721**|**721**||
|Telephone|||||||||||**-**|**-**|||||
|Equipment
**92**|||||||||||**92**|**92**||**360**|**360**||
|Socials, theatre trips and UK holidays|||||||||||**-**|**-**|||||
|Holiday Commission|||||||||||**-**|**-**|||||
|Zoom|||||||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|Other
**233**|||||||||||**233**|**233**||**111**|**111**||
|**_Sub total_ 39,040**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||**39,040**|**39,040**||**39,741**|**39,741**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**39,040**
**-**
**-**
**39,040**
**39,741**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 40**
**-**
**- - 40**
**6,147**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**44,717**
**- -**
**44,717**
**38,570**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**44,677**
**-**
**- 44,677**
**44,717**
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|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||1||||||||||||19/04/2026|||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**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 £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,677**
**-**
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
Sandie Boynton, Chair
Dianne Sinclair, Secretary|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
30.03.26
30.03.26|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
## **Report to the trustees/ members of**
Charity Name
The Congleton & District University of The Third Age
**On accounts for the year** 31 July 2025 **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 2025.
- **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:** 30/03/2026 **Name:** ~~Ce~~ Elizabeth Ann Dinah Flemington **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 10 Meakin Close Congleton CW12 3TG
1
**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** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**