BROXBOURNE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACC NT R THE YEAR ENDIN 31 T MARCH 20 Unrestricted Total Unr8Btn'cted Totsl RECEIPT Income from Group event8 Subscriptions Grft Aid Net Raffle Income Sundry Income Notes 47,070 8,930 44,347 9,574 1,367 482 314 427 910 Expenditure on Group evanl 2 Equipment Speaker3 Hall Hire Affiliation Fee8 Print, Po8t and Slationery I hird Age Matters Branch Event8 Refreshments Bank Ch8rg89 L688 Refund8 Sundry Expenses 43.507 42,855 1,225 3,833 2,242 1,401 3.706 2,475 1,569 1,316 308 145 175 410 4,809 1,558 CA H AT BANK AND IN HAN 1 st April 2024 25,227 4,809 30,036 23,669 1.558 25,227 31° March 2025 TEME Cash at Bank and In Hand 10 Equipmont 30.036 1,422 31,458 25,227 1,422 28.649 Signed". Jennifer M Date. urtagh, Chairman Signed.. Mike Sutterby. Date.. Tre88urer q/s/z I have examined the books. accounts and other records produced to me and, without conducting an audit. l am ablo to confim that this Raceipts and Payments Account for the year to 31 st March 2025 together with note8 thereon are correctly presented in accordance therewith. 40 Caxton Road Hoddesdon Hertfordshlre EN11 9PG Slgned.. Dlane Bolland, Independenl Examiner Date.. BROXBOURNE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE Registered Charity No. 1090504 The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 TRUSTEES Jenny Murtagh stephen Green Mike Sutterby Judith Hutchings Liz Elve Pam Watkins Margaret Beeston Joan Driscoll Chairman Vice Chalrman Treasurer Secretary Membership Secretary Minutes Secretary Programme Editor Group Co-ordinator SpeakerlHall Liaison Officer Web Master RUGS (Really Useful Groupl Speaker Secretary Committee Member Chris Cornmon Lorraine Anderson Rita Cusumano Lesley Harrison CONsfiTUTION The Broxbourne University of theThird Age was established under a constitution adopted February 2000, amended, and adopted May 21X)3 and further amended and adopted in May 2008, May 2012, May 2018, May 2021 and again in May 2023. The Constitution is based upon the Model Constitution recommended by the Third Age Trust. The Charity is managed by a Committee organised in accordance with the Constitution. Committee Members are Trustees. New trustees are recruited from our membership and are nominated and appointed at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the Constitution. OBJECTIVES AND AcfiviTIES To advance the education of the public, in particular, the education of older people no longer in full time gainful ernployrnent in Broxbourne and its surrounding locality. The provision of facilities for leisure time and recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons, in the interest of their social and physical welfare. These objectives are achieved by organising Interest Groups from our membership and currently there are nearly 40 Groups. To mention just a few, they range frorn Art to W<)odturning and include such activities as: Art, Bowls, Creative Writing, Dancing, Family History, French, Gardening, Heritage, Spanish, Scrabble, T'ai Chi, Walks, Woodturning etc. 8ROXBOURNE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE Registered Charity, No. 1090504 Notes To the Accounts for The Year Endin 31" March 2025 l Accountin Policles These Accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis as allowed under Section 4213) of the Charities Act 1993. It is policy to retsin a Minimum of six months Branch Expenses as a reserve. 2 These totals are the aggregate of all transactions of the'interest groups" for the year. 3 Subscriptions in 2024-25 totslled £8.929 and in 2023-24 were £9574. 4 No claim for Gift Aid was made as there were no subscriptions In the relevant year due to Covid 5 Raffle proceeds are used to supplement Branch Income and, net of prizes, totalled £427. 6 Sundry income during the past year has come from Bank compensatlon £300, Balances from closed Groups1£348) Book sales {£162), Advertislng In the Programme (£lOOI, 7 Affillatlon fees Include £2,242 pald to the Thlrd Age Trust on a capltation basis. 8 No new equipment was purchased during the year. 9 The surplus of £4809 is attributsble to a surplus of £1247 for the U3A Branch and an increase of £3562 in total cash balances of individual U3A interest groups. 10 The cash at bank and in hand are unrestricted funds and consist of: 31" March 2025 £12,424 31. March 2024 £11,177 Branch Groups Bank Account £13,315 £10,265 Groups Cash declared at home £4,297 £ 3,785 TOTAL £30,036 £25,227