Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date 01 April Period end date 31 March 2023 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name THE MAGHULL AND LYDIATE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE Othe- names charity is known by NONE Regislered charity number (if any) 1116576 Charlty's principal address CIO MAGHULL BAPTIST CHURCH HALL LANE, MAGHULL LIVERPOOL Postcode L313DY Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted11 not for whola ear Trustee n£ me OffSce Ilf any) Name of person lor body) entltled toa olnt trustae Ifan LLYWENA JONES CHAIR CAROL vEsTALL CHRIS EALZIEL DEPUTY CHAIR TREASURER LINDA SIMMS KENNETH MOULTON NIGEL WRROWS IRENE EDWARDS SECRETARY JOAN M.IRTIN CHRISTINA CHUA-S40RT GEOFF HEAPS ALAN CARR EVELYN CRAIG 10 th Till 14 November 2023 13 th From 16 May 2023 14 15 16 17 18 TAR March 2012
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole ear NONE Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) e of adviser Name Address NONE Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) NONE Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Constitution adopted 19, September 2006 Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Association consisting of 605 members as at 31. March 2024. Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed to a fixed term of three years of office at the Annual General Meeting. Additional governance issues {Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about The Maghull and Lydiate university of the Third Age is part of the national U3A movement and is thus affiliated to and supported by The Third Age Trust. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trJstees', 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. All TrLJStees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits. TAR March 2012
Section C Ob'ectives and activities The charitable purpose is to advance education, and in particular the education of people not in full time gainful employment who are in Éheir Third Age (being the period of time after the first childhood dependence and the second age of full-time employment andlor parental responsibility) residing in Maghull and Lydiate and their surrounding locality. Summary of tie objects of the charity set OL* in its governing document The Association continues to strive to promote the value of lifelong learning. I n particular, it seeks to ach ieve its objective by facil itating the operations of a number of self-help activity groups which meet to encourage and develop amongst their members, a wide and varied range of both knowledge and skills. Summary of tie main activities undartaken 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) The Association believes that the stimulation that is provided through learning helps to foster the general wellbeing of its members. In supervising the management of the Trust and its activities, the Trustees remain mindful of the guidance that is given by the Charity Commission with regard to public benefit. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) Key to the success of the work of the Association is the willingness of members to come forward and to lead and develop the individual activity groups. The Association is wholly dependent upon these volunteers if it is to continue to achieve its purpose. Mindful of this, the Trustees remain indebted to group leaders for the selflessness shown in undertaking their roles. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: policy on gi antmaking. policy prog-amme related investment contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance Summary of tie main achievements of the charity during the year Continuing in its primary objective of promoting the value of lifelong learning, the Association had 605 members as at 31" March 2024. Whilst the renewal period brought a dip in membership Iwhich we feel was normal for the time of yearl,. we currently have a membership of 672. In June this year we adopted the model Constitution making some changes that reflected the needs of our U3A. This will goto the members at our June AGM. Our registration process this year took a leap into the future, when we introduced onl ine renewals using PayPal. Although the uptake of this facility was limited this year confidence and the system showed mean that next year our renewal system will be far less labour intensive. We have also introduced Internet banking and now use bank transfers as opposed to checks to cover rents, et cetera. This has streamlined our treasury system and brought us into the 21st-century at last, Our Facebook page, introduced early 2023, has continued to be successful with membership now having reached 138 members. It provides a valuable opportunity for existing members to experience a wide range of the groups we have on offer. Especially useful for new members is being able to read the Comments made by members. Our Facebook page is run as a private/closed group with membership restricted to current members of our u3a. We have updated our website making improvements, especially in the reintroduction of an u p-to-date calendar which reflects each day activities and a diary of events to come. This has been very useful as a reference to the group leaders were planning outings and holidays and should lead to an avoidance of clashes. We have continued reviewing our policy documents and have recently introduced a social media policy, a web management policy and have begun work on a 'new guide to members, document which will run alongside our guide to group leaders, document. We have continued introducing teams so that no one members is solelv responsible for an area. This enables us to ensure the continuity of each area should a committee member or a group leader decide to leave, TAR March 2012
Section E Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves The Trustees believe it is appropriate that a general reseNe should be maintained that is the equivalent of the costs of managing the running of the Association for a period of six months. It is in line with the guidance from the Third Age Trust that no U3A is to carry reserves of more than six months, running costs. As our funds are now within the six months of running costs as mentioned above, we have therefore kept our membership fees for the next financial year 2024 - 2025 at £12 per year in order to maintain this amount. Our year-end balance at 31. of March 2024 £36,262. The Trustees monitor continually the reserve funds of all the individual groups to ensure that no excess beyond their demonstrable need is being created, and that deficits do not arise. NONE Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review detalls (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraEing)', how expemliture has supported Ihe key objectives of the charity. investment policy and objectives ncluding any ethical invEstment policy adopted, Section F Other optional information TAR March 2012
Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behaff of the charity's trustees Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Llywena Pierce Jones Chair Carol Isobel Westsll Vice Chair Date Ok4.CJl JS TAR March 2012
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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Maghull and Lydiate University Of The Third Age. For the year ended 31st March 2024 I report on the accounts of The Maghull and Lydiate University of the Third Age Cthe charity,) for the year ended 31st March 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the chariry trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examinatlon of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examlnation I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examlnatlon. I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my attention in conneciion with the examinatior giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accountlng records were not kept In respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examlnatlon to whlch attentlon should be d-awn in this report in order to enable a proper understandirjg of the accounts to be reached. Ian Wright F.C,A. Community Accountant Grealer Merseyside Communlty Accountancy SeNice Sefton Council for Voluntsry Service Burlington House 3rd Floor, &Jite 3b Crosby Road North Waterloo Liverpool L22 OLG