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2023-03-31-accounts

bjectivesandActivitie s
SL]mrnary ofthePurPosesof
the charityas set out inits
governingdocument
iheadvancementofeducationandin
oarticular,theeducationof olderpeople and
itrose whoareretiredfromfulltimework,
including activitiesconducivetolearning and
personaldeveloPment
Summaryofthemain
activitiesinrelation to those
purposes forthePublic
benefit, inparticular,the
activities, Projectsor
services identifiedinthe
1.19 l.V"nabertiomgrorpstoexplore,studyand
undertakevarious topics,activities,
experiencesand academicsubjectsThese
Broupsareledbythemembersforthe
members.Theunderlyingparadigmisfirmlyin
theself-helparea.Peoplestudyand learnfor
accounts. theirownbenefltMostgroupsmeetona
monthlybasis,butsomemeet more
frequently.
2.Theu3aorganisesaserlesofeventsthatall
memberscansubscribeto.AreBularmeeting
onceamonth,withaspeaker and adhocvisits
{about6 eachyear) give membersachanceto
exploretopics and subjectsthattheyarenot
regularlyengagedwith.
3.WorkshopsfocussinBon specifictopicsare
organisedbytheu3a,specificallytoassist
,irnbu,. rithi,rr",p"rtinentto the3'dage
e.g., FirstAid,stayingsafeonlineandsaving
energy.
Alltrustees willhavereadthestatutory
guidanceandtheTreasurer,in particular,
regularlyrefers tothisattrustee meetings
Statementconfirming
whether thetrusteeshave
All charitytrusteeshave regardtothe
commission'spublicbenefitguidance
had regard to theguidance
issuedbythe Charity
Commission onpublic
benefit

chievements and Performa nce
rr"","rl""i,ip"fs*thwJlu3a isaround
780asat March2023'
Summaryofthemain
echievementsofthecharlty'
identifYingthe differencetne
charitr'sworkhas made to
theckcumstancesoTlts..
beneficiariesandanywoer
benefitstosocietyas a
\Mpnowhaveover 70 activegroups'coveringa
."nneofactlvitiessucnaswalking'inooor
climling,geopolitics'filmappre-cratlonl,-,-.
:''-:^^:';""'anastaandjewellervmakrng'
I]]l^]l?"T"'.'."r"'."0when oldsroups come
t'"'"""""ji,,,n0""'"'roups
varv(rom about
6toover30
whole. southwellu3ahasalsoincreasedtheIearning
".".ionrnn,"tu,ottunisingworkshopsthat
;iL".;;'',,,.,,";il."ntoPeopreintheir3'd
.-n-.1hesetraveinctudedusing'smartphones'
f;staid,plumbingand energvsavrng'
a(ourmembersareintheir'3'd age'itwould
l","ouor"turnootodeclarethatthetrust
ir-tavineaoenetitiatetfecttothehealLholour
.;;;; Thereis PlentYofresearch thar
f,-emonstratesthatheallhY minds lead morP
lionrr'"nno,,on""tthybodiesln addrtron
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rntioronhealthye'ercise

inancialReview
ne---vrew
oftnecnarity's
financialPositionatthe end
ih"Hahung"rto,r''",,.",'.u""n'p'enewaldate
ioiirr,,laicr,netp"at-'ttinish theyearwrtha
i"."nn,r"nno"i"nt"t"adyto startthe-
lill)i"ii'
s-atementexplainingthe
oolicvforholding reserves
stati;gwhytheyare held
flr.,"
cnariwta,eruon+eaareservespolicy'
il.n'r"il""in,rvesareneed-ed'and
inli"
,"""i"i **tvesThecharitvneeds
toholJreservesfor the following reasont:
1.Tocoverforperiodsinthefinancialyear
whenoutgoingsexceedincome
z. Tocor",fo,tisktt"has asupplierlallure'
Ixcessesintheeventofaninsurance clalms'
,"piu."r"niot-pituritems'inexcess-ofthe
,_,io,rntretortlntne"nnual
budgetetc
3.To setasidefundsforfuturegrowthano
develoPment.
Theaimofthepolicyistokeepaminimum
tor.lofr"r"r"t"d"q'ate
tocover1_3above'
t""ii""""o
tn""quivalentof6months
totalannualPaYments'
'Ihecharrtv holdsttroeaccoun'swrrhatorI
,r,r."iin""'o"'el'ndnL'alypar2022/)l
t10,417.
n-moum
ofresqryq$9]4
Reasonsfor holding zero
GtaGoffundmateriallYin
ohnationofanY
uncertaintiesaboutthe
charitycontinuing asagoing

(optional)
dditionalinformation
IJ,il"i'*;;6;;,,.;','t'
The charity'sPrincipal
sourcesoffunds(including
anyfundraising)
relevantabqq!
ih";titv3prin.'pJtourceoffundsis
membershipsubscriptionssupplementedDy
"rniiit
o'a rno*pportsthe delivervoi
thoseactivitieswhicharesetout above'by
fundinqspeakelsandevents' newsletters'
affiliationfees toour parem body(ThirdAge
Trust),caPitalequiPment etc'

Structure,Governance and Management
Descriptionofcharity's
trusts:
Typeofgoverning document Constitution
Itrr.:4..d.rov.l.haiter)
Howisthecharity Trustees incorporatedasa body
constituted?
{e.!.inir:...r.aaled
a$sociai:a),CIO)
Trusteeselectionmethods ElectionatAGI\,4
including details ofany
constitutionalprovisionse.g.
electiontopostor nameof
anypersonor body entitled
toappoint one or more
trustees

ReferenceandAdminis trativedetails
Charitv name Southwell u3a
Other name the charity uses
Reqistered charity number 11323337
Charity'sprincipaladdress Room 29
TheMinster Centre
Church Street
SOUTHWELL
Nottinghamshire
NG25OHD

ame s ofthe charity trust ees whomanage thecharity
Office(if any) Datesactedif notfor whote r,lameotpersonloiooayfEiiitrei
Allmembers
Marjorie Bramhill Allmembers
3 JanetteClarke-
Humphries
AIi members
4 Nadina Lincoln Allmembers
5 Allmembers
6 Allmembers
7 Allmembers
8 JaneZdanowski Allmembers
9 Annabel Kingsbury AII members
10 Allmembers
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
Funds heldascustodian trustees on behalf ofothers
Descriptionoftheassets
heldinthiscapacity
t.tanreandobjeasofthe
charitvonwhosebehalfthe
asset;are held andhowthis
fallswithinthecustodian
charity'sobiects
D-ails
of arrangementsfor
safe custodyand
segregationof such assets
fromthe charity'sown
assets

S￿rthA￿l & Dlstsl¢t u3a 1132337 Recei tsand ments accounts To CC16a For the perSod Section A Receipts and payments . fund funds toth•ii••r•BI£ toth• rw••t£ i )th• Mug•tÉ toth• r•rwt£ Tatal fund¥ Last year A1 Recol 19A14 107 1gA14 107 193 13.923 15 181 Saltr Lrfd1w￿￿ Offiic GiftAid tax retum M15ce118n&yJs r￿p1S 1131 1.974 1131 1fj, Trips. Ewts & VTh8 18,51 AR) 1,191 1,2J9 3,051 1173 Beat￿ Fea 743 1S4 743 164 V38 Journ•l 2.148 754 370 Speakw5 Equipryni l¢WI Equipm￿1 I Greup Supwt 4fj1 $1 242 12$ 14S 125 mini8traU 1.116 1.851 Websrt6 119 Sumup FeoJ Mi5cdl8r•)us Ewthxe Irrter*st P8yTwI$ Trips, Evwts ¥￿115 17 719 17 719 14581 1#J60 4.0 5.813 2167 19,380 47, Sub total 13 A4 As•ot and Inveslm•nt 187 187 14 Sub total 13A58 33.941 47. Net ofrecw"p￿(PaY￿￿j A5 Tran8fvrn betweon A6 Cash funds last year end 10,4 10, 10.4

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Uftrtstri￿ed Restrlct Endowment lundB B1 Cash lund8 Cash at Bank Cash Wi HarJ SM11 455 •)) Endowm•nt fund8 •Mt£ funth L)•t•l to wr•Jt£ FwKltowhkh Colt Curr•htv•l Detai18 FWMI tottA¢h Deta.:Is CuTh•nt¥alu• B4 A•••ts r•tsln•d for th• eharlty'• own u•• & Prkn8 & r5. viwjaknrs Tablus & Chau¥ PAS Pu￿1 totAch Detalls BS Llabllltl80 Sb3ned by ore Ort￿ truskns on behaifolall th8 Iru5teg8 Date of Toval Z6.7.2 01,7.25 2Y07r2023 CCXX R2 ac£wrts {SS}

SO￿hWell & Dlstrfct u3a Charfty number 1132337 Independents examiners report to the trustees of Southwell & District U3a I report to the Irustees on my examinati¢)n of the financial statements of Southwell & District u3a for the year ending 3111 March 2023. detailed in Ihe receyts and payments accounts attached. Responsibility and ba81s of the report As a trustee of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts by the requirements of the Charth'es Act 2011 rthe Actl I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in car￿'r0 out my examination I have foll￿￿￿1 all appllcable dIrec￿nS given by the Charity Cornmission under secaion 145{5){b) of ts Act. Independent examiner's statament I have completed my examination. l o)nfimi no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in any maten'al respect.. the accountirvJ records were not kept by section 130 of the char￿e$ Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accounts'ng records, I have no concerns and have ccxne across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attentton should be drawn in report to enable a proper understandiThJ of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Phlllp Edwards Chart•rgd Accountant Vanilla Accounts, 26 R￿tOry Road. W•8t Brldgford, Notlingham, NG2 6BE Dat•: i?1?/2023

Southwell & District u3a Income and Expendlture for the period 01104122 to 31103123 G•neral Account Tolals Groups Account So¢lal Account Tota Year 2021122 13.923.25 332.90 15.00 161.00 INCOIAE Membership.Subscrity'on8 Tax relunds (Gift AKI) Donations Sale of Diar Flnanclal Y•ar 202W2023 19,413.75 2,131.22 107.00 193.25 19.413.75 2,131.22 107.00 193.25 Riviera Commiss￿ 610.00 Miscellaneous Income 3,857 83 Groups Accounts 5 876.91 Social account 776.89 1,973.50 15.483.60 18 514.08 1.973.50 15,483.60 18,514.08 18 514.08 23 878.72 Expendllurn 1.239.10 Hirn of halls fof meeting$ 3.050.53 . Oir￿e costs 2,635.50 Affillation fee8 Bea￿n Fee D￿ne$ U38 Joumals Newsline Speaker Website Equipmenl (othw) Group Support Worf<shops Administration MM Refreshmerts Website Licence$ I Sumup Fees Miscellaneous Exp Groups ACC￿nts Bank SocTral Accounis 1.191.18 2,173.38 2,684.00 743.00 184.36 1,852.55 881.60 850.70 95.98 241.65 124.88 1,191.18 2.173.38 2,684.LKI 743.00 164.36 1.852.55 881.60 850.70 95.98 241.65 124.88 148.97 2,148.30 753.88 371J.00 186.98 145.47 68.25 1.850.63 1,145.92 383.99 129.00 1.145.92 383.99 129.00 16.90 719.16 14,580.67 16.90 719.16 563.70 4,025.76 5 612.80 22 859.87 14,580.87 47 398.92 14 580.67 19 360.00 1917.02 ProfftlL<>s8 10,420.47 902.93 -846.92 17393.14 Bol•n¢o at start of p¢rlod 16857.91 At bank 535.23 In Cash 19.310.17 18,774.93 535.24 13.101.55 13.076.84 24.71 3,053.76 2,543.23 510 53 3,154.86 3,154.86 19310.17 , Balance at •nd of wlod 18774.93 At bank 535.24 In cash 29.787.65 29.308.30 479.35 23.522.02 23,497.31 24.71 3.956.69 3,502.05 454.64 2,308.94 2,308.94

Nots8 to the Accou 2022r2023 1. Accounting PoliG•eS The accounts are drawn up on a re(%ipts and experKliture basis. Only monies reoived and payments made in the period have been included. 2. General Account This is the main account that pays for items incurred by the management commFttee in the day-to- day operakn'on of Southwell & District u3a to guarantse they meet the objectives of the u3a movement. 3. Tho Social A¢¢ount (Social trIp8. events and concertsl These evenls are managed through a separate bank account. A fioat of £51X) is retained to pay for ttems that may be booked in advance of collecting the money from members. 4. Group A¢count8 Ivarfous Intemt groups) The Groups Accounts are managed through a separate bank account. Some groups have finances to pay for room hire. arKI others have none. Southwell & District u3a currently have 38 with finances and the group leader prOV￿ed a balan￿ sheet at erKI of the year that reflects the income and expendrture of their group during the year. 6. Capltal Itom8. There was onty one (xpital item purchased during this year. All assets are of conts'nuing use to the u3a. are insured and an up-t041ate A8set Register is maintained. 6. Ro8erve• At the end of the year, the 18 a totsl of £29,787.65. General Account £23,522.02 Soclal Accouht £2,308.94 Groups Account £3,956.69 When the swal and groups reserve is exdLKled. the available reseNe starting the new financial year 2023124 is £23,522.02 plus cash of £24.71. This sum includes the majority of membership fees for 2023 that were collected in March 2023. follo¥Mng the change to the renewal date of membership fees. This r8sen4e with allow the ttuslees of south￿￿1 & District to pay their bills in 2023124 and to have some reseive that gives the trustees a Irtue scope for manoeuvre shoukl a pn)blem arise. For and on behalf of lh• tru8t••s of South*￿1 & Dlstrict u34 Tr•a8ur•r (Jan Clark•-Humphrlo$1 Dat•. 17