u3a
learn, lau%h, live
Medway university of the third age
Trustees Report and Financial
Statement for year ended 31st
December 2025
Registered charity number 11237600

Report of the Trustees
The Tru5te8s present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year
ended 31 st December 2025. The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial
statements comply with the current statutory requiremeiits. th8 requirements of the trusts
governing document and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland {SORP FRS 102)
Administrative details
Registered Charity Number 11237600
Registered Off ice:
94 Jersey Road
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 3PD
Trustees:
K8vin Booth
Barbara Fisher
Louise Hubbard
Staff:
No staff are employed
Independent Examiner..
Paul Goulette
Governance
The Charity's constitution is the primary governing document of the Charity.
Medway University of the third age was registered with Ihe Charity Commission on 26th
October 2010.
Purpose
The purpose of Medway u3a is to provide education and social activities for anyone who
is either retired or semi-retired.
Background
Medway u3a was tirst set up in 2009. During that over 80 interest groups have been sel
up and run by volunleers. Interest groiips range from learning languages, photography.
crafts, cookery to leisure activities such as walking, ballroom dancing, wine tasting and
playing games.
The charity is run by a committee all are members of u3a. The three trustees are the
Chair. Secrelary and Treasurer of the committee.

Objectives and activities
Charitable objectives
The object of the charity is set out in its governing document is..
To further such charilable purposes {charitable under English lawl as the Trustees see fit
from time to time,
Activities
The trustees and committee members manage Medway u3a in a responsible way to
ensure delivery for the community benelit.
Public benefit
The Charity's trustees have complied with their duties Linder the Charities Act 2011 to
have due regard lo public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Medway u3a's particular public benefit activities are included under Achievements and
Performance, illustrating the commitment of the Charity to supporting charitable causes
locally.

Achievements and performance
Activities to 31st December 2025
As well as running over 80 interest groups, we provided in 2025 12 monthly lectures, 2
outings. 2 quiz and cuppa sessions and one History day seminar.
Financial review
Principal funding source
Our funding source is members subscriptions.
Total funds
At the end of this period our total funds were £23,816
Reserves policy
The Trust employs no staft and is operated entirely by the Trustees and commiltee
members . who are volunteers. Our running costs are composed mainly of leclures fees.
room hire and outing costs. We inlend to meet the Charity Commission guideline of
reserves of 3-6 months on running costs,
Risks
The Trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the Charity is exposed
and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against
fraud and error. Monthly Trustee and Committee meetings are held to review progress
towards achieving the Charity's objectives and lo promote strategic direction within the
Trust.
Plans for the future
Wè intend to continue to provide lectures, outings and interesi groups for our members.
Structure, governance and management
Board of Trustees
Medway u3a have 12 committee members. 3 commitlee members are trustees and hold
the following roles Kevin Booth (Chairl, Barbara Fisher (freasurer), Louise Hubbard
(Secretary).

The COTnmittee is responsible for the stralegic direction of the organisation and meets
regularly to ensiire that the charity is on track to meet ils objectives. The committee
convened the Annual General Meeting in September 2025.
The Trustees have complied with the duties described under Ihe Charities Act 2011. and
with proper regard lo the guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Each year we will submit the annual report of the Trustees and accounts to the Charity
Commission for Ihe financial year ending 31 st December.
Thank you
I would like to thank my fellow trustees and committee members for their ongoing,
conscientious work for the Trust this year. We look forward to continuing to make a real
difference to People's lives locally over the coming years.
Declarations
The Tru6te•s doclaro that thèy havè approved the Trustees, report above.
Slgned on behalt of the charity's Tru$tg9s
Slgnaturèl81
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Posltlon
Date
ILk/71ao?6
1ty17/DoJ6

Finance Report
Medway Universlty of thg 3rd
Age
Reglsl8red Charity no. 1137600
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025
Section A Receipts and payments
to lh¢ noarogt £
Unrg•trl¢t
od funds
Reslrtct
od lund8
Endow7n
•nt
fynd¥
Tol•l
fund8
L•8t
y•#r
A1 Rocolpts
Membershlp
12,426
Gift Aid
1,469
TAMIMisc
343
vtsll￿ThQaIre1SludY Day
18.790
Bank Inieresl
31.028
A2 A$8Ot and Invo$lment 8ale8
Sub iot•l
31.028
Totfil r8colpts
31.028
A3 Paymèiit•
, Bank tharge8
119
M&mborship
2,364
Hall Hire
5,400
Leclurers Fee8
I.LKO
AiJmini&lraiK>n
1,458
TAM
251

Misc
261
Visltsrrhe•irelSILtdy DAY
16.205
Beawi tice￿O
sg3
D¥pieci8tion
Sub lotal
27.709
A4 Asset and Inve3tmont purcha9eB
Sub tolol
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27.709
Tolalpaymenls
27.709
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A5 Tran•l•r• betw￿ll lund8
A6 C#Bh fund¥ last yv¥r end
Cash lunds thls yur •nd
2J.1116

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Un￿￿￿ted fund•
R••trfcted lundj
Endovm)ent lund8
to nfrare81 £
to nèar•Bt E
to nooro8t E
Bl C•¥h fund$
Bank
23,816
Totsl c8sh
funds
23.816
Unmtrlctod lund•
Restrlctsd funds
Endowment fund•
to nearest £
to near￿¥* £
B2 Oth•r mon•tary Flxed Asset
Fund lo whlch
$91 belong#
Curront valu
loptlgnall
Cost loptlonall
B3 Investment
a#iets
Fund lo wlilch
agYQt belong8
Currenl value
loptlonall
Cost loptlonall
B4 A•8•ts retaln•d
lor the chArlty'o
own ui•
Fund to which
liablllty relateo
Amount due
loptionall
When due lopllonall
85 Ll•bllltle•
I Sub8thPtk)n
12.297

Signaliire
Print Name
Dal8 of approval
Lou is
Signed by
one or hvo
Trustees on
beliall of 911
the Tiusleo$
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|**Medway U3A**||||||||||||
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|**Trading and profit and loss account**||||||||||||
|**for the period ended 31st December 2025**||||||||||||
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|||**Note**||**12 months to**|||**12 months to**|||||
|||||**31st December 2025**|||**31st December 2024**|||||
|||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**||||
|||||||||||||
|**INCOME**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Membership||||12,425.60|||12,019.00|||||
|Gift Aid||||1,469.35|||2,025.21|||||
|Monthly Meetings||||0.00|||0.00|||||
|Misc||||22.00|||57.00|||||
|TAM||||321.20|||271.60|||||
|Bank Fee||||0.00|||0.00|||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||14238.15|||14372.81||||
|**EXPENSES**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Capitation Fees||||2,363.50|||2,364.47|||||
|Hire of Halls||||5,400.00|||5,400.00|||||
|TAM||||251.25|||284.08|||||
|Postage & Stationery||||320.91|||324.25|||||
|Speakers||||1,059.90|||1,297.50|||||
|Meetings||||208.77|||268.06|||||
|Printing||||343.00|||451.00|||||
|Beacon Licence||||593.00|||518.33|||||



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|Committee Expenses|Committee Expenses|||690.58|||717.74|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|PayPal||||2.40||||||||
|AGM||||0.00|||33.19|||||
|Gifts||||101.99|||128.49|||||
|Group Leaders Meeting||||0.00|||0.00|||||
|Bank Charges||||75.80|||110.40|||||
|Membership Refunds||||50.00|||10.00|||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||11,461.10|||11,907.51||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||2,777.05|||2,465.30||||
|||||||||||||
|**Depreciation**|||||0.00|||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|**Net Trading Profit/(Loss)**|||||2,777.05|||2,465.30||||
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|**MEDWAY U3A**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Balance sheet**||||||||||
|**at 31st December 2025**||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||**31st December 2025**||**31st December 2024**||||
|||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|||
|||||||||||
|**Fixed Assets**|||||0.00||0.00|||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**Current Assets**||||||||||
|Debtors||||0.00||0.00||||
|Prepayments||||1,318.85||1,181.20||||
|General A/c||||18,580.29||14,890.49||||
|Cash||||0.00||0.00||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||19,899.14||16,071.69||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**Creditors amounts falling**||||||||||
|**due within one year**||||||||||
|Current Account||||0.00||0.00||||
|Gold Account||||0.00||0.00||||
|Subscription for 2026||||9,182.00||8,131.60||||
|Equipment Replacement Fund||||0.00||0.00||||
|Provision for Corp Tax||||0.00||0.00||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||9,182.00||8,131.60||||



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|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||
|**Net current assets**|||||10,717.14||7,940.09|||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|Total assets less current liabilities|||||10,717.14||7,940.09|||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**Net assets**|||||10,717.14||7,940.09|||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|**Represented by:**||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|Members Fund|||||10,717.14||7,940.09|||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
|||||||||||
||||||10,717.14||7,940.09|||
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|**U3A SOCIAL FUND**|**U3A SOCIAL FUND**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||
|**Trading and profit and loss account**||||||||||||
|**for the period ended 31st December 2025**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||**Note**||**12 months to**|||**12 months to**|||||
|||||**31st December 2025**|||**31st December 2024**|||||
|||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**||||
|||||||||||||
|**INCOME**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Visits||||7,456.00|||6,755.80|||||
|Theatre Trips||||8,467.50|||7,075.10|||||
|Study Day||||630.00|||390.00|||||
|Quiz||||237.00|||216.00|||||
|Misc||||225.00|||100.00|||||
|Bank Interest||||0.00|||0.00|||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||17015.50|||14536.90||||
|**EXPENSES**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Visits||||7,040.00|||6,922.05|||||
|Theatre Trips||||8,634.50|||6,270.20|||||
|Study Day||||328.00|||348.00|||||
|Quiz||||202.36|||196.00|||||
|Misc||||225.00|||100.00|||||
|Bank Charges||||43.40|||83.20|||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||16,473.26|||13,919.45||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||542.24|||617.45||||
|||||||||||||
|**Depreciation**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|**Net Trading Profit/(Loss)**|||||542.24|||617.45||||
|||||||||||||
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|**U3A SOCIAL FUND**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||
|**Balance sheet**|||||||||||
|**at 31st December 2025**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||**31st December 2025**||**31st December 2024**|||||
|||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||||
||||||||||||
|**Fixed Assets**|||||0.00||0.00||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Current Assets**|||||||||||
|Debtors||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Prepayments||||0.00||0.00|||||
|General A/c||||5,235.84||1,668.60|||||
|Cash||||0.00||0.00|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||5,235.84||1,668.60|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Creditors amounts falling**|||||||||||
|**due within one year**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
|Subscription||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Equipment Replacement Fund||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Creditors||||3,115.00||90.00|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||3,115.00||90.00|||||
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|**Net current assets**|||||2,120.84||1,578.60||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|Total assets less current liabilities|||||2,120.84||1,578.60||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Net assets**|||||2,120.84||1,578.60||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Represented by:**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|Members Fund|||||2,120.84||961.15||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||2,120.84||961.15||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
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|**Medway U3A**||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||
|**Trading and profit and loss account**||||||||||||
|**for the period ended 31st December 2025**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||**Note**||**12 months to**|||**12 months to**|||||
|||||**31st December 2025**|||**31st December 2024**|||||
|||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**||||
|||||||||||||
|**INCOME**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Membership||||12,425.60|||12,019.00|||||
|Gift Aid||||1,469.35|||2,025.21|||||
|Monthly Meetings||||0.00|||0.00|||||
|Misc||||22.00|||157.00|||||
|TAM||||321.20|||271.60|||||
|Social Income|Visits|||7,456.00|||6,755.80|||||
||Theatre Trips|||8,467.50|||7,075.10|||||
||Study Day|||630.00|||390.00|||||
||Quiz|||237.00|||216.00|||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||31028.65|||28909.71||||
|**EXPENSES**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|Capitation Fees||||2,363.50|||2,364.47|||||
|Hire of Halls||||5,400.00|||5,400.00|||||
|TAM||||251.25|||284.08|||||
|Postage & Stationery||||320.91|||324.25|||||
|Speakers||||1,059.90|||1,297.50|||||
|Printing||||343.00|||451.00|||||
|Beacon Licence||||593.00|||518.33|||||



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|Committee Expenses|Committee Expenses|||792.57|||832.42|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Charges||||119.20|||193.60|||||
|Membership Refunds||||50.00|||10.00|||||
|Other||||208.77|||415.06|||||
|PayPal||||2.40||||||||
|Social Expenses|Visits|||7,040.00|||6,922.05|||||
||Theatre Trips|||8,634.50|||6,270.20|||||
||Study Day|||328.00|||348.00|||||
||Quiz|||202.36|||196.00|||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||27,709.36|||25,826.96||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
||||||3,319.29|||3,082.75||||
|||||||||||||
|**Depreciation**||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||
|**Net Trading Profit/(Loss)**|||||3,319.29|||3,082.75||||
|||||||||||||
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|**MEDWAY U3A**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||
|**Balance sheet**|||||||||||
|**at 31st December 2025**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||**31st December 2025**||**31st December 2024**|||||
|||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||||
||||||||||||
|**Fixed Assets**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Current Assets**|||||||||||
|Debtors||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Prepayments||||1,318.85||1,181.20|||||
|General A/c||||18,580.29||14,890.49|||||
|Cash||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Social A/c||||5,235.84||1,668.60|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||25,134.98||17,740.29|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Creditors amounts falling**|||||||||||
|**due within one year**|||||||||||
|Current Account||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Gold Account||||0.00||0.00|||||
|Creditors||||12,297.00||8,221.60|||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|||||12,297.00||8,221.60|||||
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|**Net current assets**|||||12,837.98||9,518.69||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|Total assets less current liabilities|||||12,837.98||9,518.69||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Net assets**|||||12,837.98||9,518.69||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Represented by:**|||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|Members Fund|||||12,837.98||9,518.69||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
||||||12,837.98||9,518.69||||
||||||||||||
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(HARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
lif any)
nLy&/ 7D24
)I31L£)D
Set out on pages
5 kDI
I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended
Responslbilities and
basis of report
As the tharitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in aC￿rdanCe wlh the requirements ol the Chanlies Ad 2011
("the Acl'l
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5){bl of Ihe Act.
Independent tThe chanty's gross income exceeded £250,0￿ and l am qualified lo
examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of
applicable listed bodyl]. D818te ( l il not applKable.
I have completed my examination. I confifm that no material matters have
come io my attention in connection with the examination lolher than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respecl..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance wlh section 130
of the Charities Act.. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charilies
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matt8r
COns￿ered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Please delete the words in the bfftckets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professlonal
qualificationls) or body
IER
Oct 2018

(If any):
Address:
Section B
Disclosure
only complete Il the examiner needs 10 highlight material Inallers of concerii
(see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief dètails of
any items that the
examiner WIS￿5 to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018