## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2021 To 31[st] March 2022** **Charity name: Knutsford and District University of the Third Age** ## **Charity registration number: 1139427** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of Knutsford U3A is the
advancement of education, and in
particular the education of older people and
those who are retired from full time work,
by all means, including associated activities
conducive to learning and personal
development.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We are a self-help learning organisation for
all local retired people who wish to join
activities that will develop learning, skills,
personal development, enjoyment and
friendship. We have three main kinds of
activities.
We normally hold monthly meetings, with
speakers on a wide range of topics,
followed by refreshments and social
interaction.
We currently have 52 Activity Groups,
offering a wide range of learning
experiences to suit different interests. They
are led by Group leaders, giving their time,
often supported by a planning group. They
are supported by the Committee through
networking and training sessions.
We have subcommittees which organise
our speakers and outings, including trips to
places of interest, and to concerts and
theatres. We produce regular newsletters
to keep our members informed of our
activities, and those of our wider u3a
network (such as Summer Schools).| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees have regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Our membership at the end of March 2022
was 692, with an additional 41 Associate
Members (those who are also members of
other u3as).
At the beginning of this period our activities
were constrained due to the impact of
Coronavirus with no indoor meetings.
Committee meetings (meetings of the
trustees) and Membership meetings were
successfully conducted online using Zoom.
Many outdoor groups were meeting as
normal while following the appropriate
government advice. We had a stand outside
the Knutsford Methodist Church for u3a
publicity day (2ndJune). Our first organised
outing was to the new RHS Bridgewater in
early July, which was so popular that it was
followed by two further visits to the same
location. Highly successful outings also
were
made
to
Adlington
Hall
and
Chatsworth House. There were also several
trips to cultural events including to see an
Alan Ayckbourn play in September, and in
December, the Nutcracker and Handel’s
Messiah.
The Committee agreed guidance for the
restarting of indoor groups on 27thJuly. In
September our activities moved decisively
towards normality with the restarting of
indoor activities including our first face-to-
face members’ meeting and a group
leaders’coffee morning. We also held a| |group “showcase” event in early September| |---| |which provided group leaders with an| |opportunity to advertise their activities to a| |wider audience to attract new members. Our| |October committee meeting was the first to| |be held face-to-face. This sense of getting| |back to normality continued until January| |when rising rates of the new Omicron variant| |caused indoor groups to suspend their| |activities
and
the
January
members’| |meeting and Committee meeting to return to| |Zoom. Fortunately, this interruption was| |brief and by the end of this period our u3a| |was fully open, albeit with a lot of testing and| |some disruption as members had to self-| |isolate at short notice if they had a positive| |Covid test result.| |Unlike the previous year we were able to| |hold a face-to-face AGM this year in| |December. During this time period we| |recruited
four
new members
to
the| |Committee who were duly elected at the| |AGM. We now have a Committee of 11, with| |one vacancy.| |A significant achievement was our first| |membership renewal drive (in April 2021)| |using the software system Beacon which is| |designed to streamline the administration of| |our u3a and reduce the workload on| |Committee members.| |By the end of the period, we had 52 active| |groups including some new additions such| |as a Singing group and a Railways Interest| |Group| |.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Our ‘core’ income and expenditure relates
to the income (principally from membership
subscriptions), and the running costs of the
charity. This is ‘unrestricted funds’ in the
accounts. At the end of the financial year,
our income was £6,964, and our
expenditure was £9,020. Our other funds
are ‘restricted funds’, and they relate to the
Activity Groups and the outings, each of
which are self-funded. This income was
£26,499, and the expenditure was £26,355.
Our financial situation is healthy, and at the
end of March 2022, we held £9,418 in
unrestricted funds, and £9,005 in the
restricted funds.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our reserves policy is to maintain a level of
reserves at a figure of 6 months running
costs for our ‘core’ organisation. This is to
allow for contingencies, such as the need
to replace or acquire necessary equipment,
and unexpected expenses. For future years
we will adapt the membership fee with a
view to reducing the excess reserves
gradually.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |||| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|We are governed by our Constitution, first
adopted in 2010, and changed to a
modified version of the u3a model
constitution approved at our AGM of
November 2020.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are an independent charity, which is a
member of the Third Age Trust, as an
unincorporated association.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We carry out induction for new trustees,
using written information, discussion, and
observation at Committee meetings etc.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are an independent charity, and are
members of the national body, the Third
Age Trust. We maintain relationships with
other local U3As, through the South and
Mid Cheshire Cluster Group, and the North
West Network.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Knutsford and District U3A| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Knutsford U3A| |Registered charity number|1139427| |Charity’s principal address|10 Beechwood, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 3DW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mark Barley|Chair||| ||Adrian Long|Treasurer||| ||Susan Allan|Secretary||| ||Roger Brown|||| ||Veronica Gordon||01.04.2021-22.04.2021|| ||Barbara Arnell||01.04.2021-25.11.2021|| ||WendyBrooks|||| ||Stuart Allan|||| ||Irene Hardy|||| ||Helen Smith|||| ||Robert Watson|||| ||TonyAxon||25.11.2021-31.03.2022|| ||Georgina Blackburn||25.11.2021-31.03.2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Mark Howard Barley Adrian Long **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 28/09/2022 KnutsfoNI & Dk8tiict UnNwsrty of the Third Age TOTAL 3282.00 143.OD PayPd &Go Cvdkn5 &6S&T3 3￿￿.73 22,Td1 22.721A2 10.14358 25.81 3,7T15T 3.803J8 1.709.65 6.W.54 26,499. ,462 I1￿9693 2445&L 22.45Y. 9.754.67 R(x)m Hire IRerrt 676.50 67630 190.39 1611.xl 2ts11SO 2￿59.00 725nJ 121.33 1.687.(2 1fj87.02 1.685.74 1,Y8.fAI 1W8.00 370.00 519.64 519.64 572.30 Equi[Xn￿t 11.37 YJIA7 &Vknb 1W.IX) o. 1W.00 3Y.97 T￿nIng& N&thu¥J 25920 0.00 OA) OA) 0.00 97MJ 97.1)0 89.08 rxlry 3m724 4.003A1 1,984.60 9.LVO.11 26h55a) 35a75.41 17.642_08 144( 1'.9',2.481 15.fA5.851 21Y21A2 1r22. 2021r22 9.41825 8217A9 17.6￿74 £ 14,SJT.81 787h2 787.62 7.34 9rt1&25 1Q42 15,745.15 1022158 £ 5x152 15.745.10 21.￿1.rI] 14d.r Is.￿15 8il 125124 3.$39.50 4￿.74 V1825 £ 15.745.15 OA) .00 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND A14D WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to th• trust members of KNUTSFORD u3a On accounts for the yoar 31 MARCH 2022 Chartty no (rfany) 1139427 Sot out on p•9eS I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe TnAn for ￿ year erKled 31103r2022. RespoMlbl1lli￿ and basls ol roport accounts in accordarK? With th8 requirements of the Charrlies Act 2011 I report in rw of my examination of ￿ Trusys accounts Carried out urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I hw4e followed all the applicable Directions gtven by the Charity Commission urthr sedion 145(5Mb) ofthe Ac Independent oxaminerfs statement I have completed my examinati￿. I cx)nfirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that discjosed Ixlow") ￿lch ￿ me ￿uSe to believe that in, any material the a(￿untIng records ￿re not keFrt in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,. or the a¢¢ounts did not comply with the applicable requ1￿ments concemirvJ the f(xm and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rep￿ts) Regulations 2t)08 other than any requirement that the accounts gNe a Inje and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an irKlependent examination. I have no con¢errts arKI have come across no other matters in Connection with the examination lo whith attention shoukl dra￿ in this report in order to enable a pryer understanding of the ac(x)unts to be reached. . Pleas8 d818te the Kyrts in the brackets ifihey not apply. Slgned: Dats: 14 JULY 2022 Name: Robert Beale Relevant professional quallfication(s) or body IER Oct 2018 Ilf any): 1 Styal Close CW9 8FG Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32. IT￿ examinabw of charity xrnurts: diredions and guKlance for ex￿1￿3). Give hore brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to dlKIo IER Oct 2018