## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To Period end date** ## **Charity name:** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote the benefits and values of**
**lifelong learning to people who are no**
**longer in full time employment in the**
**Mansfield area, with enjoyment as the**
**main focus.**| |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 open to everyone who is retired**
**or semi-retired regardless of ability,**
**race, gender, or sexual orientation. We**
**offer opportunities for leisure and**
**recreational activities to enhance their**
**lives and promote their social well-**
**being.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm that we have complied with**
**our duty to have due regard to the**
**guidance on public benefit published by**
**the Commission in exercising our**
**powers and duties.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All our groups and social activities are**
**run by volunteers. The organisation is**
**based on the principle that it is run by**
**the members for the members.**| |||| 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|**We have ? members and ? special**
**interest groups. Several new interest**
**groups were formed during the year,**
**thereby providing the members with a**
**varied choice of activities to suit their**
**needs and provide opportunities for**
**learning new skills. The newsletter and**
**website provide regular information for**
**members and help to raise the profile of**
**the u3a and provide a positive image of**
**older people to the rest of society.**| ## **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|**We are in a secure position financially**
**and so we have been able to keep**
**Membership fees the same as last year.**
**Social Events are run for the benefit of**
**Members. Whilst they are not loss**
**making we do not make a profit.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**6 months operating costs in main**
**Account. Any reserve above this is**
**refunded to Members by reduction of**
**Membership subscription in following**
**year. Groups Accounts are excluded**
**from this figure as these are inflated by**
**high cost activity such as Theatre visits**
**and days out and are entirely self-**
**financing. All Receipts and Payments**
**from Group Accounts are obtained and**
**retained by Treasurer.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£7040 in Main Account**
**£5354 in Groups Account**| |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|**None**| ## **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|
**Membership**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|**Any member can be nominated to**
**become a trustee. At the AGM, members**
**elect the trustees and officers.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **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)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** |**Mansfeld and District u3a**|**Mansfeld and District u3a**|**Mansfeld and District u3a**|**Mansfeld and District u3a**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and Payments Account 2024/25 Ending 31/07/2025**||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**Receipts**||||||||||| |Subscriptons|||£4,601.00|||||||| |Social|||£6,657.00|||||||| |Robin Hood lotery|||£27.50|||||||| |Grant|||£200.00|||||||| |Gif Aid|||£467.52|||||||| |Tea|||£1,158.22|||||||| |Books|||£119.35|||||||| |Sundry|||£32.00|||||||| |Group Receipts|||£12,005.46|||||||| |||||||||||| |**Payments**||||||||||| |Membership Fees|||||£1,295.08|||||| |Statonery/postage|||||£267.72|||||| |Gifs|||||£203.00|||||| |Pety Cash|||||£140.00|||||| |Tea etc|||||£181.43|||||| |Equipment|||||£487.90|||||| |Printng|||||£158.25|||||| |Room Hire|||||£3,150.00|||||| |Speakers|||||£947.80|||||| |Groups|||||£25.50|||||| |Copyright Licence|||||£82.21|||||| |Social Events|||||£5,895.50|||||| |Bank Charges|||||£28.98|||||| |New Groups|||||£152.00|||||| |Group Payments|||||£12,259.42|||||| ||||**£25,268.05**||**£25,274.79**|||||| |||||||||||| ||balance b/f||£6,793.34|||||||| ||Groups||£5,608.81|||||||| ||p/cash||£198.40||£110.93||**Carried forward to 2025/2026**|||| ||balance c/f||||£7,040.56||Bank balance|current a/c||£7,040.56| ||Group c/f||||£5,354.85||Bank balance|group a/c||£5,354.85| ||p/cash||||£87.47||p/cash|||£87.47| ||||**£37,868.60**||**£37,868.60**||Combined total c/f|||**£12,482.88**| |||||||||||| |Based on the data records made available to me, the bank statements, paying-in books||||||||||| |and cheque book stubs provided, I can confrm that the above Receipts and Payments||||||||||| |accounts represents cash movements during 2024/2025 year and the Bank||||||||||| |Balances are in accordance with the Bank Statements at the year end.||||||||||| |||||||||||| |Signed|D Allsop|||Date||08/09/2025||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name Mansfield and District u3a 31/07/2025 1164177 **On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)** ## **Set out on pages** 1,2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07/2025 **DD / MM / YYYY** . As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. D Allsop 08/09/2025 Danuta Allsop **Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** None **Address: October 2018** 1 **IER** 10 Perlethorpe Avenue Mansfield Notts NG19 7EH ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . None 2 **October 2018** **IER**