**Chair’s Annual Report for Dunmow U3a June 2025** 

Our big opening day for September was our Wellness Day arranged by Maureen and her small team. The day ran from 10-3pm allowing members to drop into the sessions that most interested them. The most popular seemed to be Tammy Blest (Essex police) talk on fraud prevention and Lois Sparks talk on MIND which was interactive. 

During the year our monthly meetings have had generally better speakers of which two stand out as especially popular: Heather Brennan a local chiropractor showing us the importance of standing up correctly and Barry Linton a retired policeman on staying safe online that drew our biggest attendance to date of 180 members. 

Robert James arranged for 40 of us to go on a walking holiday with Holiday Fellowship for a week in Sussex in early October. Such a success was this that a rerun has been arranged for this summer by Wendy Townsend. During the year Hilary has arranged 2 quizzes both in the Foakes Hall attracting 15 teams each time. For last Christmas she arranged a concert sung by Rhiannon, daughter of one of our members accompanied by mulled wine and mince pies. In April we held a New Members welcome afternoon and plan a social with barbecue for all our Group Leaders on June 9, shortly before our AGM. 

Added New Groups; the MOTO (singles) group which is flourishing, restarting of a photography group, indoor bowling and a 3-mile walking group. 

Outings kicked off for the year with a Kiss me Kate musical at the Barbican theatre, a canal boat in the Lea Valley, Holkham Hall in Norfolk, the National Space Centre and Christmas shopping in Cambridge to round off 2024. This year visits to the Milestone museum in Basingstoke, Chelsea Royal Hospital, and Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake with men dancing the ballet in Milton Keynes. 

Membership continues to rise totaling 715 by the end of March (when we start the new year) and up 110 on 2024. 

During the year we had to change our website provider which required some retraining or our users including most of the Group Leaders. Adrian Hoodless bore the brunt of this work including offering training in the new system for us all. I should end by thanking him and all my committee members for the work done behind the scenes. This includes our treasurer Ian and his assistant Derek who looks after the Outings finances; without these we couldn’t operate. 

Mike Best 

Chair of Dunmow u3a 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
DUNMOW U3A
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For th* pewiod
01
-24
31-Mar-25
Section A Receipts and payments
Ch*Titabl8 Clwiabl•
Charttabl•
Funds AIC No 1 Funds AIC No 2 Funds AIC No 3
Total funds
L•styo•r
A1 Recei
Gfft AKI
1.104
243
39.062
t•￿10
19M39
rKket Sa￿8
39M2
374
263
Bank Interest
Sub total (Gross Inco￿ for
AR)
31JJ•
72.706
A2 Asset and Investmènt ￿1&$,
(sée L*blel.
Sub total
Total rneelpts
31W6
39.052
1017
49,693
A3 Paynxnts
U3A Nat￿￿1 Fees
194
4.174
17J07
18853
1.203
1,226
21
21A36
37A10
J7.110
131
Ha¥ Hire
161
1.12•
Welfare
14
301
J01
SI￿ totsi
37.741
¥ts36
M Asset and inveslmeTht
purchases. Isee table)
Sub tixai
37.741
44035
Not ofrn¢•ip￿o1•yrn￿ts)
AS Trnnsfers between funds
A8 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds thls ye•r•nd
1.312
1M17
5,658
10,731
8.027
26.358
17
43.118
47,852
5.658
CCXX Rl accounts ISSI
03107r2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Chartable
Charitablè
Gharitabla
Funds NC No 1 FuTrds AJC No 2 Funds AIC No
Categories
Delails
to ￿￿[•51 c
B1 Cash fvnds
.174
7,330
28,174
Unrestricted
funds
EndowThnt
tunds
funds
Details
Details
charitys own ufe
Details
BS Liabllitses
c•. 4.lQO
e•. {QOO
1000
Sign•a * one Or*M￿ trLLth8& on
beh4f of all the trLthes
Date of
al
nature
int Name
I. M8Tsh
CCXX R2 •r¢ounts ISSI
03KJ7r2025

Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
DUNMOW U3A
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
(if any)
1168310
Set out on pages
1and2
Respective The charity's Irustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
responsibilitles of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibilty to:
examine the accounts under seclion 145 of the Charities Act.
to follow the Pro￿dureS laid down in the general Directions given by the
Chaiity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with general Directions given
examinerfs statement by the Chanty Commission. An examination indudes a review of the
accounting recxjrds kept by the chanty and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual
items or disdosures in the ￿)unts. and seeking explanations from the
trustees conceming any such matters. The prcKedures undertaken do not
provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a Irue
and fail view and the re￿rt is limited to those matters set out in the
statement below.
Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
examinefs statement
1 . which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect,
the requirements:
to keep a(xounling records in accordan￿ with section 130 of the
Charities Act; and
lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and
comply with the accounting requirements of the Charits'es Act
have not been r¥￿t. or
2. to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
IER

Slgned:
&L
201(
Name:
Peter Hodge
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Relired Bank ManaJer
Addre3S:
4 Millers Croft
Great Dunrr#)w, Essex
CM6 2AW
Section B
Disclosure
Onty complete rf Ihe examiner needs to h￿hlIght material problems.
No matters have come to my attention during my Independent Examination of
the accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 that require disdosure to the
Charity Commission.
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER