**Charity Commission** **==> picture [132 x 49] intentionally omitted <==** ## Charity Commission Annual Return 2024 ## **TARPORLEY & DISTRICT U3A** Charity registration number: 1171370 **Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2024** ## **Financial period** ## **Financial period start date** 01/04/2023 ## **Financial period end date** 31/03/2024 ## **Income and spending** ## **Income** **£** £36904 ## **Spending** **£** £35666 **Number of contracts from government** **How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 0 ## **Number of grants from government** **How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 0 ## **Income breakdown** ## **Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)** £36904 ## **Charitable activities** £0 ## **Other trading activities** £0 ## **Investments** £0 ## **Other** £0 ## **Recipients of grants** **Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals** £0 ## **Other charities** £0 **Other organisations that are not charities** £0 ## **Trustee payments** ## **Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial** ## **period for this return?** ⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid ## **Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Income from outside the UK** **Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom** ## **Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No ## **Spending outside England & Wales** **Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** No **Trading subsidiaries** **Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?** No ## **Charity contact details correct** ## **Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?** Yes ## **Charity headquarters details correct** ## **Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?** Yes ## **Charity contact address** Twentywell Wrexham Road Brindley, Nr Nantwich Cheshire CW5 8HY ## **Charity Headquarters address** Twentywell Wrexham Road Brindley, Nr Nantwich Cheshire CW5 8HY **Property** **Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return?** No ## **Membership type** ## **Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?** No, the charity is not part of a wider group structure ## **Employment contract types** ## **People were permanently employed by your charity** 0 ## **People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity** 0 ## **Self-employed people were working for your charity** 0 ## **Governance policies** ## **Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures** Yes ## **Safeguarding policy and procedures** No ## **Financial reserves policy and procedures** Yes ## **Complaints policy and procedures** No ## **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures** No ## **Internal risk management policy and procedures** No ## **Trustee expenses policy and procedures** Yes ## **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures** No ## **Investing charity funds policy and procedures** No ## **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures** No ## **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures** No ## **Social media policy and procedures** No ## **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures** No ## **Safeguarding** **Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return?** No **Serious Incidents** **Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?** There were no incidents to report ## **External risk and impact** ## **Donations,** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Other income - grants** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Other income - contracts** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Other income - investment** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Expenditure on charitable activities** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Expenditure on overheads** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Number of volunteers** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Number of employees** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Number of trustees** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Fundraising activities** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Capacity to deliver services** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable **Total service demand** Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable ## **Volunteers** **Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?** 0 ## **Privacy statement** **Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordance with the rule on data protection. 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Trustee|| |---|---| |**Given names**|Angela| ||| |**Family name **|Wilson| ||| |**Telephone**|01270 524487| |**number**|| ||| |**Email**|mrsangelawilson@googlemail.com| ||| |**Date submitted **|22/11/2024| **It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.** |||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Tarporley and District U3a Accounts 31st March 2024**||||||| |||||||||| ||||||**General Fund**|**Interest Groups**|**Total**|| ||||||£|£|£|| |Cash and Bank Balances 31/3/23|||||14,989|4,571|19,497|| |||||||||| |Receipts in Year|||||23,475|13,429|36,904|| |Payments|||||(21,521)|(14,145)|(35,666)|| |Transfers(Note 8)|||||1,168|(1,168)|0|| |||||||||| |Cash and Bank Balances 31/3/24|||||18,111|2,687|20,735|| |||||||||| |Increase/(Decrease)in cash balances|||||3,122|(1,884)|1,238|| |||||||||| |MembershipFees Received for FollowingYear(Note 1)|||||(3,285)|0|(3,285)|| |Cash Receipts for Future Events|||||0|0|0|| |Payments for Future Events(Note 14)|||||150|0|150|| |Outstandingcostspaid afteryear end(Note 12)|||||(157)|(1,166)|(1,323)|| |||||||||| |Net Assets 31/3/24|||||14,818|1,521|16,277|| |||||||||| |Net Assets 31/3/23|||||11,846|3,323|15,169|| |||||||||| |Increase/ (Decrease)in Net Assets|||||2,972|(1,802)|1,108|| |||||||||restated| |||||||2024|2023|2023| |||||||£|£|| |**Receipts**||||||||| |Membership||||||8,018|7,230|7,230| |General MeetingReceipts|(Note 5)|||||0|221|221| |Grants and Donations|||||||0|0| |Interest Groups
Gift Aid||||||13,429
1,422|20,978
1,270|11,400
1,270| |Other|(N0te 13)|||||72|40|40| |Social Fund Trips|(Note 8)|||||13,964|0|9,578| |Total Income||||||36,904|29,739|29,739| |||||||||| |**Payments**||||||£|£|£| |Third Age Trust Membership|(Note 2)|||||1,972|1,788|1,788| |Hall Hire Gen Meetings||||||1,137|774|774| |Speakers General Meetings||||||720|647|647| |Refreshments||||||647|406|406| |Equipment and Contribution to Hall improvements||||||588|919|919| |Admin|(Note 10)|||||677|700|700| |Interest Groups||||||14,145|20,438|10,360| |Direct Mail|(Note 6)|||||989|1,180|1,180| |Advertising||||||60|100|100| |Sundries|(Note 15)|||||294|252|252| |Social Fund Trips||||||14,435|951|11,029| |Total Expenditure||||||35,666|28,154|28,154| |||||||||| |Note 2023 restated to move trips income and costs from interestgroups to Social Events||||||||| ||Page 1|||||||| |||||||||| **==> picture [452 x 485] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Tarporley and District U3A Balance Sheet March 2024
Mar-24 Mar-23
£ £
Current Account 20,705 19,467
Cash 30 30
Social Account 0 0
Cash and Bank Balances 20,735 19,497
None cash assets and (liabilities)
Membership Fees Received for Following Year (3,285) (2,998)
Cash Receipts for Future Events 0 0
Payments for Future Events 150 0
Outstanding costs paid after Year end (Note 12) (1,323) (1,330)
Net Assets 16,277 15,169
Increase in net assets 1,108
Note
There were no major events with income or costs relating to events in the following accounting year
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Notes To the Accounts March 2024
1 Membership Fees for both 22/23and 23/24 where £15 for the year from 31st August
Since July 2023we have received £7,885 of subs. Around 5/12 of these relate to the next financial year
This is calculated as £3,285. Fees for 2023/24 were first collected in July2023.
2 Membership Fees payable to our Parent U3a Trust are paid on an annual basis.
£1,972 for 2023/24 was paid in April 2023 for the year form 1st April 2023.
4 Accounts are prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis
5 General Meetings were held through the full year 23/24 at no charge
6 The direct mail costs is the costs of the Third Age Trust Magazine.
8 Social Trips which are available to all members are accounted for in the general fund. The social expenditure also includes cost relating to convenors meetings
In 2022/23 social trips were treated as being part of the interest groups.
Last year social trips income was £9,578 expenditure was £10,078 and the social balance included in the interest group balances was £1,168
The balance of £1,168 has been transferred to the general fund as it belongs to the full membership
9 Interest Group balances represent amounts held on behalf of the Interest Groups.
Each Interest Group is self funded but grants from the general fund can be made in special circumstances
10 Admin costs include £493 for the Beacon IT system and £184 of general admin costs
The General Admin costs mainly relate to the cost of producing and distributing Newsletters for those without e mails
11 As at 31st Mar 2024 the major interest group balances were table tennis £500 and bridge club £641
£1,166 of interest group hall rental in 2023/24 was paid in April 2024
12 As at 31st March 2024 there were £1,323 of costs relating to 2023/24 still outstanding.
£90 was a social trips refund with the remaining £1,233 being hall rental of which £1,166 related to interest groups
13 Sundry income is £20 for use of table tennis tables and £50.90 contra with interest groups as non active group balances were cleared plus a £1 donation.
14 £150 deposit for the convenors meeting to be held in May 2024 was paid in 2023/24
15 Sundry expenditure was made up as follows: £
Batteries 33
PAT Testing 62
Flowers for exiting committee members 50
Deposit for future convenors meeting 150
294
16 Social Events expenditure includes £706 cost for a thank you lunch for convenors
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteosl member5 of Tarportey and Distnct U3A On accounts forthe year ended 31" March 2024 . Charity no Ilf any) 1171370 Sot out on pages Pages 14 shomng cash and bank furKls of £20,735 I report to the trustees on my examination of the acmunts of the above chantyllhe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312024. Rosponslbllltl•s and As the chanty trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation bas1$ of rnport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chants'es Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examin*'on 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){bl of the Act. I have compleled my examinats'on. I confinn that no material matters have come lo my attention {other than that disdosed belo* "l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. accounling re(x)rds *tre not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the a(tounts'ng record8 Independent examiner's Ststement I have no concems and have come ￿rO$S no other matters in connection with Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understsnding of the ￿CoUntS to be reached. ' Please delete the wonls in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Dato: 20 Name: Rolovant professlonal qualifl¢atlon{sl or body (rfanyl: AddM$: 4È CLVZ IER October 2018