## **South East u3a Forum**
**Trustees Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 30th September 2025**
Registered Charity No. 1196999
## **South East u3a Forum**
## **Registered Charity No 1196999**
## **Trustees Report for the Year Ended 30th September 2025**
## **Principal Office**
15 The Glebe, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex. BN6 9XG
## **Trustees**
David Ashton Chair Richard Teare Treasurer Carole Dickenson Caroline Sawers Rob White Resigned 23rd June 2025 Paddy Powell Sally Ingledew resigned 24th March 2025 Kevin Stock
## **Constitution**
South East u3a Forum was formally established by a Constitution approved at a Special General Meeting on 21 April 2021, as amended on 25th January 2023 and on 6th August 2024, and registered a the Charity Commission.
## **Governance**
Trustees are elected from registered member u3a Networks in the South East Region of England, and form the Executive Committee which manages the charity. Trustees are elected annually at the AGM from nominated representatives of the u3a Networks.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The object of the Forum is the advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work, by all means including associated activities conducive to learning and personal development in the Forum Area.
## **Achievements and Performance**
The Forum's main activity is the facilitation of a Summer School, currently at the University of Chichester. This year’s Summer School (SS 2025), held between 1st and 4th September, attracted a record- breaking 159 u3a members from around the UK, who attended 12 courses varying from Psychology and A.I. to Patchwork and Walking. From course planning and booking, close liaison with the voluntary tutors and the University Conference Team through to onsite delivery, with entertainment every evening, the SS Team ensured another successful event.
## **Financial Review**
The Summer School Team was able to install Beacon, the u3a Data Management System, which greatly simplified the recording and management of data and the financial records, enabling up-todate details to be provided as required by the various Team members. The Forum made a surplus for the year of £911, which together with Interest Received of £335, totalling £1,246, has been added to the Reserves. The Trustees are satisfied that the Reserves held are appropriate to the level of risk inherent in running a Summer School.
This Report has been approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
David Ashton, Chair
24th October 2025
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## **South East u3a Forum**
## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of South East u3a Forum**
I report on the Financial Statements of the South East u3a Forum (the Charity) for the year ended 30 September 2025.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and they consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the Financial Statements under section 145 of The Act
- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charities Commission under
- Section 145(5)(b) of the Act and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charities Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by The Charity and a comparison of the Financial Statements presented with those records.
## **Independent Examiner’s Report**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of The Act; and
- to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements to The Act have not been met or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the Financial Statements to be reached.
Signed: Date
A P Dunk, FCA 21 Arcadia Road Istead Rise Gravesend, Kent
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## **South East u3a Forum**
## **Balance Sheet at 30th September 2025**
|**Current Assets:**
Debtors
Balances at Bank:
Current Account
Deposit Account
Less:
**Current Liabilities:**
Accrued Expenses
**At 30 September 2025**
**Financed By:**
**Capital Account:**
At 1 October 2024
Surplus/deficit for the Year
**At 30 September 2025**|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**|**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**
**£**
48
14,492
14,541
719
**£13,822**
12,576
1,246
**£13,822**|**£**
180
12,487|
||||12,667
91|
||||**£12,576**|
||||12,033
543|
||||**£12,576**|
The Accounts were approved by the Trustees on 24 October 2025 and signed on their behalf b
David Ashton
Richard Teare
Chair
Treasurer
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## **South East u3a Forum**
## **Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) For the Year Ended 30 September 2025**
|**Income**
**Summer School**
Course Fees
Theatre Tickets
Deposits Overpaid
Sale of Mah Jong Books
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Summer School**
Accommodation
Theatre Tickets
Travel and Course Expenses
Tutors Expenses
Speaker Fees
Gratuities
Printing and Postage
Delegates Refund
Cancelled Course Refunds
Deposits and Overpaid
Publicity
**Summer School Surplus**
**Administrative Expenses**
Committee Expenses
Office Expenses
**Net Surplus/-Defcit For The Year**
**Deposit Account Interest**
**Net Surplus/-Deficit For The Year**|**£**
**£**
61,545
3,780
0
60
65,385
55,099
3,745
1,069
861
132
100
0
1,530
1,245
675
0
64,456
929
0
17
17
**911**
335
**£1,246**
**Unrestricted**
**30.09.2025**|**Unrestricted**
**30.09.2024**|**Unrestricted**
**30.09.2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**
**£**
51,740
2,800
0
70.00
**54,610**
46,996
2,800
570
1,066
60
100
0
0
1,595
999
0
54,186
424
41
148
189
**235**
308
**£543**|**£**
51,740
2,800
0
70.00|
|||||
||||**235**
308|
||||**£543**|
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