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2024-12-31-accounts

FinancialReview
Review ofthecharity's lncludingrestrictedfundsoff894,bank balances at
financialposition at the end 3'tDecember2A23totalledC38,558-averyhealthy position,
oftheperiod followinglargesurplusesof income duringthepandemic years
ot202A and2021.
Statement explainingthe As the charity'saccounting is on a receipts and payments
policyforholding reserves basis,theabove bank balances equatetothe charity's
stating why theyareheld reserves and amounttoapproximately threeyears ofunfunded
expenses.
The charity'sbusiness modelisthattheinterest groups should
be self-financing, althoughthe aggregatepayments madeby
groupsforequipment andvenuehirearereflectedinthe
charity'saccounts.Thecharity itself is responsible only forthe
costs of centrally organised events,suchastheprogrammeof
talksand general meetings, together withthecharity's
administration, lTand publicity expenses.
The charity'sprincipal The charity'sprincipal sourceoffundsis members'
sources of funds subscriptions,whicharesetat a relatively lowratewhen
compared tothoseu3a organisations whichfundall costs and
expenses.Theprincipal costscoveredbyourmembers'
subscriptionsaretheaffiliationfeesand magazine
subscriptionspaid to the ThirdAgeTrust,theumbrella
organisation forallUK u3a organisations.
Theaccounts include other amounts receivedfrommembers
eachyearin relationtoorganised visits andtheChristmas
lunch in particular, butthesereceiptsarematched with the
relevant costs, subject to timingdifferencesbetweenthe
receipts andthepayments.
Exceptionallyin2023,our Table Tennisgroupsappliedforand
received grants from theWimbledonFoundation's "GetSet,
Get Active"fundandthe Co-op'sCommunityfund.These
grants are held in a separate bank account andtheiruseis
restricted to the Table Tennisgroups,in keepingwith our
modelofinterestgroupsbeing self-financing. Attheendofthe
year,f894of these grants remainedtobe spent.

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Final Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024

RECEIPTS
Subscriptons
Gif Aid
Talks
Visits
Group Actvites
Social (Christmas Lunch)
Grants - Wim Foundaton & Co-op
Miscellaneous
Bank Interest
Total Receipts
PAYMENTS
TAT Afliaton
TAT Magazine
Statonery & Postage
Printng & Publicity
Visits
Room hire
Catering
Talks
Equipment - Technical
Groups' equipment and coaching
Social (Christmas Lunch)
Beacon and other IT
Bank Charges
Miscellaneous
Total Payments
Surplus for year - General
Surplus on Table Tennis grant
SURPLUS FOR YEAR
Balances b/f
Balances c/f
Balances as at 31 December
CAF Cash account
CAF Gold account (Norah)
HSBC
HSBC Restricted account
2024
£
13,742.5
0
2,294.59
571.10
3,592.00
6,013.86
3,195.00
0.00
0.00
114.17
29,523.2
2
3,384.00
2,698.32
1,015.78
2,040.22
3,357.00
6,355.90
1,484.37
831.00
330.97
1,930.00
3,104.28
1,027.38
352.00
279.53
28,190.7
5
1,332.32
0.15
1,332.47
38,558.2
4
39,890.7
1
2024
24,577.6
8
3,709.04
8,924.62
0.15
2023
£
13,714.0
0
1,216.26
505.10
3,811.50
5,533.48
1,752.00
2,420.47
0.00
77.45
29,030.2
6
3,412.00
1,934.30
1,380.35
1,829.32
3,906.50
5,508.60
1,334.18
1,270.00
0.00
2,529.18
1,933.50
962.20
329.61
163.53
26,493.2
7
1,642.93
894.06
2,536.99
36,021.2
5
38,558.2
4
2023
18,276.7
8
1,965.06
15,782.4
2
894.06

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David Drummond, Treasurer

7[th] March 2025