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|Ob ecti|v|es and|Activ|itie|s||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||SORP reference||
|||||||The advancement
ofeducation
and,
in|
|Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|particular,
the education
of older people|
|the charity||as set out|in its|||and those who are retired from full-time|
|governing||document||||work by all means,
including
associated|
|||||||activities conducive
to learning
and|
|||||||personal
development
in Worcester and its|
|||||||surrounding
locality.|
|||||||Education
and transfer of skills occurs|
|Summary||ofthe main|||Para 1.17and|through
shared
learning,
actively
involving|
|activities|in relation to those||||1.19|members
to improve their quality of life and|
|purposes||for the public||||wellbeing.|
|benefit,
in particular,
activities, projects or
services identified
in
accounts.|||the
the|||Members
may join a variety of interest
groups,
generally
meeting
fortnightly,
offering a range ofsubjects facilitated
by
volunteers
who give their time freely.|
|||||||Worcester Area Group U3A also supports|
|||||||trips and events organised
by interest|
|||||||groups for the benefit of members.|
|||||||Meetings open to all members
are regularly|
|||||||held with speakers
from a wide variety of|
|||||||backgrounds
and interests.|
|||||||Members
may also participate
in other|
|||||||learning
opportunities
offered by Third Age|
|||||||Trust, West Midlands
Region U3A network,|
|||||||and Cotswold
Link U3A network.|
|||||||A members'
newsletter
is published|
|||||||regularly
throughout
the year and circulated|
|||||||to members
either
in paper copy or by|
|||||||email.|
|||||||Information
for members
and the public is|
|||||||available
from the Worcester Area Group|
|||||||U3A website.|
|Statement
confirming
whether the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity|||||Para 1.18|The Trustees
have regard ofthe Charity
Commission
guidance
on public benefit
in
meeting
the charitable
Object ofWorcester
Area Group U3A to the benefit ofmembers
and
in
ublicisin
its activities to the wider|
|Additional|information|information|(optional)|(optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma
choose to||include||further statements|where relevant|about:|
|||||SORP reference|||
|Policy on|grant making|||Para 1.38|||
|Policy on|social investment|||Para 1.38|||
|including|program|related|||||
|investment|||||||
|Contribution
made||by||Para 1.38|||
|volunteers|||||||
|Other|||||||
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|Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||SORP reference||
|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe 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|As a consequence
ofthe COVID-19
pandemic,
activities were curtailed
over the
year falling from around 80 interest groups
in 2019-2020that met indoors to 35groups
meeting
online
in 2020-2021.
Interest groups meeting
outside were able
to continue
for most ofthe 2020-2021 year,
albeit with restricted
numbers
ofmembers|
||||||participating.|
||||||Regular online meetings
open to all|
||||||members
continued
to run through
this|
||||||period and efforts to broaden the range of|
||||||activities available
online have continued.|
||||||The Trustees are mindful
ofthe benefit of|
||||||the activities
provided
by Worcester Area|
||||||Group U3A and, wherever
possible, to|
||||||include members
who have not participated|
||||||online or in groups
meeting
outside.|
||||||Members
have been kept abreast of|
||||||developments
and learning
opportunities|
||||||through
an increased frequency
of|
||||||newsletters
and, where appropriate,|
||||||through
personal
contact.|
||||||Worcester Area Group U3A has remained|
||||||open to new members
throughout
the|
||||||COVID-19 pandemic.|
||||||To broaden the involvement
of members
in|
||||||decision-making,
at the Annual
General|
||||||Meeting
in March 2021, changes to the|
||||||overnin
document
were
resented to and|
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|inancial
Review|inancial
Review|||
|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the end
ofthe period||Para 1.21|Accounts are prepared
on the basis of
Receipts and Payments.
In response to the pandemic,
the
membership
year was extended
from the|
||||end ofAugust to 1 January 2021 and|
||||subscription
fees reduced
in line with the|
||||lower level ofactivities that could be|
||||provided.|
||||Membership
fell from 1,066 at the end of|
||||July 2020 to 819at the end ofJuly 2021|
||||due to a lower proportion
of members|
||||renewing
their membership
and fewer new|
||||members joining.|
|||||||||Members
from neighbouring
U3As|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||benefitting
from activities
provided
by|||
|||||||||Worcester Area Group U3A also fell over|||
|||||||||the same period from 33to 16.|||
|||||||||, Costs were lower than
in previous years||as|
|||||||||activities were curtailed
and meetings|||
|||||||||mostly took place online rather than
in hired|||
|||||||||venues.
No trips or events took place|||
|||||||||during the year.|||
|||||||||Total income for the year fell to F28,045|||
|||||||||and costs were
in line with the reduction||in|
|||||||||income.|||
|||||||||:Worcester Area Group U3A recorded a|net||
|||||||||surplus
ofE5,474 for the year and net|||
|||||||||unrestricted
funds as at 31 July 2021|||
|||||||||amounted
tof51,561 leaving Worcester|||
|||||||||Area group U3A in a strong financial|||
|||||||||position.|||
|Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding
reserves
stating
why they are held|||||||Para 1.22|The General Reserves
Policy is set at an
amount
equivalent
to 3 months'
General
Fund expenditure,
excluding
Third Age
Trust and independent
Examiner fees, both|||
|||||||||ofwhich are provided
for in full. General|||
|||||||||Reserves exclude Trips 8 Events and|||
|||||||||Coxon legacy funds.|||
|||||||||Reserves are held to meet: day-to-day|||
|||||||||commitments
in the face of unexpected|||
|||||||||fluctuations
in income and expenditure;|||
|||||||||fees due retrospectively
to Third Age Trust;|||
|||||||||and, costs incurred
in the event ofthe|||
|||||||||dissolution
ofWorcester Area Group U3A|||
|||||||||Events and trips are expected to be self-|||
|||||||||financing
and a contingency
is held within|||
|||||||||the Events and Trips fund to cover|||
|||||||||unexpected
shortfalls.|||
|Amount||of|reserves||held||Para 1.22|Given the extraordinary
circumstances
and
the reduced
level ofactivities
during the|||
|||||||||year resulting
from the COVID-19|||
|||||||||pandemic,
the Trustees have prepared|the||
|||||||||budget for 2021-2022 based on maintaining|||
|||||||||a General reserve off14,288.|||
|||||||||A contingency
off500 is maintained
within|||
|||||||||the Events and Trips fund.|||
|Reasons||for holding|||zero||Para 1.22|n/a|||
|reserves|||||||||||
|Details
deficit|offund materially|||||in|Para 1.24|n/a|||
|Explanation
of any
uncertainties
about the|||||||Para 1.23|n/a|||
|charity|continuing|||as a going|||||||
|concern|||||||||||
|Additional
information|(optional)|(optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:|
|The charity's
principal||Para 1.47|||
|sources offunds (including|||||
|any fundraising)|||||
|Investment
policy and||Para 1.46|||
|objectives including
any|||||
|social investment
policy|||||
|adopted|||||
|A description
ofthe principal||Para 1.46|||
|risks facing the charity|||||
|Other|||||
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|Description|of charity's|of charity's||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||
|||||Constitution||
|Type ofgoverning||document|Para 1.25|||
|trust deed,|ro al|charter)||||
|How is the charity
constituted?|||Para 1.25|Worcester Area Group U3A is an
unincorporated
association.||
|(e.g unlncoi'porated||||||
|association,|CIO|||||
|Trustee selection methods
including
details ofany|||Para 1.25|At the Annual
General
Meeting
members
elect four honorary
officers: a Chairman,
Vice-chairman
or Vice-chairmen,
a|a|
|constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees||||Secretary,
and a Treasurer
who hold office
from the conclusion
ofthat meeting.
A
President
may also be elected
ifthe
creation ofsuch a post has been agreed at
a General
Meeting.||
|||||The Executive Committee
consists of||
|||||between 5 and 14members: 4 honorary||
|||||officers, and between
1 and 10members||
|||||elected at the Annual
General
Meeting.||
|||||The Trustees
may in addition
appoint
not||
|||||more than 2 co-opted members
who have||
|||||full voting
rights and tenure
until the next||
|||||Annual
General
Meeting.||
|||||Vacancies on the Executive Committee|of|
|||||Trustees which arise through
resignation|or|
|||||termination
during the year can be filled||
|||||from the membership
and such an||
|||||a
ointee corn
letes the term ofservice|of|
|the member|the member|he or she is replacing|and is|
|---|---|---|---|
|eligible|for|re-election at the next|Annual|
|General|Meeting.|||
|Additional
information|(optional)|(optional)||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma
choose to include further statements|||||where relevant. about:|
|Policies and procedures||Para 1,51-||||
|adopted
for the induction||||||
|and training
oftrustees||||||
|The charity's
organisational||Para 1.51||||
|structure
and any wider||||||
|network
with which the||||||
|charity works||||||
|Relationship
with any related||||||
|parties||||||
|Other||||||
|Reference and Administrative|||details|||
|Charity name||WORCESTER AREA GROUP U3A||||
|Other name the charity|uses|Worcester||U3A||
|Registered
charity number||702588||||
|Charity's
principal
address||3 Lion Court||||
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|ofthe charity trustees|who manage the|charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted if not for
whole
ear|Name
to a|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan||
|Brigid AMOR||Until 6 December 2020||||
|Carolyn
BARRETT||Until 17March 2021||||
|Carolyn
CLARKE||Until 17March 2021||||
|Denis COMPTON||||||
|Brian CULLIS||From 17March 2021||||
|Patricia CURRIE||From 17March 2021||||
|Adrian
DITCHBURN||||||
|8|Ann KELLY|Treasurer|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|9|Jane LONG||||
|10|Claire LUCAS|||From 17March 2021|
||Richard OSLER|Secretary|||
|||&from|||
|||24.03.2021 Vice-|||
|||chair|||
|12|Jean ROBB|||From 17March 2021|
|13|Alan RUSSELL|Chair||Until 17March 2021|
|14|Sue RUSSELL|||Until 17March 2021|
|15|Ruth SAUNDERS||||
|16|Christine
SHEPPARD|||From 17March 2021|
||Laurence WALE|Vice-chair|until||
|17||17.03.2021|||
|||Chair from|||
|||17.03.2021|||
|18|Pamela VERNON|||From 17March 2021|
|19|||||
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|12-month|membership|2022-2023|2021-2022|
|---|---|---|---|
|(reduced fee from January)||||
|Standard|membership|f35|f30|
|||(E23)|(f18)|
|Additional|Hours membership|f47|f39|
|||(E32)|(f26)|
|Guest (members ofother u3a's)||f12|f12|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||General|Legacy|Events|||
||||Fund|Fund|Fund|Total|Previous Year|
||||2020-21|2020-21|2020-21|2020-21|2019-20|
||||f:p|f:p|f:p|f:p|f:p|
|INCOME||||||||
|Annual
Subscriptions
(net ofconcessions)|||12,354.00|0.00|0.00|12,354.00|34,479.00|
|Gift Aid|||5,002.05|0.00|0.00|5,002.05|4,297.99|
|Refreshments
sales|||24.50|0.00|0.00|24.50|41.90|
|Groups Room Hire Income|||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|235.50|
|Events and Trips||Note o|0.00|0.00|10,659.00|10,659.00|19,425.10|
|Diaries and Badges|||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|
|Interest Received|||2.92|2.81|0.00|5.73|24.98|
|Otherlncome||Note b|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|725.33|
|Total Income|||17,383.47|2.81|10,659.00|28,045.28|59,229.80|
|GENERAL EXPENDITURE||||||||
|Hire of Rooms
—main meeting|||62.39|0.00|0.00|62.39|932.50|
|Hire of Rooms - non groups|||19.03|0.00|0.00|19.03|547.81|
|Hire of Rooms - groups||Note 1|1,273.70|0.00|0.00|1,273.70|20,195.14|
|Groups
—Expenses|||2,197.24|79.14|0.00|2,276.38|776.12|
|Events and Trips|||0.00|0.00|10,646.00|10,646.00|22,507.55|
|Conference Expenses|||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|730.65|
|Third Age Trust|||4,334.86|0.00|0.00|4,334.86|6,146.76|
|Speakers Expenses and costs|||990.00|0.00|0.00|990.00|493.79|
|Equipment||Note c|617.54|0.00|0.00|617.54|3,323.94|
|Refreshments
Purchased|||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|127.29|
|Total General Expenditure|||9,494.76|79.14|10,646.00|20,219.90|55,781.55|
|ADMINISTRATION
EXPENSES||||||||
|Independent
Examination|||150.00|0.00|0.00|150.00|150.00|
|Postage
Rr Telephone||Note 2|425.62|0.00|0.00|425.62|464.15|
|Printing
and Stationery||Note 2|407.84|0.00|0.00|407.84|385.44|
|Publicity|||92.98|0.00|0.00|92.98|151.50|
|Miscellaneous
Expenses||Note d|215.81|0.00|0.00|215.81|312.88|
|PayPal Commission||Note 2|233.61|0.00|0.00|233.61|608.90|
|Beacon System Costs|||826.00|0.00|0.00|826.00|1,109.00|
|TotalAdministration|Expenses||2,351.86|0.00|0.00|2,351.86|3,181.87|
|OTHER FINANCING
ADJUSTMENTS||||||||
|Prior year Accruals 8 Payments|in Advance|||||||
|Transfers
between
funds (in)||||||||
|Transfers
between
funds (out)||||||||
|Net impact ofTransfers|||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|
|TOTAL NET MOVEMENT
IN FUNDS|||5,536.85|(76.33)|13.00|5,473.52|266.38|
|TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARI||Note e|18,694.88|26,403.27|989.19|46,087.34|45,820.96|
|Prior Year Adjustment||Note 3|4,032.81|(4,032.81)|0.00|0.00||
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||28,264.54|22,294.13|1,002.19|51,560.86|46,087.34|
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|TRUSTEES|(3-YEAR APPOINTMENT)|(3-YEAR APPOINTMENT)|(3-YEAR APPOINTMENT)||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Chair||||Alan Russell
(until March 2021)|
|||||Laurence Wale (from March 2021)|
|Vice-chair*||||Laurence Wale (until March 2021)|
|||||Richard Osier (from March 2021; 1-year)|
|Secretary||||Richard Osier|
|Treasurer||||Ann Kelly (until end of July 2021)|
|||||Jean Robb (appointed
March 2021;|
|||||Treasurer
from start of July 2021)|
|Events Treasurer||||Brigid Amor (until December 2020)|
|||||Brian Cullis (from March 2021)|
|Accessibility||& Inclusion|Secretary|Susan Russell
(until March 2021)|
|||||Christine
Sheppard
(from March 2021)|
|Groups Coordinator||||Adie Ditchburn|
|Assistant|Groups Coordinator"|||Jane Long|
|Membership||Secretary*||Denis Compton|
|Speaker Secretary*||||Ruth Saunders|
|Social Secretary*||||Ruth Saunders|
|Newsletter||Editor||Carolyn
Clarke
(until March 2021)|
|||||Tricia Currie
(from March 2021)|
|Publicity
&||Development|Secretary|Pam Vernon
(from March 2021)|
|Web Editor||||Carolyn
Barrett (until March 2021)|
|||||Claire Lucas (from March 2021)|
|ADVISERS|(1-YEARAPPOINTMENT)||||
|IT Help||||David Barrett (until July 2021)|
|||||Alan Russell
(from March 2021)|
|Technical|Adviser|||Roger Marston|