THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - RICHMOND UPON THAMES

Registered charity 1012343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHMOND UPON THAMES U3A

1) To advance the education of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames and its surrounding locality. 2) To provide facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK, BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: RICHMOND UPON THAMES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,343.13 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £39,260.38. This balance significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a minimum equivalent to three months of operational expenditure (£9,000). The charity's principal funding source is annual subscriptions, and it operates with no paid staff or trustee remuneration.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mr John Cardwellchair
• Carole Fletcher
• Charlotte Edwina Gregson
• David Edward Wood
• Geraldine Ann Wear
• Norma Frances Cook
• Robert Litherland

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).