UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE

Registered charity 1014076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANCASTER & MORECAMBE U3A, UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE LANCASTER

Encourages and facilitates on going education and activity for retired and semi retired individuals.

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: LANCASTER AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy and stable, with liquid funds of £63,487 at the end of the year. The charity holds a specific reserve of £10,000 for unforeseen contingencies. No major risks are identified, although room hire costs and Third Age Trust contributions are monitored.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Margaret Hemmingchair
• Anne Lynne Carr
• Anthony Kubicki
• Belinda Hinsley
• David Ackroyd
• David Downes
• Jill Susan Grindey
• Nigel William Cole
• Pauline Horrocks
• Ruth-Ann Leak
• Susan Elizabeth Armitage
• Susan Pearson
• Tony Haslam

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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