WELWYN/HATFIELD U3A

Registered charity 1019563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U 3 A

Provides educational opportunities for people of retirement age and beyond in the Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield areas

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: NOT DEFINED

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 generated a net income surplus of £3,137 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £33,250. The trustees confirmed that no audit was required and that an independent examination was sufficient under the Charities Act 2011. The charity reported steady membership growth and sufficient resources to continue its educational activities.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAMELA JEAN WILLIAMSchair
• ANN DAVIES
• BERYL WHYATT · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARIE SCALES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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