THE HERTFORD AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1027766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTFORD AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Educational and Leisure time activities for middle aged and older people from Hertford and surrounding 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: HERTFORD

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,029 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves increasing to £57,368. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their stated policy target of holding a minimum of six months' revenue expenditure. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to protect the continuity of the organization.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christina Frances Knight
• Elizabeth Anne Cooper
• John Albert Moore
• Margaret Jean Mobley
• Moira Elaine Cholerton
• Myra Rae Campbell
• Patrick Clifford
• Robert Iain Knight
• Susan Jane Webb

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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