TEWKESBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1029447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of educational and recreational activities in the Tewkesbury area for those no longer in full time employment. This is done mainly through small self help groups.

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: TEWKESBURY AND 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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tewkesbury, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,921 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £21,237 to £14,316. The trustees consider the current financial position to be acceptable and maintain that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs plus any likely major equipment replacements (reserves figure: £14k)

“The Trustees continue with the view that the total reserves should strive to be close to 6 months operating costs plus any likely major equipment replacements.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 100

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 580

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 545

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Barry Shrives
Barry Minett-Smith
Calvyn Price
Christine Valerie Croudass
Helen Veronica Silber
Ian McHardie-Jones
Kathryn Rowan
Michael Barrett
Sophie Dominique Fr

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£32k	£39k
31/08/2024	£29k	£33k
31/08/2023	£28k	£28k
31/08/2022	£28k	£25k
31/08/2021	£2k	£9k

Common questions

Is TEWKESBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,921 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £21,237 to £14,316. The trustees consider the current financial position to be acceptable and maintain that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2007	£10k	Purchase Of Equipment

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE.

CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £54k
PETERBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £119k
WELLINGBOROUGH AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £31k
THE ALSAGER & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £77k
THE NEWBURY UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £133k
GUISBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TEWKESBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PETERBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALSAGER & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£77k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE NEWBURY UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.