WOKING AREA U3A

Registered charity 1031717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A branch for Woking of the University Of The Third Age with about 1,600 members most of whom are retired.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OF CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN WOKING AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY II. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRD AGE

Area of benefit: WOKING AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

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 deficit of £9,391 for the year ending 31 August 2025, resulting in accumulated funds of £60,973, a decrease from the previous year's £70,364. The trustees confirmed that the remaining funds are sufficient to finance continued reductions in membership and meeting fees. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, indicating no immediate financial instability.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

• Anne Turveychair
• Alex Paul Hiley
• Christine Cunliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Maunders
• Derek Hancock
• George Tzialli
• Jennifer Capindale
• Susan Galliflent-Holmes

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

Operates in: Surrey

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Government & lottery funding

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