THE ALTON UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1035164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U3A ALTON

Education of older members of society

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHOARE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK BY ALL MEANS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE ALTON 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's funds are in good order to continue operations into the current year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover 25% of annual turnover, with actual unrestricted reserves reported at £38,000. No material uncertainties or deficits affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were disclosed.

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
• 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Kenneth Robb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Aiken
• Colin Britchford
• Diane Johnston
• Eileen Janet Fawcett
• James Ian Bartholomew
• Nicholas Jardine Le-Faye
• Penelope Jane Peters
• Robert Charles Toogood

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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