CHESTER U3A

Registered charity 1048416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public and in particular of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in Chester and its surrounding locality. To provide facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare.

Objects

The charity’s object is the advancement of education and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work, by all means including associated activities conducive to learning and personal development in Chester and the surrounding area.

Area of benefit: CITY OF CHESTER 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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Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall reserves are healthy, with total assets assessed at £25,846, which is slightly higher than the previous year's £24,580. The trustees consider the cash balances to be at the top end of the level commensurate with this type of charity, indicating a stable financial position despite increased expenditure on venues and speaker fees.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Readingchair
• Catherine Stuart
• Dave Houghton
• Dianna ELLSON
• Dr Stephen Moore
• Dr Susan Houghton
• Elizabeth Ecclestone
• Jeff Howard
• Professor Peter John Goodhew

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHICHESTER U3A.

• CHICHESTER U3A income £37k
• EXETER U3A income £28k
• CHEADLE (STAFFORDSHIRE) U3A income £49k
• TOWCESTER U3A income £47k
• BUSHEY AND DISTRICT U3A income £30k
• HGS U3A income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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