U3A - BANSTEAD AREA

Registered charity 1049254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U 3 A BANSTEAD · filing overdue (register status)

Have group meetings on different subjects which members attend and hold open meetings with speakers for both members and non members.

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: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE BANSTEAD 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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,758 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total net reserves increasing to £51,875. The Treasurer's report indicates the charity is on a sound financial footing, having increased its cash reserves from £2,254 to £51,875, aiming for a long-term target of one year's normal operating costs (approximately £10,000).

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Russellchair
• Anne Kemble
• Emma Hart Dyke
• Jill Poke
• Lynn Tripp
• Pamela Ann Parker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Wilkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Milan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

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