WOKINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1049995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOKINGHAM U 3 A

Membership over 2000 with c 200 activity groups supported. Educational activities include education, arts & culture, science, sport/recreation, environmental study and support for single members. Members are involved in research projects. Facilities are provided for recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for members in the interests of their social welfare.

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: IN PRACTICE WOKINGHAM AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £46,460 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year. The trustees report a stable financial position, with membership subscriptions serving as the primary source of income to cover operational costs and subscription fees to the national body.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aline Rogers
• Glynis Ann Leeson
• John Waddington
• Juliet Hanfling
• LINDA JOAN PENNY
• Libby Good
• Michael Luff
• Rodney Fox
• Sylvia Mason

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CHRISTCHURCH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £137k
• UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - YORK income £141k
• MILTON KEYNES U3A (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) income £116k
• STAFFORD UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) income £90k
• THE THIRD AGE TRUST income £3.5m
• THE WARWICK DISTRICT U3A income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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