THE HASLEMERE U3A

Registered charity 1053049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide learning and social activities for people no longer in full time employment

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 WOOLER AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE HASLEMERE

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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Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £4,891 for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts. Reserves have declined from £31,207 to £28,098 as funds were used to finance recent deficits, though trustees consider reserves sufficient to cover cash flow deficits on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £28k)

“Reserves have been used to finance deficits in recent years with the aim of reducing reserves to an appropriate level.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline lawlor
Christine Howard
Claire Coxwell
DAVID LEE
David Chenery
Deborah Bowyer
Isobel Clement
John Harris
Judith Forde
Morgan Reid
ROGER ABAYASEKERA
Richard Mason

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£32k	£33k
31/08/2024	£25k	£30k
31/08/2023	£30k	£28k
31/08/2022	£29k	£34k
31/08/2021	£5k	£6k

Common questions

Is THE HASLEMERE U3A financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £4,891 for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts. Reserves have declined from £31,207 to £28,098 as funds were used to finance recent deficits, though trustees consider reserves sufficient to cover cash flow deficits on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/09/2004	£3k	Purchase of a laptop, projector, printer and optical mouse.