FLEET & DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1055104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLEET AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

The Fleet and District U3A is an educational self-help organisation. Our intention is to provide study and recreational groups within a social framework for all retired and semi-retired people within our community.

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 IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: FLEET

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£169k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,150 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £168,732 and total expenditure of £160,582. The independent examiner noted that while accounting records were generally kept, there are material risks regarding the reconciliation of cash transactions collected by group leaders and the maintenance of the fixed assets register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£169k£161k
31/08/2024£137k£120k
31/08/2023£126k£112k
31/08/2022£162k£150k
31/08/2021£47k£33k

Common questions

Is FLEET & DISTRICT U3A financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,150 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £168,732 and total expenditure of £160,582. The independent examiner noted that while accounting records were generally kept, there are material risks regarding the reconciliation of cash transactions collected by group leaders and the maintenance of the fixed assets register. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2005£4kNew presentation equipment