BURNHAM ON SEA U3A

Registered charity 1068271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNHAM AND HIGHBRIDGE U3A

Provision of learning, leisure, social and recreational activities for those no longer in full time employment, in the area of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE U3A ARE:I. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFULEMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OFCHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTALRESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN BURNHAM ON SEA AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.II TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR LEISURE-TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIALWELFARE.IN THIS CONSTITUTION “PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRD AGE” HAS THE MEANING SET OUT ABOVE.

Area of benefit: BURNHAM AND HIGHBRIDGE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £31,539 against total expenditure of £24,682, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £20,297.08, which the trustees note is kept as a reserve to cover overheads in unforeseen circumstances.

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 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gail Nortonchair
• Adele Deakins
• Geoffrey Banham
• Joan Holderness
• Margaret Stewart
• Paul Gilbert Hambleton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Royle

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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