THE ALSAGER & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1072030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALSAGER U3A

Educational and recreational activities aimed at improving the physical, mental and social welfare of people no longer in full time employment in the Alsager and surrounding district.

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: ALSAGER

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of less than 1% against a budget intended to break even. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £18,354 are held, which represents 24% of last year's turnover, and confirm there are no restrictions on the use of these funds. The trustees declare no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Gastonchair
• Celia Hudson
• Christine Butler-Meadows
• Gaynor Elizabeth Butler
• Geraldine Dalton
• Pui Ki Regina Lo
• Tony Desmond Barson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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