THE FERNDOWN & DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1073206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Ferndown U3A

The Charity provides educational , recreational and social activities in the Ferndown area of Dorset for those no longer in full-time employment. Currently there about 92 groups. Most activities are held from mid-September until the end of May. The subscription is £58 for our accounting year. We have approximately 611 members.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN FERNDOWN AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE

Area of benefit: FERNDOWN AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY

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 the charity achieved a combined surplus of £7,644.00 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with an accumulated fund of £41,983.33. The trustees report that resources are adequate and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters require attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Josephine Anne Huttonchair
• Angela Margaret Larcombe
• Anthony Stephen Clarke
• DAVID MICHAEL LAMB
• Deborah Margaret Gill
• Dr Ansuya Patel
• Joan Marshall Brearley
• Judith Christine Hodges
• Linda Joan Pallister
• Lynda Elise Lily Pas
• Malcolm Gill
• PAUL ELLIS
• Patricia Anne Sharp
• Robert Lyndon Wellman
• VALARIE ANN TUCKER
• Vivian Lee Dedman

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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