THE DORCHESTER AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1077305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U.3.A. DORCHESTER/WEYMOUTH, UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE DORCHESTER/WEYMOUTH

Running Courses and Activities for older people in the Dorchester Area.

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: DORCHESTER, WEYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a shortfall of £2,733.56 for the year ending 31st March 2025, resulting in accumulated funds of £33,338.00. The independent examiner confirmed that the income and expenditure account shows a true and accurate record of the charity's affairs.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Haddenchair
• Alec Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Arnavaz Drammis
• Christine Marilyn Langthorne
• Dr John MacDonald
• Glenn Robert Ford
• Julie-Ann Booker
• Lesley Ann Winder
• Linda Jane Chappell
• Mary Joan Browne
• Myles Provis
• NICHOLAS HUGH MAITLAND PRIDDLE
• Richard Alan Betts
• Stephen Geoffrey Howes

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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