THORNBURY U3A

Registered charity 1080095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THORNBURY UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)

Educational related activities for people in the "Third AGE"

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: THORNBURY 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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£141k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,535.39 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £62,996.90. The trustees confirmed that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's General Fund expenditure (excluding the Third Age Trust subscription and the Beacon Licence), the Equipment Budget (£1,200) and 10% of the annual income of all Groups combined (held: £63k)

“The General Fund Reserve Policy is to hold the total of approximately one year's General Fund expenditure (excluding the Third Age Trust subscription and the Beacon Licence), the Equipment Budget (£1,200) and 10% of the annual income of all Groups combined.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 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
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

Danny Michael Freemanchair
Christopher Bolton
Helen Marion Moszoro
Martin Farrimond
PATRICIA ANN WELLS
Patricia Light
Peter John Rendell
Rita Goss
Susan Elizabeth Bilson

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£141k	£144k
30/09/2024	£137k	£134k
30/09/2023	£123k	£120k
30/09/2022	£104k	£99k
30/09/2021	£31k	£27k

Common questions

Is THORNBURY U3A financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,535.39 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £62,996.90. The trustees confirmed that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£25k
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with U3A IN LONDON.

U3A IN LONDON income £157k
THE SANDBACH AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £102k
THORNBIRCH LIMITED income £614k
CHRISTCHURCH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £137k
THORNBURY BAPTIST CHURCH income £1.1m
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THORNBURY U3A	£141k	—	above	—	no doubt
U3A IN LONDON FY2025	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SANDBACH AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNBIRCH LIMITED FY2023	£614k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
THORNBURY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.