THE WENDOVER UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1083897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WENDOVER U3A

Meetings in Wendover and district for the advancement of knowledge of a wide variety of subjects, including the arts

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: WENDOVER 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 total funds decreased from £16,121.47 to £15,029.04, driven by a deficit in the General Fund. The trustees note that reserves were allowed to exceed their policy target of 12 months' running costs due to anticipated HS2 disruption but are now actively working to reduce them.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Crookallchair
• Alison Payne
• Francis Templeton
• Hilary Tomlinson
• Melanie Evans
• Richard Timothy Brown
• Robert Read
• Wendy Shute
• rosemary julia robinson

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).