THE COUNTESTHORPE U3A

Registered charity 1084302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public and in particular the education of middle aged and older people who are not in fulltime gainful employment and 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.

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: COUNTESTHORPE 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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £477 for the year, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted funds from £17,186 to £16,709. Per the trustees' report, reserves remain at a satisfactory level, maintaining a policy target of roughly twelve months of outgoings. The trustees are satisfied the charity is in a stable financial position with no known contingent liabilities.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dorothy Ivattchair
• BARRY HILLYARD
• BERYL LISHMAN
• DAVID HETTERLEY
• Gillian Brown
• Gillian Greany
• JILL CLAYTON
• Janine Tibbles
• Margaret Cronin
• Neill Brown
• Rev David Hebblewhite
• Robert Paterson

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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