Bishop Auckland and District U3A

Registered charity 1086702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEAR-TEES U3A, WEAR-TEES UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Bishop Auckland and District U3A is a learning organisation in which members teach each other. We meet for educational and recreational purposes.

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: WEAR VALLEY DISTRICT AND TEESDALE DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,474, representing a healthy financial position with a credit balance. The charity does not hold any stated reserves policy target, nor does it employ staff or engage in external fundraising, relying instead on member subscriptions and activity fees to cover its operational costs.

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

• Gerald Cummingchair
• Christopher Marsh
• Janet Preshous
• John Strickland
• Kathleen Scales
• Susan McGuire
• Terence James Bacon
• Trevor Hewitt
• Valerie Strickland

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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