CAMBERLEY & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)

Registered charity 1086851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Camberley U3A is a self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operative for older people no longer in full-time work, providing opportunities for other members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.

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Latest income
£142k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £46,249, which the trustees state is approximately 43% of estimated annual expenditure. The accounts indicate a healthy financial position with reserves forecast to increase to between 4 and 6 months' expenditure in line with the trustees' policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £46k; policy: between 4 and 6 months’ of total expenditure, excluding expenditure related to outings)
Cash reserves, after adjusting for creditors and pre-payments at year end were £46,249. This is equivalent to approximately 43% of estimated CU3A expenditure in 2024-25, excluding expenditure related to outings. — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£142k£139k
31/07/2024£147k£139k
31/07/2023£97k£101k
31/07/2022£95k£91k
31/07/2021£9k£12k

Common questions

Is CAMBERLEY & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £46,249, which the trustees state is approximately 43% of estimated annual expenditure. The accounts indicate a healthy financial position with reserves forecast to increase to between 4 and 6 months' expenditure in line with the trustees' policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAFFORD UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBERLEY & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)£142k0belowno doubt
STAFFORD UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) FY2025£72k0belowno doubt
CAMBERLEY GYMNASTICS CLUB FY2025£454k0aboveno doubt
ELMBRIDGE U3A FY2025£103k0unclearno doubt
THORNBURY U3A FY2025£141k0aboveno doubt
THE THIRD AGE TRUST FY2025£3.5munclearno doubt

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