BROXBOURNE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1090504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROXBOURNE U3A

A monthly meeting with speaker, open to all members, and smaller special interest groups that organise their own programme.

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: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,917 for the year ending 31st March 2026, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted cash reserves from £30,036 to £26,119. The trustees note that it is policy to retain a minimum of six months of branch expenses as a reserve, though the specific monetary target for this policy is not explicitly calculated in the text.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Cordinachair
• Anthony Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward John Cordina
• Elizabeth Elve
• Janet Hack
• John Allison
• Sandra Yates

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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