DORRIDGE U3A

Registered charity 1097335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORRIDGE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

General meetings and activitity groups with an educational and/or social content

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: DORRIDGE AND DISTRICT 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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Latest income

£44k

Latest spending

£42k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,928 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with net general fund reserves increasing to £10,310. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming to cover six months of day-to-day expenses, which the current reserves exceed. The filing indicates no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of day-to-day expenses (held: £10k)

“Dorridge u3a aims to keep a level of reserves that will cover six months of day-to-day expenses.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

David John Brittin
Elizabeth Murray
Elizebeth Mansell
Jennifer Ann Ord
John David Archer
Joy Harrison
Kathleen O'Hara
Margaret Lilley
Patricia Ann Lawrence
Robert Jordan Mansell
Stephen Edward Boulton
Stephen John Cheshire
William Thomas Foster

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£44k	£42k
31/12/2024	£39k	£39k
31/12/2023	£36k	£34k
31/12/2022	£23k	£24k
31/12/2021	£10k	£11k

Common questions

Is DORRIDGE U3A financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,928 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with net general fund reserves increasing to £10,310. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming to cover six months of day-to-day expenses, which the current reserves exceed. The filing indicates no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/04/2006	£2k	Computer Equipment