BUSHEY AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1109042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(i) to advance the education of the public and in particular the education of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in Bushey, Hertfordshire and its surrounding locality,(ii) to provide 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: BUSHEY, HERTFORDSHIRE 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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Registered contact address: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain in a healthy state, with an accumulated surplus of £11,003 following a year-end deficit of £7,472. The trustees maintain reserves at an appropriate level to replace equipment and fund requirements without recourse to members.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/02/2024, 8 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Gunton
• Ann Wendy Wright
• Anthony Baron
• Gill Freed
• Gillian Gurner
• Pearl Mcmanus
• Richard Lampert
• Stephanie Benjamin
• susan galan

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITWICK AND DISTRICT U3A.

• WHITWICK AND DISTRICT U3A income £28k
• CHESTER U3A income £45k
• HGS U3A income £53k
• WETHERBY & DISTRICT U3A income £48k
• EXETER U3A income £28k
• U3A CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT AREA income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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