UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE IN EAST SUFFOLK

Registered charity 1112974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Activities for older people

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: SUFFOLK

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a healthy surplus of £11,575.15, reversing a previous deficit. Total expenses decreased to £38,478.70 from the prior year, while income increased to £37,412.06 due to higher membership numbers. The organization maintains liquid reserves in line with its legal and u3a requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Peter Edwards. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Andrea Maria Henrica Askew
• Barry Arthur Claydon
• Gail Caroline Cornish · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Farren Whitehead · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kamel Alkateb
• Lee Lister
• Margaret Jaffa
• Marion Elizabeth Ling
• Richard Peatman
• Susan Edwards
• Yvonne Peatman

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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