THE BLACKWATER U3A

Registered charity 1113334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Meeting monthly: Lectures on a variety of subjects.Groups: Meetings for educational activitiesTrips to places of interestRecreational visits

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: MALDON 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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £29,498.10 and total expenditure was £31,069.00, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient for the forthcoming 12 months, noting a policy to maintain reserves equivalent to 3-6 months of operating costs.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

• CHRISTINE WALKERchair
• Daines Chris
• Elizabeth Walden
• Geraldine Davis
• JANET WATSON
• JENNY O' CONNOR
• Karen Grove
• PETER HARDEN
• Theresa Rogers

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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