UPHOLLAND AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1119682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of educational, social, and recreational activities through the voluntary efforts of U3A members

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: UP HOLLAND 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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £40,177 as of March 2026, with reserves held in cash and investments exceeding the charity's stated policy target of £12,800. The Treasurer reports that the current account surplus reversed a previous deficit, placing the charity in a 'healthy' and 'reasonable' financial position. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, with no mention of trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Hough
• Barbara Beesley
• Dorothy Mary Walls
• Elizabeth Turton
• Marion Logan
• Neil Duncan Stevenson
• Pauline Occleshaw
• Stella Esther Connor
• Susan Jones
• Valerie Garner

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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