UTTOXETER & DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1121369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage and enable older people, no longer in full-time paid employment, to help each other to share their knowledge, skills, interests and experience.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UTTOXETER U3A ARE:A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OFTHE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULLTIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN UTTOXETER (STAFFORDSHIRE) AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.

Area of benefit: UTTOXETER

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Staffordshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts did not accord with those records.

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 3 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
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
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 55

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 55

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 55

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert James Hawkinschair
Caroline Margaret Derry
Dr Jennifer Lingham · trustee of 1 other charity
Hazel Glover
Jennifer Tomann
Kevin Mason
Margaret Rose Bellchambers
Pamela Joyce Merrett IPC
Paul Royston Kempson
Richard Forster Towler
Russell Whitehurst
Simon Paul Haas
Susan Dawn Walsh

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£34k	£31k
31/03/2025	£29k	£27k
31/03/2024	£29k	£26k
31/03/2023	£24k	£21k
31/03/2022	£10k	£9k

Common questions

Is UTTOXETER & DISTRICT U3A financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts did not accord with those records. Its FY2026 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	18/02/2008	£4k	Using a computer and the internet

Charities like this

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

EVESHAM AND DISTRICT U3A income £99k
BOURNEMOUTH U3A income £74k
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - READING income £77k
EAST GRINSTEAD U3A income £55k
SALTBURN DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) income £67k
BURTON-ON-TRENT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) income £99k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UTTOXETER & DISTRICT U3A	£34k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVESHAM AND DISTRICT U3A FY2026	£99k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH U3A FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - READING FY2026	£77k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST GRINSTEAD U3A FY2025	£55k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALTBURN DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) FY2026	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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