KINGSWINFORD AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1127389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U3A

In addition to a monthy meeting which includes a guest speaker, and monthly coffee mornings we organise around 30 different study/interest groups who meet once or twice a month to pursue their chosen subject. These include Languages, History, Literature, Arts, Crafts, Geneaology, Discussion, Play Reading, Poetry, Creative Writing, Bowls, Line Dancing, Digital Photography, Walking and many others.

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 IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: KINGSWINFORD AND DISTRICT

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £22,806.42, comprising bank, investment, and petty cash balances. The independent examiner confirms that bank balances remain healthy and the financial statements reflect a fair view of the position, with no material matters or fraud detected.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antonio Aquino
• Catherine Robinson
• ELAINE BAYTUG
• Hilary Taylor
• Keith Price
• LYNDA BRETTELL
• Liz Saint
• Margaret Lloyd
• Martin Snell
• Peter Taylor
• Robert Parker
• Suzanne Patricia Bithell

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).