MAWDESLEY AND NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)

Registered charity 1128556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charitable purposes of The U3A is: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 residing in Mawdesley and Neighbouring Villages

Objects

The Charitable purpose is: 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 residing in Mawdesley and Neighbouring Villages.

Area of benefit: MAWDESLEY

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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Latest income
£141k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a sound financial position with regular income and strong reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held between £25,164 and £25,466, which is below the stated policy target of 6 to 12 months of expenditure. The charity is an unincorporated association with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months expenditure (held: £25k)
“Mawdesley & Neighbouring Villages U3A aim to keep Unrestricted Reserves of between 6 and 12 months expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£141k£132k
31/03/2024£161k£157k
31/03/2023£123k£114k
31/03/2022£90k£90k
31/03/2021£11k£8k

Common questions

Is MAWDESLEY AND NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a sound financial position with regular income and strong reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are held between £25,164 and £25,466, which is below the stated policy target of 6 to 12 months of expenditure. The charity is an unincorporated association with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.