BURTON-ON-TRENT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)

Registered charity 1146122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURTON-ON-TRENT U3A

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

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.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£99k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,000 for the year, with total income of £99,000 and expenditure of £90,000. The trustees aim to maintain reserves sufficient to cover 12 months of regular operating activity. The committee is actively working to reduce accumulated funds as the organization is a not-for-profit entity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of regular operating activity

“We aim to keep a level of reserves that will cover 12 months of regular operating activity.” — page 2

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.

Bullying and harassment 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 66

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

Volunteers: 65

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2023

Volunteers: 60

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 20/09/2025, 232 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 01/04/2023 (received 20/09/2025, 597 days after the 01/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Edmund Poore
Barry GOSLING
Bruno Giuseppe Gallone
Christine Margaret Davenport
Dr Kyran Anthony Farrell
Jane Elizabeth Roberts
Jane Hance
Katheryn Susan Hines
Michael Clifford Bartlett
Richard Duncan DRYDEN

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£99k	£90k
31/03/2024	£88k	£81k
01/04/2023	£58k	£58k
01/04/2022	£44k	£40k
01/04/2021	£8k	£21k

Common questions

Is BURTON-ON-TRENT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,000 for the year, with total income of £99,000 and expenditure of £90,000. The trustees aim to maintain reserves sufficient to cover 12 months of regular operating activity. The committee is actively working to reduce accumulated funds as the organization is a not-for-profit entity.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURTON JOYCE & DISTRICT U3A.

BURTON JOYCE & DISTRICT U3A income £28k
CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE income £54k
BURNHAM ON CROUCH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) income £26k
U3A UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE, CHELTENHAM BRANCH income £84k
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE, TODMORDEN income £25k
FURNESS UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURTON-ON-TRENT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BURTON JOYCE & DISTRICT U3A FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CANTERBURY AND DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BURNHAM ON CROUCH UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) FY2025	£26k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
U3A UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE, CHELTENHAM BRANCH FY2025	£84k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE, TODMORDEN FY2025	£25k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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