HOLMES CHAPEL & DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1148879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLMES CHAPEL & DISTRICT U3A

a.) To advance the education of the public and in particular the education of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in Holmes Chapel and its surrounding locality. b.) The provision of facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECT (‘THE OBJECT’) IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK, BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HOLMES CHAPEL 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £100,770 against total expenditure of £91,658, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £40,303, which represents its available free reserves at the period end.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ruth Cassanadra McNeilchair
• Anne Kathryn Thomas
• Barbara Anne Reeves
• Carole Elliott
• Catherine Mary Struselis
• Jennifer Elaine Perrin
• Julia Anne Elizabeth Ward
• Laurie L Yates
• Marianne J Tomkinson
• Richard Charles Gratwick
• Winifred Anne Smith

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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