BRACKNELL FOREST UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1153789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BFU3A

Provision of education and social activities in the Bracknell Forest area

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are strong, supported by an increase in membership to over 720 individuals. The charity holds £7,000 in unrestricted reserves to cover venue costs, cash flow, and contingencies. The principal sources of funds are membership subscriptions, Gift Aid, and charges for events and interest groups.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert William Goddardchair
• Dorothy Kirkham
• Graham Clark
• Jacqueline Young
• Laurayne Barber
• Lynn Annette Boden
• Niccola Hood
• Raymond Stanley Andrew Grant
• Shelagh Richards
• Stephen Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Victoria Lynch

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

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