TOWCESTER U3A

Registered charity 1155428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 Towcester and its surrounding locality.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,026 for the year, with total income of £14,088 and expenditure of £11,062. The trustees report that inflationary pressures were lower than expected and that reserves have increased by the balance of the surplus. The organization expects income and expenditure to remain stable in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Ann Heaphychair
• Alison Foxton
• Alison Jane Burnley
• Elaine Marilyn Shone
• Jennifer Louise Rigby
• Jill Amanda Stewart
• Patricia Anne Moore
• Patricia Anne Parkes
• Pauline Ann Sweeney
• Terrence Alan Goldfinch

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EXETER U3A.

• EXETER U3A income £28k
• WORCESTER AREA GROUP U3A income £71k
• WETHERBY & DISTRICT U3A income £48k
• CHICHESTER U3A income £37k
• CHESTER U3A income £45k
• U3A CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT AREA income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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