VER-COLNE VALLEY UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1156215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VCV U3A

A learning co-operative of older people which enables members to share many educational, creative and leisure activities. Members, through sharing their knowledge, skills and experience, learn from each other.

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.

Area of benefit: ST ALBANS, WATFORD AND RICKMANSWORTH AND THEIR SURROUNDING LOCALITIES

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

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total bank balances of £10,906.93 at the end of the financial year, comprising current and deposit accounts. The General Account generated a surplus of £900.45, while the Events Account showed a small surplus of £779.67 after costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention and that accounting records were kept as required.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Rees
• Geraldine Watts
• Gillian Davies
• Julia Scott
• Keith Michael Manning
• Kenneth Nigel Pragnell
• Lyn Brandrith
• Lynda Maris
• Nicholas Photi
• Pam Baladi
• Penny Haigh
• Robert Gettleson
• Ronald Fenn

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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