BENFLEET UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Registered charity 1160541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENFLEET U3A

The charity's 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 Benfleet 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: Castle Point, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 18/07/2025, 79 days after the 30/04/2025 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

• DENISE PHIPPSchair
• Bob Munson
• CHRISTINE TEBBUTT
• Frederick Simpkins
• IAN PHIPPS
• Maria Pearman
• RINA MUNRO
• Sheila Radford
• Susan Quattrucci

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Operates in: Essex

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