SHERBURN AND VILLAGES U3A

Registered charity 1161249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Self funded , self help group for retired and semi retired people from all walks of life, giving them a chance to either take up new interests or further their current hobbies and interests

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: SHERBURN IN ELMET

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 reported a net deficit of £117.88 for the year ended 30 September 2025, compared to a deficit of £1,336.51 in the previous year. Total income increased to £31,574.17 from £25,942.36, while total expenditure rose to £31,692.05 from £27,278.87. The unrestricted reserves decreased from £17,376.49 to £17,258.61.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Ronald Lawrence
• Cynthia Orton
• David Maher
• Elaine Chapman
• Helen Ford
• Michael Dunne
• Millie Coleman
• Pauline Margaret Moore
• Sarah Anne Johnson
• Steven Charles Doyle

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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