TARPORLEY & DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1171370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides retired and semi-retired people the opportunity to come together and learn together, not for qualifications but for its own reward: the sheer joy of discovery!Our interest groups include:- Antiques, Appreciation of Art, Book Club, Bridge, Computing, Crafts Group, Digital Photography, French, Italian, Local History, Singing for Fun, Music Appreciation and Walking.

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 holds total net assets of £20,007, with a reserves policy target of covering 12 months of regular operating activity. The charity reports no employees and relies entirely on volunteers, noting a risk that a lack of willing volunteers could lead to the closure of 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Graham Schofieldchair
• Andrew Barson
• Angela Mary Green
• Angela Wilson
• Edward Lyne
• Gillian Moroney
• JANET LINSELL
• Patricia Tyson Jones
• Robert Jones
• Simon William Dunning
• Susan Hardacre

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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