ASHBOURNE AND DISTRICT U3A

Registered charity 1190748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arts, Badminton, Board Games, Books, Bridge, Canasta, Chatter, Choir, Cinema, Crafts, Creative Writing, Current Affairs, Disco, Family History, French, Gardening, German, Guitar, Cycling, Hiking, Landscape & Heritage, Line Dancing, Padel, Petanque, Photography, Pickleball, Qigong, Science & Engineering, Strollers, Table Tennis, Theatre, Ukulele, Walking, Wine , Wood-turning, Yoga

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECT (‘THE 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 ASHBOURNE AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a strong financial position with total income of £55,745 and expenditure of £51,229 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees report that reserves exceed their policy target of approximately one year's central expenditure plus £2,000, leading to a decision to reduce membership fees. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 5 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting 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

• Susan Elizabeth Hallchair
• Andrew Peter Cree
• Graham Geoffrey Dean
• Janet Dodd
• Mary Elizabeth Redmond Hoof
• Mary Hall
• Pamela Boura
• Sheila Margaret Crawley
• Sheldon William Davies
• Susan Edmonds

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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