BRIGHTON & HOVE U3A

Registered charity 294373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON AND HOVE BRANCH OF THE THIRD AGE TRUST, BRIGHTON AND HOVE U 3 A, UNIVERSITY OF THE 3RD AGE BRIGHTON & HOVE

Brighton and Hove U3A is one of 1100 u3a around the country that are designed to promote self learning. It provides a wide range of social and educational group activities during the day for those not in full time employment.

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 IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

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's financial position was healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £6,910 at the year end. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to retain four months of running costs, which equates to £6,910. The charity reported an excess of expenditure over income for the year, resulting in a decrease in reserves from the previous year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• John McDermottchair
• Adam Elliot Isler
• Christine Patel
• Diane Gare
• Elizabeth De Kadt
• Gareth Lougher Watts
• Janet Christine Eldridge
• Katherine Anne Hart
• Martin Leach
• Michael Barney John Johnson
• Teresa Lipson
• Virginia Mary Greenwood

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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