BOURNEMOUTH U3A

Registered charity 800397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U3A, UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Our u3a offers learning activities to semi-retired/retired people which reflect members wishes and aim to satisfy a wide range of interests; cultural, educational, physical and social.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THEEDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK, BY ALL MEANSINCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: BOURNEMOUTH 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 solvent and has maintained sufficient reserves to manage financial risks. The organization relies heavily on volunteer labor and Gift Aid claims to sustain its operations and membership levels. The trustees report that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Perry Ellischair
• Alastair Gibbons
• Archie Hoggan
• Dorothee Margret Merton
• Nicholas Monk
• Sandra Bassett
• Stephanie Jane Gardiner

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).