STOWMARKET U3A

Charity number: 1002987
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Stowmarket U3A is affiliated to the Third Age Trust and as such is a learning cooperative which draws upon the knowledge, experience and skills of its own members to organise and provide interest groups in accordance with the wishes of the membership.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £13,830
Total expenditure: £10,588

People

12 Trustee(s)

12 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 May 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN RETIREMENT (Working name)
  • S T A R THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (Previous name)
  • STOWMARKET U 3 A (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Dickson Trustee 18 September 2024
STOWUPLAND VILLAGE HALL
Received: On time
Robert Bradshaw Trustee 18 September 2024
None on record
Nancy Dickson Trustee 18 September 2024
None on record
Keith Shelton Trustee 11 October 2023
None on record
Bryan Neil Instrall Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Barbara Cutting Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Jacqueline Durrant Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Barbara Gort Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Stuart Dorward Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Michael Allan Taylor Trustee 21 September 2022
None on record
Glenda Kathleen Taylor Trustee 21 September 2022
None on record
Anne Weedon Trustee 16 December 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £12.54k £1.46k £2.99k £9.99k £13.83k
Total expenditure £10.47k £2.05k £3.56k £6.54k £10.59k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 22 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2023 03 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2022 28 March 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2021 12 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 July 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH APRIL 1991 AS AMENDED 16TH MAY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 AS AMENDED ON 18 SEP 2019 AS AMENDED ON 19 SEP 2019

Charitable 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

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

STOWMARKET AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY

Contact information

Address:
3 Buttenhaugh Green
Elmswell
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Suffolk
IP30 9HQ
Phone:
01359 352104
Email:
secretary@u3astowmarket.org.uk
Website:

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