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 2025
Total income: £9,516
Total expenditure: £7,495
People
13 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
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:
- Complaints handling
- Risk management
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
13 Trustee(s)
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| Gerald Stephen Brooks | Trustee | 17 September 2025 |
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| Suzanne Mary Brooks | Trustee | 17 September 2025 |
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| Lyn Goodsell | Trustee | 17 September 2025 |
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| Carole Vincent | Trustee | 17 September 2025 |
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| Robert Bradshaw | Trustee | 18 September 2024 |
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| John Dickson | Trustee | 18 September 2024 |
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| Keith Shelton | Trustee | 11 October 2023 |
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| Barbara Gort | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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| Stuart Dorward | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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| Barbara Cutting | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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| Jacqueline Durrant | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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| Bryan Neil Instrall | Trustee | 20 September 2023 |
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| Anne Weedon | Trustee | 16 December 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | 31/07/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.46k | £2.99k | £9.99k | £13.83k | £9.52k | |
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Total expenditure | £2.05k | £3.56k | £6.54k | £10.59k | £7.50k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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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 |
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| Annual return | 31 July 2025 | 11 February 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2025 | Not required | ||
| 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 |