THE U3A CHELMSFORD
Charity number: 1027234
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
It is a self help group for people no longer in full time employment providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities. It draws upon knowledge, experience and skills of our own members to organise and provide interest groups in accordance with wishes of the membership
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2025
Total income: £36,600
Total expenditure: £38,928
People
13 Trustee(s)
70 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
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
- Amateur Sport
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Essex
Governance
Registration history:
- 15 October 1993: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
No other names
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
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting 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
13 Trustee(s)
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| Alan Caddy | Chair | 08 February 2024 |
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| Karen Amanda Smallwood | Trustee | 25 February 2026 |
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| Ann Goddard | Trustee | 25 November 2025 |
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| John Burrow | Trustee | 20 November 2025 |
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| Susan Elizabeth Osbourn | Trustee | 11 November 2025 |
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| Michael Frederick Harmer | Trustee | 26 February 2025 |
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| Alan Mayo | Trustee | 26 February 2025 |
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| Linda Barbara Regan | Trustee | 22 February 2023 |
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| Brian David Littlechild | Trustee | 22 February 2023 |
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| Ann Elizabeth Bell | Trustee | 10 February 2021 |
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| Lesley Margaret Wood | Trustee | 10 February 2021 |
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| Wendy Ann Hubbard | Trustee | 10 February 2021 |
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| Edmund Wood | Trustee | 14 February 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | 31/12/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £14.31k | £22.37k | £29.55k | £38.54k | £36.60k | |
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Total expenditure | £13.76k | £24.63k | £29.17k | £37.82k | £38.93k | |
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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 December 2025 | 10 March 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2025 | 10 March 2026 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 18 April 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 18 April 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 23 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 23 September 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 21 October 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required |