WIMBORNE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Charity number: 1096535
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provides education, sporting and social activities for people in Wimborne and its surrounding locality who are no longer in full time gainful employment.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025

Total income: £33,218
Total expenditure: £33,309

People

6 Trustee(s)

60 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
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Dorset

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 March 2003: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • WIMBORNE U3A (Working 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
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Heather Lowe Trustee 01 November 2025
None on record
Vivyan Ann Pink Trustee 21 October 2025
None on record
David Horace Letchford Trustee 26 November 2024
None on record
Christine Angela Letchford Trustee 29 September 2024
None on record
ASHLEY ROWLANDS Trustee 29 September 2024
None on record
Elizabeth Jayne Twomey Trustee 30 June 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024 31/08/2025
Total gross income £19.90k £25.58k £33.63k £33.85k £33.22k
Total expenditure £0 £29.83k £30.39k £31.11k £33.31k
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 August 2025 06 March 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2025 06 March 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2024 22 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 22 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 06 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 20 August 2024 51 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 22 May 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 22 May 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 25 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 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 9 DECEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED ON 19 NOVEMBER 2010.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN WIMBORNE AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY. II) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.

Area of benefit

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

WIMBORNE AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY

Contact information

Address:
16 Cranfield Avenue
WIMBORNE
Dorset
BH21 1TH
Phone:
07795060408
Email:
chair@wimborneu3a.org.uk
Website:

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