Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

HORSHAM UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE 

To advance the education of the public and in particular the education of middle aged and older people who are not in full-time gainful employment and who reside in the area administered by Horsham D.C. 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.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/02/23£34£36£-1n/an/an/an/an/a50
28/02/22£16£17£-1n/an/an/an/an/a8
28/02/21?£17£23£-6n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/08/19£46£47£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£48£50£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£19£20£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£13£22£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£18£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£20£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£19£17£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£19£17£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£17£16£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£15£16£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£13£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£11£13£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£11£13£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

http://u3asites.org.uk/horsham

treasurer@horshamu3a.org.uk

01403240358

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/04/1996, number: 1054606
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

116 Lambs Farm Road
HORSHAM
West Sussex
RH12 4LR

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE HORSHAM AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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