Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

BRIDGEND UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A) 

Provide educational and recreational activities for retired people. These include writing, reading, history and art and in addition there are table tennis and walking groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/03/22£1£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£0£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£8£6£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£9£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£8£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£9£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£6£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

https://www.u3asites.org.uk/bridgend/welcome

treasurer@bridgendu3a.co.uk

03000 110 345

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Bridgend,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/05/2000, number: 1080658
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 Llwyn Glas
BRIDGEND
Mid Glamorgan
CF31 5AH

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:

BRIDGEND AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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