Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CHARD, ILMINSTER AND DISTRICT U3A 

Provision of a range of educational, practical and social activities for people no longer in full-time employment living in the Chard/Ilminster area of Somerset
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
28/02/23*£15£17£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/02/22£11£8£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
28/02/21£5£7£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
29/02/20£17£16£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
28/02/19*£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
28/02/18£10£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/17£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/16£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/15£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/14£7£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/13*£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/12£6£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/11£5£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/10£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/09£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/08£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/07£7£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/06£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/05£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/04£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.u3asites.org.uk/chardilminster

cidu3abussec@gmail.com

07837 233177

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/02/2003, number: 1096163
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR19: 171 days late, AR13: 58 days late,
Main office

4 Athelstan Close
AXMINSTER
Devon
EX13 5RF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OF CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN CHARD AND ILMINSTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHARD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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