Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

WARE U3A 

Ware U3A, has over 70 groups ranging from Bowls, Outings, Churches, Tai Chi, theatre, tennis, wildlife, to handicrafts, walking, ambling, singing and so many more interest groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • 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
  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 15 years

https://u3asites.org.uk/ware

treas@wareu3a.co.uk

01920412432

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/22£15£24£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£21£13£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£41£41£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£87£87£0n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/18£86£91£-4£0£0£0n/a0100
31/12/17£88£88£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£95£69£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15?£110£110£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£87£77£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£72£79£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£75£70£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11*£74£60£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£45£41£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2009, number: 1132216
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR11: 18 days late,
Main office

31 Chadwell
WARE
Hertfordshire
SG12 9LD

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 IN WARE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WARE AND SURROUNDING LOCALITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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