Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

HEATONS-REDDISH GROUP U3A 

Classes in Architecture, Art, Bird Watching, Current Affairs, Crafts, Drama, Family History, Gardening, Heritage, Line Dancing, Literature, Music Appreciation, Play Reading, Poetry, Science, Singing, Ukulele, Walking, Writing; theatre visits and interest holidays, Philosophy, Conversational Spanish.
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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 30 years
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£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/21£8£8£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£13£22£-9n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/12/19£30£30£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£40£39£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£11£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£11£7£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£4£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/1994, number: 1037772
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

9 Queens Close
STOCKPORT
Cheshire
SK4 3JL

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:

HEATONS-REDDISH AND THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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