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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE IN CAMBRIDGE (CIO) 

Provides educational and social activities to those no longer in full-time employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • 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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/23£383,771£451,619£-67,848309
31/12/22£373,000£376,000£-3,000315
31/12/21£309,529£325,621£-16,092310
31/12/20£296,080£233,874£62,206319
31/12/19£157,233£278,995£-121,762314
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.u3ac.org.uk

office@u3ac.org.uk

01223321587

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 309 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2018, number: 1180769
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE IN CAMBRIDGE (2007) on 07/06/2019
Main office

27 - 28 BRIDGE ST
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1UJ

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE NOT OR NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT THROUGH COURSES OF STUDY IN ACADEMIC AND ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE, THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PURSUE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH. 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 INTEREST OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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