FAIRFORD AND DISTRICT U3A — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 1 December 1998
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2026
Latest income: £6,059
Latest expenditure: £7,666
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: c/o The Fairford Community Centre, High Street, FAIRFORD, Gloucestershire, GL7 4AF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.fairfordu3a.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

A wide range of educational, cultural, sporting, walking, and social activities on a whole group and sub-group basis, mainly within Fairford and its surrounding area but also further afield on occasions.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 5 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £6,059
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,666

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £9,676
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,137

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £9,191
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,574

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 29 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £8,654
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,986

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 18 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,336
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,970

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Gloucestershire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wiltshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FAIRFORD AND DISTRICT U3A
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1998-12-01T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 MAY 1996AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2018 as amended on 01 Apr 2025
Charitable Objects: 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.
Area Of Benefit: FAIRFORD AND SURROUNDING LOCALITY

08 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management