01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 13 July 1999
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 December 2024 – 30 November 2025
- Latest income
- £24,608
- Latest expenditure
- £26,384
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Holly Cottage, Crockenhill Road, ORPINGTON, Kent, BR5 4ER
Website recorded by the regulator: u3aorpington.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Orpington U3A is a self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operative for people no longer in full-time employment. Members share learning experiences and socialise in a wide range of interest groups to pursue learning not for qualification but for fun.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,608
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £26,384
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,472
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,446
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,124
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,128
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £16,318
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,279
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £12,780
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,335
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £24,608
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £26,384
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 90
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,472
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,446
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 90
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 5 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £21,124
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £21,128
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 80
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 15 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £16,318
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,279
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 82
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 1 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £12,780
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £11,335
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 81
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bromley
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 110
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Amateur Sport
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ORPINGTON U3A
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1999-07-13T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21 JANUARY 1999 AS AMENDED 16 JANUARY 2006 AND 145 JANUARY 2007.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018
- 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
- ORPINGTON AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 493171
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- ORPINGTON U3A
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management