01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 24 September 2003
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £11,013
- Latest expenditure
- £2,728
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 7 WINSFORD AVENUE, COVENTRY, CV5 9JG
Website recorded by the regulator: https://u3a.sites.org.uk/coventry-spires/home (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
1) To advance the education of the public and in particular the education of older people no longer in full time gain full employment in Coventry and its surrounding locality. 2) The provision of facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the people in the interests of their social welfare.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,013
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,728
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,020
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,866
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,497
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,669
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,230
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,781
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £4,676
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,081
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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 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,013
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,728
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £8,525
- 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
- 10
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Coventry City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 116
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Recreation
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 110
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Amateur Sport
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COVENTRY SPIRES U3A
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2003-09-24T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4 OCTOBER 2002.
- Charitable Objects
- 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN COVENTRY AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.
- Area Of Benefit
- COVENTRY AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures