HADLEIGH CASTLE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 1 August 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £9,137
Latest expenditure: £9,770
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 10 Summerwood Close, BENFLEET, Essex, SS7 1QD

Website recorded by the regulator: https://u3asites.org.uk/hadleigh-castle (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The advancement of education and in particular the education of people retired or semi retired from full time work, by all means, including associated activities conducive to personal development in Hadleigh and its surrounding locality.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 15 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £9,137
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,770

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: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £14,537
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,753

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: 27 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,597
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,348

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: 26 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,145
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,943

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: 7 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £15,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,561

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £14,537
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,753
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £368
Income From Government Grants: £368
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: 53

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 27 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,597
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,348
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: 52

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 26 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,145
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,943
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: 52

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 7 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £15,406
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,561
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: 14

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HADLEIGH CASTLE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2018-08-01T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 02 APR 2018 as amended on 17 May 2024
Charitable Objects: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR, THE EDUCATIION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED FROM FULLTIME WORK BY ALL MEANS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HADLEIGH AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 604541
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: HADLEIGH CASTLE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE (U3A)

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries