01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 27 January 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £47,540
- Latest expenditure
- £43,677
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 2 WYCH ELM, HARLOW, ESSEX, CM20 1QP
Website recorded by the regulator: https://harlow.u3asite.uk/welcome/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Harlow U3A is an affiliate of The Third Age Trust ("TAT"), operating in Harlow, Essex. We subscribe to the ethos and goals of TAT. Our membership is inclusive and diverse, providing opportunities for education, self-improvement, physical recreation and social interaction for "Third Agers" - those in or approaching retirement from full-time work, by working and sharing in "Interest Groups".
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 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £47,540
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £43,677
- 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
- 18 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £45,978
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,239
- Fin Period Start Date
- 27 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £36,325
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,228
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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 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £47,540
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £43,677
- 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
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 18 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £45,978
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £44,239
- 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
- 60
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 27 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 19 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £36,325
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,228
- 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
- 100
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
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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
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- HARLOW U3A
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2022-06-22T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5004582
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1132663
- Assoc Charity Name
- HARLOW & SURROUNDING AREAS UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE
- Charity Name
- HARLOW U3A
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-01-27T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Jan 2022 as amended on 20 Jun 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.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures