# THE CROYDON UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1029466
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 30, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1029466


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 Loxwood Close, ORPINGTON
- **Postcode:** BR5 4PQ
- **Phone:** 07808723686
- **Email:** info@croydonu3a.org.uk
- **Website:** http://u3asites.org.uk/croydon



## Activities

**Objects:** [I] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OF CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN CROYDON AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.[II] TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.

**Activities:** Croydon U3A provides opportunities for participation in over 65 member-led groups including languages, chess, rambling, history, Scrabble, poetry -  to name but a few. There is a lively outings and holidays programme and a monthly general meeting to which an outside speaker is invited. Members can attend summer schools run by the U3A national office, and study days organised by other local groups.

**Area of benefit:** CROYDON AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Croydon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £64835 | £59483 | — | — |
| July 31, 2024 | £51384 | £52717 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £41935 | £35709 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £33260 | £34170 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £19386 | £13608 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JENNIFER WILSON** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 12, 2016
- Angela Stagg — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Anne Tanner — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Fenella Cardwell — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- JOY ELLERY — appointed Oct. 14, 2015
- Karen Hook — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- Linda Grigsby — appointed Oct. 11, 2017
- Margaret Elizabeth Chan — appointed Oct. 22, 2020
- PAUL SMITH — appointed Oct. 12, 2016
- Patricia Holmes — appointed Oct. 11, 2023
- Steven May — appointed Oct. 11, 2023