The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Stowmarket U3A

Registered charity 1002987 Registered since 1991

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://u3astowmarket.wordpress.com
Emailsecretary@u3astowmarket.org.uk
Phone01359 352104
Address3 Buttenhaugh Green, Elmswell, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Suffolk, IP30 9HQ

Finances

£9,516 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,456£2,052
2022£2,986£3,556
2023£9,995£6,537
2024£13,830£10,588
2025£9,516£7,495

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH APRIL 1991 AS AMENDED 16TH MAY 2001AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018AS AMENDED ON 18 SEP 2019AS AMENDED ON 19 SEP 2019

Trustees (13)

13trustees
84median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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