Registered charity · Somerset
Wells University of the Third AGE
- 11 trustees
- Income £70k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Donald BranchChair · since 2022
- Ann BrownTrustee · since 2020
- Beverley AndreeTrustee · since 2025
- Caroline Lowndes-NorthcottTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Alan Cedric SandersonTrustee · since 2023
- Ingrid SofrinTrustee · since 2025
- Jeanne EvansTrustee · since 2018
- John Derek LaycockTrustee · since 2024
- Marian HardingTrustee · since 2022
- MR Mike LEETrustee
- Susan ANN RevellTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- u3asites.org.uk/wells (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£70k£67k
- 2024£71k£69k
- 2023£38k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£10k£10k
- 2021£17k£19k
Income trend, 2021 to 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £3,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Donald Branch Chair since 2022
- Ann Brown since 2020
- Beverley Andree since 2025
- Caroline Lowndes-Northcott since 2024
- Dr Alan Cedric Sanderson since 2023
- Ingrid Sofrin since 2025
- Jeanne Evans since 2018
- John Derek Laycock since 2024
- MR Mike LEE
- Marian Harding since 2022
- Susan ANN Revell since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Brown since 2020
- Jeanne Evans since 2018
- Susan ANN Revell since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Donald Branch Chair since 2022
- Ann Brown since 2020
- Beverley Andree since 2025
- Caroline Lowndes-Northcott since 2024
- Dr Alan Cedric Sanderson since 2023
- Ingrid Sofrin since 2025
- Jeanne Evans since 2018
- John Derek Laycock since 2024
- MR Mike LEE
- Marian Harding since 2022
- Susan ANN Revell since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1023275
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 APR 1993AS AMENDED ON 10 JUN 2010AS AMENDED ON 07 JUL 2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01749673529 · wellsu3a1993@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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