Registered charity · Cardiff
The Cardiff U3A
- 10 trustees
- Income £29k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mary Margaret RichardsChair · since 2022
- Catherine JewsburyTrustee · since 2023
- David Geoffrey MunsonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Jennifer Kay RichmondTrustee · since 2026
- Elizabeth Meryl JamesTrustee · since 2026
- Engela Elizabeth FernerTrustee · since 2026
- Hugh Melvyn JonesTrustee · since 2026
- Karen OldsTrustee · since 2025
- Richard Michael NobleTrustee · since 2026
- Rosemary Joy GriffithsTrustee · since 2022
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, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Cardiff
- Website
- www.cardiffu3a.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£29k£28k
- 2024£27k£25k
- 2023£24k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£12k
- 2021£7k£6k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECT (‘THE OBJECT’) IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK, BY ALL MEANS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CARDIFF AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Mary Margaret Richards Chair since 2022
- Catherine Jewsbury since 2023
- David Geoffrey Munson since 2025
- Dr Jennifer Kay Richmond since 2026
- Elizabeth Meryl James since 2026
- Engela Elizabeth Ferner since 2026
- Hugh Melvyn Jones since 2026
- Karen Olds since 2025
- Richard Michael Noble since 2026
- Rosemary Joy Griffiths since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Mary Margaret Richards Chair since 2022
- Catherine Jewsbury since 2023
- David Geoffrey Munson since 2025
- Dr Jennifer Kay Richmond since 2026
- Elizabeth Meryl James since 2026
- Engela Elizabeth Ferner since 2026
- Hugh Melvyn Jones since 2026
- Karen Olds since 2025
- Richard Michael Noble since 2026
- Rosemary Joy Griffiths since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1033518
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 OCTOBER 1993AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 AS AMENDED ON 02 MAY 2023 AS AMENDED ON 02 MAY 2023AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 14 NOV 2023 as amended on 09 Dec 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07926533693 · secretary@cardiffu3a.org.uk
- 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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