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Registered charity · Bedford

Bedford U3A

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £111k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
Website
u3asites.org.uk/bedford (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£111k£105k
  • 2024£92k£80k
  • 2023£94k£82k
Earlier years
  • 2022£57k£58k
  • 2021£17k£12k
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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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.

9 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 9Education/training 9Recreation 9

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 2Other services 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£92k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1042458
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17TH OCTOBER 1994AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 19 Oct 2021
Contact on the register
07831863004 · Bedfordu3a.treasurer@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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