The Ferndown & District U3A

Registered charity 1073206 Registered since 1999

Operates: Dorset

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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.

16 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Josephine Anne Hutton Chair since 2019
Malcolm Gill since 2017

3.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 16

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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incomespending£96k 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.

Also active in the same field

Almondbury Playgroup Similar size; both Education
Longford PRE-School Playgroup Similar size; both Education
Brighter Bunnies Pre School Playgroup Similar size; both Education
The Education Renaissance Trust Similar size; both Education
The City of Leicester Scout Districts Management Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education
Westbury Baptist PRE School Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ferndownu3a.co.uk
Email	ferndownu3a@gmail.com
Phone	07747486434
Address	4 Aldridge Road, FERNDOWN, Dorset, BH22 8LT

Finances

£96,096 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£25,518	£17,693
2022	£42,850	£56,993
2023	£55,387	£56,648
2024	£73,468	£71,628
2025	£96,096	£90,852

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Elderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN FERNDOWN AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.2) 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

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10 DECEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED 12 DECEMBER 2000 as amended on 09 Dec 2016

Trustees (16)

16trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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