The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Orpington U3A

Registered charity 1076544 Registered since 1999

Operates: Bromley

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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.

8 trustees on the board

1y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8

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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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£25k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteu3aorpington.org.uk
Emailchairman@u3aorpington.org.uk
Phone07739008536
AddressHolly Cottage, Crockenhill Road, ORPINGTON, Kent, BR5 4ER

Finances

£24,608 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,780£11,335
2022£16,318£14,279
2023£21,124£21,128
2024£21,472£21,446
2025£24,608£26,384

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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 21 JANUARY 1999 AS AMENDED 16 JANUARY 2006 AND 145 JANUARY 2007.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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