Registered charity · Stafford
Stafford University of the Third AGE (U3A)
- 9 trustees
- Income £90k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alan CoweyTrustee · since 2026
- Audrey BrightTrustee · since 2024
- David John BengeTrustee · since 2024
- Geoffrey DowzallTrustee · since 2026
- Helen HoodTrustee · since 2013
- Henryk SmialowskiTrustee · since 2024
- June WilliamsTrustee · since 2015
- Linda SparkesTrustee · since 2026
- Raymond BrazielTrustee · since 2019
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, Recreation
- Where
- Staffordshire
- Website
- www.stafford.u3asite.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£90k£84k
- 2025£72k£76k
- 2024£113k£107k
Earlier years
- 2023£96k£97k
- 2022£45k£40k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE U3A ARE: 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.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alan Cowey since 2026
- Audrey Bright since 2024
- David John Benge since 2024
- Geoffrey Dowzall since 2026
- Helen Hood since 2013
- Henryk Smialowski since 2024
- June Williams since 2015
- Linda Sparkes since 2026
- Raymond Braziel since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Hood since 2013
- June Williams since 2015
- Raymond Braziel since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alan Cowey since 2026
- Audrey Bright since 2024
- David John Benge since 2024
- Geoffrey Dowzall since 2026
- Helen Hood since 2013
- Henryk Smialowski since 2024
- June Williams since 2015
- Linda Sparkes since 2026
- Raymond Braziel since 2019
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
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
- 1120043
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 07/03/2007AS AMENDED ON 09/03/2015AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 14 Mar 2022 as amended on 14 Mar 2022 as amended on 10 Mar 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01785593039 · STAFFORDU3ABUSSECRETARY@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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