Registered charity · Ely
ELY & District U3A
- 12 trustees
- Income £52k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Steven MerrellChair · since 2023
- Ann Rosina WatermanTrustee · since 2024
- David BryanTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Jane EllisTrustee · since 2025
- Heather CarruthTrustee · since 2023
- Lucy Henrietta CookTrustee · since 2025
- Patricia Eleanor BryantTrustee · since 2023
- Paul Graham CoghlanTrustee · since 2026
- Sonia GrayTrustee · since 2019
- Stewart CharnellTrustee · since 2026
- Timothy Gerard FowlerTrustee · since 2023
- Valerie BryanTrustee · since 2025
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, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- u3asites.org.uk/frontpage.php?publish=ely (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£52k£49k
- 2025£41k£39k
- 2024£39k£43k
Earlier years
- 2023£61k£59k
- 2022£30k£26k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
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.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Steven Merrell Chair since 2023
- Ann Rosina Waterman since 2024
- David Bryan since 2025
- Dr Jane Ellis since 2025
- Heather Carruth since 2023
- Lucy Henrietta Cook since 2025
- Patricia Eleanor Bryant since 2023
- Paul Graham Coghlan since 2026
- Sonia Gray since 2019
- Stewart Charnell since 2026
- Timothy Gerard Fowler since 2023
- Valerie Bryan since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Sonia Gray since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Ann Rosina Waterman since 2024
- David Bryan since 2025
- Dr Jane Ellis since 2025
- Heather Carruth since 2023
- Lucy Henrietta Cook since 2025
- Patricia Eleanor Bryant since 2023
- Paul Graham Coghlan since 2026
- Sonia Gray since 2019
- Stewart Charnell since 2026
- Timothy Gerard Fowler since 2023
- Valerie Bryan since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Steven Merrell Chair since 2023
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135717
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 AUGUST 2008AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 05 Jul 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01353361915 · elyu3achair@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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