Registered charity · Leigh on Sea
Leigh Estuary U3A
- 10 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barry FreshwaterTrustee · since 2026
- Diane LeightonTrustee · since 2022
- James JennettTrustee · since 2024
- Jennie MorganTrustee · since 2023
- Julian NicholsTrustee · since 2024
- Julie CarterTrustee · since 2024
- Linda TullTrustee · since 2025
- Paul WhightTrustee · since 2026
- Sandra SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Trish WoolcockTrustee · since 2024
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
- Southend-on-sea
- Website
- leighestuary.u3asite.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£8k
- 2024£9k£7k
- 2023£8k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£6k
- 2021£4k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE U3A ARE:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE NOT IN FULL TIME GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WHO ARE IN THEIR THIRD AGE (BEING THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE FIRST AGE OF CHILDHOOD DEPENDENCE AND THE SECOND AGE OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND/OR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILIY)RESIDING IN LEIGH ON SEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Barry Freshwater since 2026
- Diane Leighton since 2022
- James Jennett since 2024
- Jennie Morgan since 2023
- Julian Nichols since 2024
- Julie Carter since 2024
- Linda Tull since 2025
- Paul Whight since 2026
- Sandra Smith since 2024
- Trish Woolcock since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Barry Freshwater since 2026
- Diane Leighton since 2022
- James Jennett since 2024
- Jennie Morgan since 2023
- Julian Nichols since 2024
- Julie Carter since 2024
- Linda Tull since 2025
- Paul Whight since 2026
- Sandra Smith since 2024
- Trish Woolcock since 2024
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.
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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
- 1151522
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 08 AUG 2012
- Contact on the register
- 01702 716288
- 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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