Registered charity · Northamptonshire

Towcester U3A

Towcester U3A is a registered charity (number 1155428) based in Northamptonshire, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Deborah Ann Heaphy since 2022. Latest income £47k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

10 trustees
Income £47k (2026)

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About

What it does: Education/training, Recreation
Where: Northamptonshire
Website: www.towcesteru3a.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2014

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2026£47k£44k
2025£41k£38k
2024£35k£31k

Earlier years

2023£29k£30k
2022£18k£17k

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.7y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Terrence Alan Goldfinch since 2020

5.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

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 10Recreation 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

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.

2021

2022

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2025

incomespending£41k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1155428
Status: Registered
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 OCT 2013 AS AMENDED ON 29 MAY 2019AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 26 May 2021
Contact on the register: 01327351471 · treasurertu3a@gmail.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th 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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