Registered charity · Bedford
Flitwick & District U3A
- 9 trustees
- Income £21k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ann O'BrienChair · since 2025
- Barry WaldenTrustee · since 2025
- Carol Elizabeth SmithersTrustee · since 2020
- Lyn FairweatherTrustee · since 2023
- Lynda LeesTrustee · since 2025
- Maureen GatesTrustee · since 2020
- Nicholas David RoseTrustee · since 2016
- Philip NicholsTrustee · since 2025
- Richard Colin BowsherTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Recreation
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- flitwickanddistrict.u3asite.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£24k
- 2024£11k£9k
- 2023£23k£24k
Earlier years
- 2022£13k£18k
- 2021£4k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE U3A ARE:I. 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 RESIDING IN FLITWICK AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.II. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE ABOVE PERSONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE.
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
- Ann O'Brien Chair since 2025
- Barry Walden since 2025
- Carol Elizabeth Smithers since 2020
- Lyn Fairweather since 2023
- Lynda Lees since 2025
- Maureen Gates since 2020
- Nicholas David Rose since 2016
- Philip Nichols since 2025
- Richard Colin Bowsher since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol Elizabeth Smithers since 2020
- Maureen Gates since 2020
- Nicholas David Rose since 2016
- Richard Colin Bowsher since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Ann O'Brien Chair since 2025
- Barry Walden since 2025
- Carol Elizabeth Smithers since 2020
- Lyn Fairweather since 2023
- Maureen Gates since 2020
- Nicholas David Rose since 2016
- Philip Nichols since 2025
- Richard Colin Bowsher since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Lynda Lees since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
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
- 1168040
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 MAY 2016 as amended on 10 Mar 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07804 767404 · flitwickU3A@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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