Registered charity · Kent
Ashford, WYE & District U3A
Ashford, WYE & District U3A is a registered charity (number 1172873) based in Kent, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Derek William Himsley since 2025. Latest income £22k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- U3asites.org.uk/ashford-wye-home (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£23k
- 2024£18k£18k
- 2023£15k£14k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£13k
- 2021£11k£10k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE U3A IS: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 RESPONSIBILITY) RESIDING IN ASHFORD, WYE AND DISTRICT INCLUDING ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.
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
- Derek William Himsley Chair since 2025
- Alan Cross since 2026
- Cheryl Sims since 2026
- David Charles Wood since 2025
- Jean Cross since 2026
- Jenny Jackson since 2025
- Lloyd Papi since 2025
- Philip Sims since 2025
- Wendy Bennett since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Derek William Himsley Chair since 2025
- Alan Cross since 2026
- Cheryl Sims since 2026
- Jean Cross since 2026
- Jenny Jackson since 2025
- Lloyd Papi since 2025
- Philip Sims since 2025
- Wendy Bennett since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- David Charles Wood 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.
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
- 1172873
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 APR 2014
- Contact on the register
- 01233632317 · chairmanu3aashford@outlook.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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