Registered charity · Hertfordshire
Thorley U3A
- 9 trustees
- Income £70k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nigel Celyn VarnamChair · since 2024
- Alastair CurbbunTrustee · since 2026
- Barbara ANN JacobsTrustee · since 2026
- Barry MaxwellTrustee · since 2026
- Carmen Susan KonopkaTrustee · since 2026
- Christine ThearTrustee · since 2026
- John Thomas AcklawTrustee · since 2026
- Linda Walpole KetteridgeTrustee · since 2024
- Ryland PerrinTrustee · 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
- Where
- Essex, Hertfordshire
- Website
- thorley.u3asite.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£70k£64k
- 2024£56k£61k
- 2023£74k£76k
Earlier years
- 2022£70k£68k
- 2021£27k£26k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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 FOR THOSE RESIDING IN THORLEY, BISHOP'S STORTFORD AND 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
- Nigel Celyn Varnam Chair since 2024
- Alastair Curbbun since 2026
- Barbara ANN Jacobs since 2026
- Barry Maxwell since 2026
- Carmen Susan Konopka since 2026
- Christine Thear since 2026
- John Thomas Acklaw since 2026
- Linda Walpole Ketteridge since 2024
- Ryland Perrin since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Nigel Celyn Varnam Chair since 2024
- Alastair Curbbun since 2026
- Barbara ANN Jacobs since 2026
- Barry Maxwell since 2026
- Carmen Susan Konopka since 2026
- Christine Thear since 2026
- John Thomas Acklaw since 2026
- Linda Walpole Ketteridge since 2024
- Ryland Perrin 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
- 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
- 1182852
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 MAY 2018 as amended on 16 Nov 2023 as amended on 08 Jan 2024 as amended on 08 Jan 2024 as amended on 08 Jan 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01279 504198 · CHAIR.THORLEYU3A@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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