The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Third AGE Trust

Registered charity 288007 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8Disability 1Recreation 1

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

Education 8Retail and trade 3Manufacturing 2

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
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

20 from 18 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.u3a.org.uk
Emailinfo@u3a.org.uk
Phone02084666139
AddressUnit 104, The Foundry Business Centre, 156 Blackfriars Road, LONDON, SE1 8EN

Finances

£3,474,332 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,033,965£2,742,809
2022£2,897,877£2,597,121
2023£2,974,564£2,870,790
2024£3,268,400£3,182,653
2025£3,474,332£3,402,342

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH OCTOBER 1983 AMENDED 6TH JUNE 1989.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 DEC 2020 as amended on 06 Oct 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees
74median age
7aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Third AGE Trust · 01759471 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/10/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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