Registered charity · Essex
U3A Saffron Walden
U3A Saffron Walden is a registered charity (number 290670) based in Essex, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £71k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £71k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.saffronwaldenu3a.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£71k£70k
- 2024£56k£53k
- 2023£49k£53k
Earlier years
- 2022£49k£49k
- 2021£12k£10k
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.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Elaine Bewick since 2024
- James Dwyer since 2016
- John Trueman since 2018
- Mary Curtis since 2022
- Stephen Messenger since 2020
- Susan Margaret Brown since 2022
- Susan Matthews since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- James Dwyer since 2016
- John Trueman since 2018
- Stephen Messenger since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Elaine Bewick since 2024
- James Dwyer since 2016
- John Trueman since 2018
- Mary Curtis since 2022
- Stephen Messenger since 2020
- Susan Margaret Brown since 2022
- Susan Matthews since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 290670
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26/06/1984AS AMENDED ON 18/09/1984AS AMENDED ON 03/09/2012AS AMENDED ON 05 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 JUL 2018AS AMENDED ON 06 SEP 2021 as amended on 15 Sept 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01799 521524 · jim_dwyer@btinternet.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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