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Registered charity · Guildford

Guildford Area University of the Third AGE (U3A)

Guildford Area University of the Third AGE (U3A) is a registered charity (number 296975) based in Guildford, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £99k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

The charity’s object (‘the object’) is the advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work, by all means including associated activities conducive to learning and personal development...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £99k (2025)
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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, Recreation
Where
Surrey
Website
guildfordu3a.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£99k£107k
  • 2024£103k£105k
  • 2023£84k£84k
Earlier years
  • 2022£99k£91k
  • 2021£50k£17k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The charity’s object (‘the object’) is the advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work, by all means including associated activities conducive to learning and personal development in Guildford 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.

11 trustees on the board

4.6y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11

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 1

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£99k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
296975
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22ND APRIL 1987 AS AMENDED 20TH DECEMBER 1995, 28TH OCTOBER 1997 AND 25TH NOVEMBER 2002 as amended on 25 Nov 2024 as amended on 25 Nov 2024 as amended on 25 Nov 2024 as amended on 25 Nov 2024
Contact on the register
01483 323631 · secretary@guildfordu3a.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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