# SHAFTESBURY AND GILLINGHAM U3A

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1078452
- **Other names:** SHAFTESBURY U3A, SGU3A, THE SHAFTESBURY AND GILLINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 2, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1078452


## Contact

- **Address:** Waterford House, Castle Street, Mere, WARMINSTER
- **Postcode:** BA12 6JL
- **Phone:** 07749230894
- **Email:** roger46laidler@talktalk.net
- **Website:** https://sgu3a.u3asite.uk/



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** We are an entirely voluntary self-help organisation for people no longer in full time employment providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities in a friendly environment.

**Area of benefit:** SHAFTSBURY AND GILLINGHAM AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £6084 | £5269 | — | — |
| July 31, 2024 | £5138 | £4663 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £4810 | £6287 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £4504 | £4123 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £0 | £2770 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Elizabeth Hague-Holmes** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 3, 2019
- Ann Taylor — appointed Nov. 6, 2025
- Barbara Janet Newton Watkinson — appointed Jan. 6, 2025
- Barbara Joan Hurst — appointed Nov. 3, 2022
- Helen Warley — appointed Nov. 3, 2022
- Jennifer Day — appointed Nov. 6, 2025
- Peter Grange — appointed Oct. 1, 2020
- Peter Hurst — appointed Nov. 3, 2021
- Robin Collins — appointed Nov. 6, 2025