# THE THIRD AGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 288007
- **Other names:** THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 14, 1983
- **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=288007


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 104, The Foundry Business Centre, 156 Blackfriars Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 8EN
- **Phone:** 02084666139
- **Email:** info@u3a.org.uk
- **Website:** www.u3a.org.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:** The Third Age Trust is the national representative body for the u3a movement in the UK providing a wide range of support services to existing u3as. In addition it helps to develop new u3as and to raise the profile and increase awareness of the u3a movement throughout the UK.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3474332 | £3402342 | £2318690 | 20 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3268400 | £3182653 | £2246700 | 19 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2974564 | £2870790 | £2160953 | 19 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2897877 | £2597121 | £2057179 | 18 |
| March 31, 2021 | £3033965 | £2742809 | £1756423 | 18 |



## Trustees

- **Allan Graham Walmsley** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 20, 2020
- Alan Russsell — appointed April 1, 2025
- DEREK MURRAY HARWOOD — appointed Aug. 26, 2021
- John Bent — appointed Aug. 31, 2017
- Laurence Wale — appointed April 1, 2025
- MARIA GENOWEFA GABRIELCZYK — appointed May 13, 2025
- Pauline Green — appointed April 1, 2025
- Sheila Crawley — appointed Oct. 15, 2025