Llanelli University of the Third Age

U3A IS A LEARNING CO-OPERATIVE OF OLDER PEOPLE WHICH ENABLES MEMBERS TO SHARE MANY EDUCATIONAL, CREATIVE & LEISURE ACTIVITIES. IT PROMOTES & FACILITATES LIFE-LONG LEARNING. U3A'S ARE DEMOCRATIC SELF FUNDED & SELF MANAGED ORGANISATIONS, THEY DRAW UPON THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS OF THEIR MEMBERS TO ORGANISE INTEREST GROUPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WISHES OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Llanelli and Its Surrounding Locality.

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 January 2026, it had income of £10,940 and spent £6,111.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 519%, from £1,768 in the year to 31 January 2022 to £10,940 in the year to 31 January 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 56% of its income in the year to 31 January 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £13,354.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

9 trustees run the charity.

• Paul Anthony CullenChairAppointed 22 September 2020
• Jacqueline BrewerAppointed 28 April 2026
• Jean WilliamsAppointed 28 April 2026
• John HughesAppointed 28 April 2026
• Joyce BridgesAppointed 28 April 2026
• Laurane CocksAppointed 28 April 2026
• Maria Rosario ChidzoyAppointed 26 July 2022
• Michael Dingley-JonesAppointed 28 April 2026
• Sandra NuckleyAppointed 28 April 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1035287

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

21 March 1994

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 FEBRUARY 1994AS AMENDED ON 05 JUL 2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018

Website

llanelli.u3asite.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin