Carmarthen U3a

Monthly meeting with invited speaker. Also group activities, including art appreciation, literature, current affairs, poetry reading and more. We also arrange trips to concerts and the theatre. During the year a gardening group, visiting Welsh gardens and hearing talks.

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

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

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £4,030 and spent £4,109.

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 286%, from £1,043 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £4,030 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 102% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 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.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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.

7 trustees run the charity.

• Richard SwannChairAppointed 11 December 2024
• Ann KitchenAppointed 5 June 2025
• Eric KitchenAppointed 4 June 2021
• Harold LibertyAppointed 22 May 2026
• Judith HollandAppointed 22 May 2026
• Peter LoughranAppointed 19 May 2022
• Susan EdwardsAppointed 11 December 2024

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, 4 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

1100107

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

16 October 2003

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 MAY 2003AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018

Website

carmarthenu3a.org.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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• 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