Bangor U3a
What it does
Lectures, Visits, Social Activities
Its charitable purposes
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.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- Older people
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Isle of Anglesey
- Gwynedd
Area of benefit in its governing document: Gwynedd
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £10,739 and spent £10,904.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £10,739 | £10,904 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £7,761 | £8,534 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £6,717 | £6,165 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £4,083 | £4,358 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £4,346 | £3,340 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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 147%, from £4,346 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £10,739 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 102% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £3,470, awarded in 2006.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2006 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £3,470 |
Trustees
12 trustees run the charity.
- Colin SwatridgeChair
- Christine Wycherley
- Clive Wycherley
- Deirdre Reynolds
- Hugh Dawnay
- John Roberts
- Julie Haigh
- Keith Richard Lockyer
- Mavis Jones
- Michael Roderick Gough Varley
- Nicky Taysom
- Susan Swatridge
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 3 April 2026, 211 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 10 April 2025, 204 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 25 April 2024, 189 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 17 March 2023, 228 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 24 February 2022, 249 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1135839
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 6 May 2010
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 JUNE 2009AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12 JUL 2018 as amended on 25 Apr 2024
- Website
- bangoru3a.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Isle of Anglesey
Sources
- 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.