Registered charity 1206759

Garth Olwg U3a

What it does

Through regular and various monthly meetings of its members we provide 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, in Rhondda Cynon Taf and its surrounding locality.

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

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, IN RHONDDA CYNON TAFF AND ITS SURROUNDING LOCALITY.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Recreation
Who it helps: Older people
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Rhondda Cynon Taf

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £8,062 and spent £8,234.

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.

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.

Spending against income: It spent 102% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025.

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

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

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.

Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

Barbara BrownChairAppointed 1 April 2023
Clare ThomasAppointed 5 August 2024
Elaine WilliamsAppointed 1 April 2023
Llinos YorkeAppointed 5 August 2024
Lorraine MoranAppointed 1 April 2023
Patricia FletcherAppointed 1 April 2010
Robert DaviesAppointed 1 April 2023
Susan PartridgeAppointed 1 April 2023

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

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 15 December 2025, 47 days early	Not required

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.

About this charity

Charity number: 1206759
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 29 January 2024
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 JUN 2022
Website: gartholwgu3a.wordpress.comAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf

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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 15 December 2025, 47 days early

Not required