University of the Third Age - York

Analysis

University of the Third Age - York is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, University of the Third Age - York reported income of £141k and spending of £128k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £22k to £141k (+549%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 419%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, University of the Third Age - York sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Menter Iaith Sir Benfro (£141k), Cambridge Museum of Technology (£141k) and Voices of the Holocaust (£141k).