University of the Third Age Lancaster and Morecambe

Analysis

University of the Third Age Lancaster and Morecambe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in September 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 services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, University of the Third Age Lancaster and Morecambe reported income of £82k and spending of £74k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £32k to £82k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Lancaster and Morecambe sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oldham Band (Lees) (£82k), The Tolkien Society (£82k) and Off West End Plays & Playwrights Ltd (£82k).