Poole University of the Third Age

Analysis

Poole University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Poole University of the Third Age reported income of £70k and spending of £59k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £853 to £70k (+8055%), an average of +200% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 6750%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Poole University of the Third Age sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Willcocks Music Trust (£70k), The Westovian Theatre Society (£70k) and Liskerrett Community Centre (£70k).