Peterborough University of the Third Age

Analysis

Peterborough University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Peterborough University of the Third Age reported income of £119k and spending of £120k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £37k to £119k (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Peterborough University of the Third Age sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Hockey Club (£119k), Mileshyclub (£119k) and Muslimah Sports Association (£119k).