Canterbury and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Canterbury and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Canterbury and District University of the Third Age reported income of £54k and spending of £55k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £54k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Canterbury and District University of the Third Age sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boundary Community School Limited (£54k), The Navy Records Society (£54k) and The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust (£54k).