Worthing u3a

Analysis

Worthing u3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Worthing u3a reported income of £20k and spending of £25k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £548 to £20k (+3636%), an average of +147% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 3834%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Worthing u3a sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the University of Western Australia in the United Kingdom and Europe (£20k), The Maurice Cecil Johnes Lloyd Trust Fund (£20k) and St Mary Redcliffe Primary P T F a (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.