Solent U3a Trust

Analysis

Solent U3a Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Solent U3a Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £26k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £2,247 to £26k (+1060%), an average of +85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Solent U3a Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Floreat Wandsworth (£26k), 4th/6th Leigh-On-Sea (St Clement's and St Margaret's) Scout Group (£26k) and Hastings Unit 173 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£26k).