Tewkesbury and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Tewkesbury and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tewkesbury and District University of the Third Age reported income of £32k and spending of £39k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,801 to £32k (+1677%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 1427%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Tewkesbury and District University of the Third Age sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Framework (£32k), Higham Memorial Hall (£32k) and Fulham Symphony Orchestral Society (£32k).

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.