Chorley and District Local U3a

Analysis

Chorley and District Local U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 1994, 32 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chorley and District Local U3a reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,789 to £18k (+923%), an average of +79% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 424%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Chorley and District Local U3a sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Military Wags Choir Catterick Garrison (£18k), The British Record Society (£18k) and Dufton Agricultural Society (£18k).