The Alton University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Alton University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Alton University of the Third Age reported income of £59k and spending of £58k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,226 to £59k (+1285%), an average of +93% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 747%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, The Alton University of the Third Age sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winterbourne & District Community Association (£59k), Winchester Excavations Committee (£59k) and Friends of St Cross Hospital Winchester (£58k).