The Swansea University of the Third Age

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Swansea University of the Third Age reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £16k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Swansea University of the Third Age sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Federation of Hungarians in England (£16k), The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited (£16k) and Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra (£16k).