Weston-Super-Mare U3a

Analysis

Weston-Super-Mare U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weston Super Mare. It was registered in August 1995, 31 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Weston-Super-Mare U3a reported income of £40k and spending of £44k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £40k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Weston-Super-Mare U3a sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bone Ensemble (£40k), Teign Valley Community Hall (£40k) and Thetford Music Project (£39k).