The Lichfield University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Lichfield University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in August 1995, 31 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending May 2026, The Lichfield University of the Third Age reported income of £24k and spending of £23k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £9,229 to £24k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Lichfield University of the Third Age sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckingham Choral Society (£24k), Norton-Sub-Hamdon Village Hall Trust (£24k) and Llangrove Village Hall (£24k).