Wokingham University of the Third Age

Analysis

Wokingham University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wokingham University of the Third Age reported income of £156k and spending of £151k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £156k (+588%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 324%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wokingham University of the Third Age sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Kasai Mission (£155k), Hillingdon Brain Tumour & Brain Injury Group (£156k) and Shree Bharatiya Mandal (Indian Association) Tameside (£155k).