The University of the Third Age Taunton (U3a)

Analysis

The University of the Third Age Taunton (U3a) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in December 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The University of the Third Age Taunton (U3a) reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,850 to £29k (+504%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 University of the Third Age Taunton (U3a) sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gilbert and Sullivan Fellowship, Plymouth (£29k), Havering Singers (£29k) and Sherborne U3a (£29k).