U3a Sevenoaks

Analysis

U3a Sevenoaks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, U3a Sevenoaks reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £19k to £15k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, U3a Sevenoaks sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Literature Prize Foundation (£15k), Beccles Library Community Trust (£15k) and Reading Barbershop Harmony Club (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.