Petersfield University of the Third Age

Analysis

Petersfield University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Petersfield University of the Third Age reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £11k to £16k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Petersfield University of the Third Age sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwich Division Guides (£16k), Longridge U3a (£16k) and St John Fisher RCP School Loughton PTA (£16k).