The Ilkley & District Third Age Group

Analysis

The Ilkley & District Third Age Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in August 1998, 28 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 provides human resources.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Ilkley & District Third Age Group reported income of £157k and spending of £162k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £31k to £157k (+412%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Ilkley & District Third Age Group sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited (£157k), Prema (£157k) and The Military Intelligence Museum (£157k).