Meols, Southport U3a

Analysis

Meols, Southport U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Meols, Southport U3a reported income of £30k and spending of £28k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £892 to £30k (+3247%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1291%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Meols, Southport 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 The Child Memorial Village Hall (£30k), Tavistock Scrapstore (£30k) and Baschurch Village Hall Trust (£30k).