Northampton University of the Third Age

Analysis

Northampton University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 1999, 27 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 2026, Northampton University of the Third Age reported income of £62k and spending of £64k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £27k to £62k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Northampton University of the Third Age sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The du Maurier Festival Society (£62k), Eric Thompson Charitable Trust for Organists and Organ Music (£62k) and Enpointe Dance Company (£62k).