The Bromsgrove University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Bromsgrove University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bromsgrove University of the Third Age reported income of £19k and spending of £16k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,809 to £19k (+959%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 507%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Bromsgrove University of the Third Age sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund (£19k), Stour Singers (£19k) and Denstone Music Society (£19k).