Barnsley & District U3a

Analysis

Barnsley & District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Barnsley & District U3a reported income of £81k and spending of £79k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7,259 to £81k (+1014%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 851%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barnsley & District U3a sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntingdon & Peterborough Federation of Women's Institutes (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) (£81k), Combined Military Services Museum (£81k) and Cylch Meithrin a Ti a Fi Llan-Y-Pwll (£81k).