The Wendover University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Wendover University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Wendover University of the Third Age reported income of £33k and spending of £34k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £11k to £33k (+198%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Wendover University of the Third Age sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Daneford Trust (£33k), The Friends of Bickley Primary School (£33k) and 1st Aylesford Scout Group (£33k).