Stratford-Upon-Avon U3a

Analysis

Stratford-Upon-Avon U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in December 2000, 26 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stratford-Upon-Avon U3a reported income of £18k and spending of £17k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £1,694 to £18k (+984%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Stratford-Upon-Avon U3a sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Figure Ensemble Limited (£18k), Great Dunham Amenities Committee (£18k) and Truro Three Arts Society (£18k).