Bishop Auckland and District U3A

Analysis

Bishop Auckland and District U3A is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishop Auckland and District U3A reported income of £48k and spending of £45k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14k to £48k (+245%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 140%. 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, Bishop Auckland and District U3A sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollington Village Hall (£48k), Saffron Walden Orchestral Society (£48k) and The Wavendon Foundation (£48k).