Hillingdon University of the Third Age (U3a)

Analysis

Hillingdon University of the Third Age (U3a) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Uxbridge. It was registered in May 2001, 25 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hillingdon University of the Third Age (U3a) reported income of £39k and spending of £37k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £39k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 211%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Hillingdon University of the Third Age (U3a) sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Regal Film Society (£39k), Thetford Music Project (£39k) and Friends of the Quantocks (£39k).