Glossop University of the Third Age

Analysis

Glossop University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glossop. It was registered in May 2002, 24 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Glossop University of the Third Age reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £3,654 to £14k (+292%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 277%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Glossop University of the Third Age sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Okeford Village Hall (£14k), Cheshire Sinfonia (£14k) and Stradbroke Courthouse and Library Trust (£14k).