Princes Risborough & District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Princes Risborough & District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in June 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Princes Risborough & District University of the Third Age reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13k to £20k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Princes Risborough & District University of the Third Age sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music & Arts for the Shepway Community (£20k), Bookham Light Operatic Society (£20k) and Southern Voices (£20k).