Rugby University of the Third Age

Analysis

Rugby University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Rugby University of the Third Age reported income of £20k and spending of £20k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4,100 to £20k (+382%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 348%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Rugby 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 Stagedoor Theatre Productions (£20k), Willingale Village Hall (£20k) and Sheffield Design Awards (£20k).