Thanet U3a

Analysis

Thanet U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Broadstairs. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Thanet U3a reported income of £23k and spending of £19k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £8,147 to £23k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Thanet U3a sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reading Haydn Choir (£23k), North Tyneside Steelband (£23k) and Clacton Amateur Dramatic Society (£23k).