Settle District U3a

Analysis

Settle District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Settle District U3a reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £4,606 to £15k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 168%. 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, Settle District U3a sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flint Male Voice Choir/Cor Meibion Fflint (£15k), Hampshire History Trust (£15k) and The Sinfonia Chorale (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.