The Flintshire U3a

Analysis

The Flintshire U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Flintshire. It was registered in February 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Flintshire U3a reported income of £53k and spending of £54k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £53k (+303%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. 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, The Flintshire U3a sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aldridge Youth Theatre (£53k), The Grove at Bedminster Down (£53k) and The Society for Theatre Research (£53k).