Chard, Ilminster and District U3a

Analysis

Chard, Ilminster and District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. 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 provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Chard, Ilminster and District U3a reported income of £26k and spending of £23k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £11k to £26k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Chard, Ilminster and District U3a sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chapel-En-Le-Frith Male Voice Choir (£26k), The St Ives Youth Theatre (£26k) and City Players (£26k).