Runnymede Area University of the Third Age

Analysis

Runnymede Area University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Runnymede Area University of the Third Age reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,242 to £11k (+810%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 817%. 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, Runnymede Area University of the Third Age sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include U3a in Ludlow (£11k), The Yorkshire Geological Society (£11k) and The Kaye Music Trust (£11k).