Soar Valley U3a

Analysis

Soar Valley U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Soar Valley U3a reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £5,651 to £17k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Soar Valley U3a sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Leather Industry Development Trust (£17k), Soothern and Craner Educational Foundation (£17k) and The Peter Headridge Fund (£17k).