The Sandbach and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Sandbach and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sandbach. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Sandbach and District University of the Third Age reported income of £102k and spending of £108k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £70k to £102k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Sandbach and District University of the Third Age sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springers Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (£102k), Worle Operatic and Dramatic Society (£102k) and Hanover Community Association (£102k).