Bushey and District U3a

Analysis

Bushey and District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bushey and District U3a reported income of £30k and spending of £36k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £30k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 420%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bushey and District U3a sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Ulverston and District (£30k), Syderstone Village Hall (Known Locally As Amy Robsart Village Hall) (£30k) and Doxford Park and District Community Association (£30k).