Weymouth and Portland U3a

Analysis

Weymouth and Portland U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weymouth. It was registered in April 2005, 21 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Weymouth and Portland U3a reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,659 to £21k (+477%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Weymouth and Portland U3a sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pierre Fournier Award (£21k), Shropshire Ornithological Society (£21k) and The Worlingworth Community Council (£21k).