University of the Third Age in East Suffolk

Analysis

University of the Third Age in East Suffolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2026, University of the Third Age in East Suffolk reported income of £41k and spending of £43k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £33k to £41k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, University of the Third Age in East Suffolk sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leigh Neighbours Project (£41k), Turnbull Family Charitable Trust (£41k) and Pregnancy Crisis Helpline (£41k).