Stone (Staffs) and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Stone (Staffs) and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Stone (Staffs) and District University of the Third Age reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £20k to £35k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stone (Staffs) and District University of the Third Age sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berega Relief Equipment and Development Trust (£35k), The Harry Middleton Gift (£35k) and The Holme Cultram Sea Dyke Charity (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.