Faringdon and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Faringdon and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Faringdon and District University of the Third Age reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,679 to £12k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Faringdon and District University of the Third Age sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Selly Park Singers (£12k), Penrhyn Bay Community Centre (£12k) and Kent and Medway Young Musicians Trust (£12k).