Sandwell University of the Third Age

Analysis

Sandwell University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Bromwich. It was registered in November 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sandwell University of the Third Age reported income of £15k and spending of £15k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,898 to £15k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Sandwell University of the Third Age sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bowsden Village Hall (£15k), Olney Brass Band (£15k) and Dogdyke Pumping Station Preservation Trust (£15k).

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.