The University of the Third Age - Haxby and Wigginton

Analysis

The University of the Third Age - Haxby and Wigginton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The University of the Third Age - Haxby and Wigginton reported income of £39k and spending of £36k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £8,655 to £39k (+352%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, The University of the Third Age - Haxby and Wigginton sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leigh and District U3a (£39k), Stockton Heath Festival Trust (£39k) and Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust (£39k).