Guisborough University of the Third Age

Analysis

Guisborough University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Guisborough University of the Third Age reported income of £26k and spending of £24k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,934 to £26k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Guisborough University of the Third Age sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vitus Arts Limited (£26k), Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (£26k) and Wiltshire Agricultural Preservation Group (£26k).