Oswestry University of the Third Age

Analysis

Oswestry University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Oswestry University of the Third Age reported income of £43k and spending of £43k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £6,777 to £43k (+532%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 288%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Oswestry University of the Third Age sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Il Circolo Italian Cultural Association Limited (£43k), Aldeburgh Museum Charitable Trust (£43k) and Zodiac Theatre Group (formerly The Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society) (£43k).