Crowborough University of the Third Age

Analysis

Crowborough University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in March 2009, 17 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Crowborough University of the Third Age reported income of £54k and spending of £43k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £8,855 to £54k (+511%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Crowborough University of the Third Age sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reading Culture CIO (£54k), Whitley Bay Pantomime Society (£54k) and Small World Cultural Arts Collective (£54k).