Ware U3a

Analysis

Ware U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ware U3a reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £16k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ware U3a sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winchester Pregnancy Crisis Centre (£16k), Flore Millennium Hall (£16k) and Bromley and District Talking Newspaper Association (£16k).

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.