Goring Gap University of the Third Age

Analysis

Goring Gap University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Goring Gap University of the Third Age reported income of £14k and spending of £13k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,234 to £14k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Goring Gap University of the Third Age sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Sturton School Association (£14k), West Pennine Villages University of the Third Age (U3a) (£14k) and The Friends of Landkey School (£14k).