University of the Third Age, Todmorden

Analysis

University of the Third Age, Todmorden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Todmorden. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, University of the Third Age, Todmorden reported income of £25k and spending of £22k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,004 to £25k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, University of the Third Age, Todmorden sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Radius Opera Company (£25k), The Carthusian Society Charitable Fund (£25k) and The Angmering Chorale (£25k).