The Sherwood University of the Third Age

Analysis

The Sherwood University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Sherwood University of the Third Age reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £21k (+41%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, The Sherwood University of the Third Age sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potters Bar Choral Society (£21k), Friends of Glebe Primary (£21k) and St Woolos Sinfonia (£21k).