Stansted Mountfichet University of the Third Age

Analysis

Stansted Mountfichet University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stansted Mountfichet University of the Third Age reported income of £40k and spending of £36k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,132 to £40k (+688%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 283%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stansted Mountfichet University of the Third Age sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspire and Reach (£40k), Peru People (£40k) and Rainbow Fund for South Africa (£40k).