Yate & Sodbury District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Yate & Sodbury District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2013, 13 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, Yate & Sodbury District University of the Third Age reported income of £23k and spending of £16k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £23k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Yate & Sodbury District University of the Third Age sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for Education in Anaesthesia (UK) (£23k), Everyone Matters (£23k) and Friends of Ebenezer Child Care (£23k).