Walsall University of the Third Age

Analysis

Walsall University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in April 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Walsall University of the Third Age reported income of £23k and spending of £27k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,316 to £23k (+340%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Walsall 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 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tudno Health & Wellbeing Hub Ltd (£23k), The League of Friends of the Tiverton Hospitals (£23k) and Homeopathy Action Trust (£23k).