Arnold University of the Third Age

Analysis

Arnold University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Arnold University of the Third Age reported income of £50k and spending of £50k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £7,731 to £50k (+541%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 385%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Arnold University of the Third Age sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Belarus Fund (£50k), Ore Community Association (£50k) and Dagoretti Corner Street Children Programme (£50k).