Arun West University of the Third Age

Analysis

Arun West University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Arun West University of the Third Age reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £546 to £16k (+2819%), an average of +132% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 864%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Arun West University of the Third Age sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tenbury High School Parents Teachers Friends Association (£16k), Charlbury Exhibition Foundation (£16k) and Chapman's Educational Foundation (£16k).