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Parbold, Newburgh and District University of the Third Age

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1164539LancashireEducation and training
Income£14k2025-03-31
Spending£14ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause45th pctEducation and training
Registered2015Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Parbold, Newburgh and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parbold, Newburgh and District University of the Third Age reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,675 to £14k (+760%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1288%. 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, Parbold, Newburgh and District University of the Third Age sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Clavering School (£14k), St Dominics Catholic Primary School PTA (£14k) and Barby Town Lands and Educational Charity (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£3,869£7,739£12k£15k2021 Income: £1,6752021 Spending: £2,04520212022 Income: £9,7482022 Spending: £8,41120222023 Income: £1,0852023 Spending: £1,36320232024 Income: £15,0632024 Spending: £15,47720242025 Income: £14,4072025 Spending: £13,6512025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charitable purposes of Parbold, Newburgh and District U3A are to advance education and in particular the education of people not in full time gainful employment who are in their Third Age, being the period of time after the first age of childhood dependence and the second age of full time employment.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Friends of Clavering SchoolSaffron Walden£14k
St Dominics Catholic Primary School PTAStone£14k
Barby Town Lands and Educational CharityRugby£14k
St Andrews Primary School Parent Teacher AssociationDevon£14k