Rayleigh Grange University of the Third Age

Analysis

Rayleigh Grange University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rayleigh Grange University of the Third Age reported income of £46k and spending of £47k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,238 to £46k (+1962%), an average of +113% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 830%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rayleigh Grange University of the Third Age sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Williton War Memorial Recreation Ground (£46k), Shenstone Village Hall (£46k) and The Kent Schools' Athletic Association (£46k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.