U3a Dereham

Analysis

U3a Dereham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 January 2026, U3a Dereham reported income of £25k and spending of £22k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £9,905 to £25k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 315%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, U3a Dereham sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alveston C of E Primary School Parent/Teacher Association (£25k), First Bungay ( School ) Sea Scout Group (£25k) and Onllwyn and District Community Welfare Association (£25k).