Buckingham and District U3a

Analysis

Buckingham and District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Buckingham and District U3a reported income of £38k and spending of £32k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,594 to £38k (+571%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 342%. 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, Buckingham and District U3a sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iedara Taleem-Un-Nisa UK (£37k), St Pauls Rusthall 2nd Tunbridge Wells Scout Group (£38k) and Basildon Unit 551 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£37k).