Gravesend, Northfleet&district University of the Third Age (U3a)

Analysis

Gravesend, Northfleet&district University of the Third Age (U3a) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gravesend, Northfleet&district University of the Third Age (U3a) reported income of £34k and spending of £31k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,462 to £34k (+531%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 323%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gravesend, Northfleet&district University of the Third Age (U3a) sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doctor Lane School (£34k), The Friends of Thornton (£34k) and Friends of Mayfield Special School (£34k).