University of the Third Age in Cambridge (CIO)

Analysis

University of the Third Age in Cambridge (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, University of the Third Age in Cambridge (CIO) reported income of £494k and spending of £529k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £310k to £494k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, University of the Third Age in Cambridge (CIO) sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Cyf (£494k), Pedestrian Limited (£494k) and The Ashmolean Museum Endowment Trust (£494k).

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.