Ashbourne and District U3a

Analysis

Ashbourne and District U3a is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashbourne. It was registered in August 2020, 6 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. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashbourne and District U3a reported income of £56k and spending of £51k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £56k (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Ashbourne and District U3a sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burbage Institute (Buxton) (£56k), Ilkley Concert Club (£56k) and National Youth Harp Orchestra Charitable Trust (£56k).