Universities Association for Lifelong Learning

Analysis

Universities Association for Lifelong Learning is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 2020, 6 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Universities Association for Lifelong Learning reported income of £46k and spending of £43k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £12k to £46k (+281%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Universities Association for Lifelong Learning sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Avening Playgroup (£46k), The Italia Conti Trust (£46k) and The Liverpool Blue Coat School Foundation (£46k).