The Third Age Trust

Analysis

The Third Age Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01759471). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Third Age Trust reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.4m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.5m (+15%), an average of +3.4% a year. 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, The Third Age Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shumei Eiko Limited (£3.5m), University of Exeter Students' Guild (£3.5m) and The Society for Experimental Biology (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 47%, charitable activities 46% and investments 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £21k. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 39%. Grants to other organisations totalled £24k. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.