U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch

Analysis

U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch reported income of £84k and spending of £68k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £84k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harwich Festival (£84k), Tredegar Town Band Society (£84k) and Amersham Band (£84k).