Huddersfield and District University of the Third Age

Analysis

Huddersfield and District University of the Third Age is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Station Road. It was registered in June 1985, 41 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 provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Huddersfield and District University of the Third Age reported income of £57k and spending of £63k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £57k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Huddersfield and District University of the Third Age 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Actors Theatre Company (£57k), Risca Male Choir (£57k) and Ryecroft Hall Community Association (£57k).

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.