University of the Third Age Leeds

Analysis

University of the Third Age Leeds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in January 1987, 39 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, University of the Third Age Leeds reported income of £36k and spending of £31k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,406 to £36k (+457%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 153%. 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, University of the Third Age Leeds sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckinghamshire Conservation Trust (£36k), Culmington Village Hall (£36k) and Sheffield Tango Festival (£36k).