Salford Life Long Learning (U3a)

Analysis

Salford Life Long Learning (U3a) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Salford Life Long Learning (U3a) reported income of £93k and spending of £89k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,653 to £93k (+1891%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 340%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Salford Life Long Learning (U3a) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ladybird Playgroup (£93k), John Aves Education Project (£93k) and Catsfield Under Fives Playgroup (£93k).