University of the Third Age Bromley

Analysis

University of the Third Age Bromley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in July 1990, 36 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, University of the Third Age Bromley reported income of £88k and spending of £94k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £88k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Bromley 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 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (£88k), St Austell Arts Centre (£88k) and Bluetack Collective (£88k).

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.