THE THIRD AGE TRUST

Registered charity 288007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £2,289,726, which the Trustees consider adequate but not excessive against a target range of £1,000,000 to £1,500,000. Per the financial review, the group reported a net surplus of £71,990 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £2,318,690. The trustees confirm the charity is in a healthy financial position for the next few years despite expected future expenditure exceeding income.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goodman Jones LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Allan Graham Walmsleychair
• Alan Russell
• DEREK MURRAY HARWOOD · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dame Pauline Green
• John Bent · trustee of 2 other charities
• Laurence Wale
• MARIA GENOWEFA GABRIELCZYK
• Sheila Crawley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).