Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Pension deficit: -1
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE

UCAS is an independent charity, and remains committed to its vision of being at the heart of connecting people to higher education. We do this by providing information, advice, and admissions services to inspire and facilitate progression in education.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

There is a pension deficit of £2,788,000
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/22	£53,822	£48,691	£5,131	£19,233	£49,544	£49,544	12.2	480
31/07/21	£51,728	£40,915	£10,813	£15,484	£39,194	£39,194	11.5	443
31/07/20	£49,858	£52,650	£-2,792	£15,142	£22,175	£22,175	5.1	468
31/07/19	£50,791	£45,939	£4,852	£16,226	£28,729	£28,729	7.5	460
31/07/18	£47,758	£43,921	£3,837	£15,078	£27,473	£27,473	7.5	481
31/07/17	£37,140	£37,056	£84	£0	£23,614	£23,614	7.6	498
31/07/16	£35,023	£35,719	£-696	£0	£16,035	£16,035	5.4	492
31/07/15	£32,300	£32,035	£264	£70	£23,847	£23,847	8.9	445
31/07/14	£32,496	£32,278	£218	£105	£25,941	£25,941	9.6	431
31/07/13	£30,404	£30,261	£142	£97	£26,831	£26,831	10.6	437
31/07/12	£29,439	£29,181	£258	£125	£18,170	£18,170	7.5	412
31/07/11	£27,922	£24,771	£3,151	£106	£25,284	£25,284	12.2	345
31/07/10	£26,856	£21,548	£5,308	£59	£22,099	£22,099	12.3	337
31/07/09	£24,457	£20,273	£4,184	£43	£18,307	£18,307	10.8	318
31/07/08	£22,089	£19,788	£2,301	£43	£16,143	£16,143	9.8	318
31/07/07	£20,922	£18,690	£2,232	£39	£14,044	£14,044	9	319
31/07/06	£19,788	£17,530	£2,257	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/05	£18,853	£16,252	£2,601	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/04	£16,391	£16,147	£244	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 59.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 12.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 31 years

www.ucas.com

corporategovernance@ucas.ac.uk

01242 544823

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

480 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Education - Payments To UCAS For Fraud Prevention
£67,000	01/04/2020	Counter-fraud and plagiarism detection for the HE Admissions system. Help maintain the integrity of the HE sector by detecting and removing applications that are suspected as fraudulent or provide ....more Counter-fraud and plagiarism detection for the HE Admissions system. Help maintain the integrity of the HE sector by detecting and removing applications that are suspected as fraudulent or provide false information.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-65

KATHRYN TRUDY NORRIS-GREY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MELODY STEPHEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student

PROFESSOR COLIN GARETH BAILEY CBE Appointed: 2020

PROFESSOR JAMES ALEXANDER MILLER FRSE Appointed: 2023

SIMON JOHN BATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant

CAROLINE HODDINOTT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Headteacher

MARK FELIX Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Commercial Director

PATRICIA ANN CARVALHO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Principal And Ceo, Other trusteeship: BETHEL HEALTH AND HEALING NETWORK,

PROFESSOR EDWARD WILLIAM PECK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor

PROFESSOR MALCOLM PRESS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vice-Chancellor

SHUVO SAHA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: THE COMMON PURPOSE CHARITABLE TRUST,

THOMAS WILLIAM CHAMBERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/1993, number: 1024741
Registered at Companies House on 27/07/1993, number: 02839815

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

ROSEHILL
NEW BARN LANE
CHELTENHAM
GL52 3LZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO ADVANCE AND TO ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER HIGHER, FURTHER OR SECONDARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN SO FAR AS SUCH ADVANCEMENT AND ASSISTANCE SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN NATURE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING AN ORGANISATION TO FACILITATE THE CONSIDERATION BY SUCH UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER HIGHER, FURTHER OR SECONDARY EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS OF APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO AND TO ASSIST APPLICANTS IN GAINING ACCESS TO SUCH UNIVERSITIES AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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