Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
    • No volunteer policy: -2
    • 12+ Trustees: -1
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU 

    The University provides education and training, and undertakes research for the public benefit
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
    • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
    • There are 21 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

    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 Volun-
    teers
    31/07/23£233,031£231,818£1,213£0£273,647£266,01613.82,17242
    31/07/22£218,934£215,990£2,944£0£221,473£216,367122,06728
    31/07/21£200,212£195,001£5,211£0£75,370£70,3084.32,04148
    31/07/20£198,832£200,061£-1,229£0£54,700£49,75332,096263
    31/07/19*£198,944£193,887£5,057£0£75,602£71,0954.42,093406
    31/07/18£184,522£179,801£4,721£0£94,117£89,91862,0600
    31/07/17£184,168£177,861£6,307£0£60,669£56,6403.82,1340
    31/07/16£190,907£182,429£8,478£0£62,419£58,7843.92,1830
    31/07/15£196,941£200,383£-3,442£0£121,003£63,0453.82,2090
    31/07/14£195,680£189,149£6,531£0£141,700£80,1575.12,3610
    31/07/13£192,541£189,811£2,730£0£133,621£71,0394.52,5860
    31/07/12£148,723£145,303£3,420£0£68,614£37,7443.11,9600

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
    Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 41%
    Liabilities/Income: 81%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
    Reserves/Spending: 13.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.7
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 13 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Colleges and universities
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Throughout Wales,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 2,172 employees
    • 42 volunteers

    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£123,709
    Department for Work and Pensions£7,713
    National Lottery Community Fund£6,300
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - AF4ENERGY Affordable Energy for Africa - Renewable Energy and Valorisation of Waste Biomass
    £7,279 01/04/2022
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105910
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - South Wales Industrial Cluster - Phase 2 Deployment
    £116,429 01/04/2022
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=91433
    Department for Work and Pensions - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
    £2,170 01/04/2022
    The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
    National Lottery Community Fund - ESOL project for People seeking sanctuary in Wales
    £6,300 28/09/2021
    University Of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru in Cardiff will provide face-to-face English classes in the community for asylum seekers and refugees. £6300 will fund venue hire and teaching supplies.
    Department for Work and Pensions - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
    £5,543 01/04/2021
    The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Performance and the Maternal
    £192,025 01/04/2019
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=AH/T000279/1
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Food Transport Refrigeration with Engine Exhaust and Metal Hydride Reactors
    £46,639 01/04/2019
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=971647
    DCMS - ALB-Historic England-HERALD: Linked Data for the Historic Environment
    £10,000 01/04/2019
    The new OASIS system incorporates the highest level of recording standards, allowing stakeholders to record information/events accurately and consistently via established vocabularies and clear ....more
    DCMS - Cyber Security Postgraduate Bursaries Scheme
    £29,411 31/05/2018
    This grant is being made available by DCMS as part of an initiative funded by the National Cyber Security Programme 2 (NCSP2). The grant is for the third year of the scheme seeking to facilitate and ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to University of South Wales
    £49,300 31/05/2018
    Moby Dick on the Newport Transporter Bridge: Combining literature, heritage, history and community
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Moving Image Demonstrators
    £274,525 01/04/2018
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104776
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - Feasibility project to dramatically extend 1st life via next generation battery management systems
    £35,066 01/04/2018
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=133720
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - University of South Wales and InterHigh Education Limited
    £140,088 01/04/2018
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=511271
    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - On Cherlin's conjecture for finite binary primitive permutation groups
    £97,372 01/04/2018
    Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=EP/R028702/1
    DCMS - ALB-Historic England-HERALD: Linked Data for the Historic Environment
    £10,000 01/04/2018
    The new OASIS system incorporates the highest level of recording standards, allowing stakeholders to record information/events accurately and consistently via established vocabularies and clear ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Authentic resources co-produced by parents.
    £6,754 15/11/2017
    12
    Authentic resources co-produced by parents.
    Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
    £19,739 01/04/2017
    Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
    Road Safety Trust - Grant to University of South Wales
    £62,908 11/01/2017
    18
    Developing a Road Crossing Educational Computer 'Game' for Primary Schools
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to University of South Wales
    £39,000 27/08/2015
    Virtual Heritage Wales - Caerwent Roman Town
    National Lottery Community Fund - Newport University Community Counselling Service (NUCCS)
    £86,410 26/05/2015
    12
    Newport University Community Counselling Service (NUCCS)
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to University of South Wales
    £54,000 25/04/2014
    The Archaeologist's Wife
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (21)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 18/21 persons

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2011, number: 1140312
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    12 returns made; AR19: 9 days late,
    Main office

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
    TREFOREST
    PONTYPRIDD
    CF37 1DL

    Objectives

    1. UNDER SECTION 124 OF THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1988, THE CORPORATION HAS POWER A) TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATIONB) TO PROVIDE FURTHER EDUCATION;C) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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