Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

PRIFYSGOL CYMRU / THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES 

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION - UNIVERSITY FACILITY, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants and contracts
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £355,000
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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£2,723£5,080£-2,357£0£5,801£3,0197.1190
31/07/22£2,443£2,789£-346£0£6,248£9314240
31/07/21£2,383£2,741£-358£0£3,829£-1,500-6.6240
31/07/20£3,818£4,037£-219£0£2,277£-2,583-7.7540
31/07/19*£5,817£9,843£-4,026£0£2,232£-3,204-3.9800
31/07/18£4,966£8,335£-3,369£0£7,858£8881.3900
31/07/17£5,537£10,711£-5,174£0£12,912£3,3123.71040
31/07/16£6,489£10,285£-3,796£0£14,863£5,6156.61100
31/07/15£7,830£9,738£-1,908£0£20,097£11,54114.21160
31/07/14£9,067£8,632£435£0£22,000£3,9185.41080
31/07/13£10,346£14,437£-4,091£0£21,269£3,1242.61220

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 83%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 12 years

www.wales.ac.uk

UWCouncil@wales.ac.uk

02920376999

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cardiff, Ceredigion, City Of Swansea, Powys,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 19 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2012, number: 1146516
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR19: 2 days late,
Main office

UNIVERSITY OF WALES
REGISTRY
KING EDWARD VII AVENUE
CARDIFF
CF10 3NS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH. THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES EXISTS TO SERVE WALES AND ITS PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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