Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

JISC 

Jisc champions the use of digital technologies in UK education and research. It provides a range of online services and training to education, learning and research communities in the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £29,078,000
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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 Volun-
teers
31/07/23£145,924£148,355£-2,431£74,331£112,342£103,6078.41,1520
31/07/22£129,510£139,833£-10,323£73,336£113,842£103,0238.89280
31/07/21£195,818£197,468£-1,650£5,880£120,863£108,3046.68620
31/07/20£184,348£174,545£9,803£4,224£89,198£76,9325.37790
31/07/19£155,111£177,518£-22,407£1,475£81,383£66,1604.56630
31/07/18£145,094£146,188£-1,094£1,050£100,746£84,78675560
31/07/17£132,967£133,002£-35£1,633£101,840£84,2547.65210
31/07/16£130,895£136,794£-5,899£1,277£101,875£82,5397.25150
31/07/15£137,877£128,876£9,001£1,423£114,327£87,8688.24240
31/07/14£161,011£135,960£25,051£1,102£105,326£79,24272950
31/07/13£163,718£98,478£65,240£470£80,275£70,8848.62080

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 76.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 50.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 11 years
(18 years as a company)

www.jisc.ac.uk

press@jisc.ac.uk

02036975802

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 1,152 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Operas PLUS (new application)
£9,125 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10055728
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - DIAMAS (3)
£18,432 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10058145
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Palomera (2)
£4,781 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10061139
Department for Education - Data Futures
£2,134,416 24/02/2022
The funded programme facilitates in-year collection, assurance and dissemination of UK higher education data, to support more timely decision-making with respect to UK higher education statutory ....more
Department for Education - Data Futures
£1,207,104 24/02/2022
The funded programme facilitates in-year collection, assurance and dissemination of UK higher education data, to support more timely decision-making with respect to UK higher education statutory ....more
Department for Education - Data Futures
£1,714,904 01/12/2021
Data Futures-Sector wide programme to develop a data collection platform.
Department for Education - JISC Capital 2021
£6,470,530 19/08/2021
Provide Digital solutions for UK education and research.
Department for Education - JISC recurrent 2021
£8,729,606 19/08/2021
Provide Digital solutions for UK education and research.
Department for Education - Joint Info Systems
£13,991,000 01/04/2021
Jisc provides ICT infrastructure and related services to all HEIs, FECs and most research establishments across the UK. It is a private, not-for-profit company and charity which derives most of its ....more
Department for Education - JISC Capital 2020
£10,000,000 10/09/2020
Provide digital solutions for UK educational and research
Department for Education - JISC recurrent 2020
£9,466,664 10/09/2020
Provide digital solutions for UK education and research
Department for Education - ALB-Office for Students-Data Futures
£1,404,170 01/04/2020
Data Futures - real time HE information exchange
Department for Education - Joint Info Systems
£13,991,004 01/04/2020
Jisc provides ICT infrastructure and related services to all HEIs, FECs and most research establishments across the UK. It is a private, not-for-profit company and charity which derives most of its ....more
Department for Education - Joint Info Systems
£13,991,000 01/04/2019
Jisc provides ICT infrastructure and related services to all HEIs, FECs and most research establishments across the UK. It is a private, not for profit company and charity which derives most of its ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/2012, number: 1149740
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/03/2006, number: 05747339
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EDUSERV on 16/03/2023
  • Asset transfer in from HIGHER EDUCATION CAREERS SERVICES UNIT on 19/03/2024
Main office

Jisc
4 Portwall Lane
BRISTOL
BS1 6NB

Objectives

The objects of the charity are restricted to the advancement of education, lifelong learning and research, for the public benefit, through the provision of services to those within higher education, further education, research communities, and charitable and/or not for profit organisations including those in the public sector and the public at large, principally but not exclusively by the provision and/or maintenance of digital technology, and/or by providing or supporting services connected with or delivered through digital technology and/or the provision of data and associated services. To guide but not so as to restrict those objects the charity has among its aims: i. promoting the adoption and use of information technology in all its forms, including but not limited to digital infrastructure, applications, cloud services, data, security, content, discovery ii. enriching the educational experience and improving the quality of research iii. thought leadership iv. conducting and supporting careers advice and student services

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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