Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Good reserves management: +3
Pension deficit: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, INCLUDING RESEARCH.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
There is a pension deficit of £5,953,000
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 21 years

www.canterbury.ac.uk

alison.sear@canterbury.ac.uk

01227 927700

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£185,956	£191,206	£-5,250	£70	£125,091	£124,568	7.8	1,562
31/07/21	£152,268	£141,196	£11,072	£62	£49,449	£49,011	4.2	1,480
31/07/20	£120,178	£126,643	£-6,465	£62	£41,078	£40,782	3.9	1,526
31/07/19	£126,078	£130,314	£-4,236	£62	£91,268	£90,962	8.4	1,507
31/07/18	£130,874	£131,994	£-1,120	£43	£95,228	£94,933	8.6	1,585
31/07/17	£135,054	£130,226	£4,828	£49	£95,654	£95,367	8.8	1,660
31/07/16	£134,833	£127,601	£7,232	£11,967	£77,465	£77,184	7.3	1,572
31/07/15	£126,399	£119,954	£6,445	£10,677	£72,041	£57,500	5.8	1,506
31/07/14	£122,096	£116,340	£5,756	£10,053	£70,360	£55,503	5.7	1,426
31/07/13	£122,970	£115,846	£7,124	£10,643	£64,529	£49,362	5.1	1,414
31/07/12	£115,180	£110,801	£4,379	£10,228	£51,255	£34,451	3.7	1,429
31/07/11	£118,945	£110,209	£8,736	£9,354	£57,864	£39,860	4.3	1,453
31/07/10	£113,392	£108,569	£4,823	£9,014	£48,703	£29,797	3.3	1,437
31/07/09	£103,334	£99,135	£4,199	£11,164	£34,550	£20,581	2.5	1,331
31/07/08	£90,427	£88,265	£2,162	£7,424	£39,485	£34,698	4.7	1,267
31/07/07	£81,074	£79,513	£1,561	£7,303	£38,119	£42,836	6.5	1,240
31/07/06	£65,005	£65,528	£-523	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/05	£61,945	£61,381	£564	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/04	£58,517	£58,165	£352	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 87%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

1,562 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Canterbury Christ Church University
£9,970	17/10/2022	Celebrating the Kentish Hooden Horse
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	28/06/2019	Kent and Medway Engineering Design Growth and Enterprise Hub
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Teaching texts more hermeneutically in RE
£38,246	10/07/2018	1. To support secondary RE teachers to teach texts more hermeneutically, focusing on Christianity and Islam; 2. To shape future curricular resources and assessment approaches in RE; 3. To exemplify ....more 1. To support secondary RE teachers to teach texts more hermeneutically, focusing on Christianity and Islam; 2. To shape future curricular resources and assessment approaches in RE; 3. To exemplify good practice in Key Stage RE, with a view to its future re-shaping.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Canterbury Christ Church University
£95,100	20/06/2017	Finding Eanswythe: the Life and Afterlife of an Anglo-Saxon Saint
Sport England - PlaySport
£295,952	31/07/2014	Funding under Sport England's University Sports Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'PlaySport'. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a ....more Funding under Sport England's University Sports Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'PlaySport'. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - CCCU I Sport
£174,053	19/05/2011	Funding under Sport England's Themed Round 4 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'CCCU I Sport'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 16/17 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-75

BISHOP ROSE HUDSON-WILKIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Bishop

CANON JUDITH JANE ARMITT (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Public Sector Professional, Other trusteeships: CENTRE FOR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FRINDSBURY WITH UPNOR & CHATTENDEN, Design South East Limited,

CLIVE ROBERT STEVENS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DR ALISON CHRISTINE EYDEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Professional

DR KENNETH FOX Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Principal Lecturer

JUDITH ANNE SALLY HARDING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Project Director

JEREMY DAVID JAMES STOCKWELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

JOHN WOOD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

LADY ANGELA CLARE NEWEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

NADRA KHANUM AHMED CBE Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: SPADEWORK LIMITED,

PAMELA JONES OBE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

PROFESSOR RAMA THIRUNAMACHANDRAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: University Vice Chancellor

PROFESSOR ALEC GRAEME DEWHURST Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Regional Postgraduate Dean (Physician)

REV ROBERT STEVENSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Planning Consultant

ROBIN HIGGINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Procurement

STEPHEN CAREY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Teacher

SUSAN ELIZABETH APPLEBY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2003, number: 1098136
Registered at Companies House on 10/06/2003, number: 04793659

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Canterbury Christ Church University
Anselm Building, North Holmes Road
CANTERBURY
Kent
CT1 1QU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY KNOWN AS CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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