Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

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
  • 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
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 21 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 £45,667,000
Established: 13 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/07/22£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: 15%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 86%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 12 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 2,067 employees
  • 28 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
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR19: 9 days late,
Main office

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
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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
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