Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 8

UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 59 years

www.stir.ac.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/07/17	31/07/18	31/07/19	31/07/20	31/07/21	31/07/22
Charitable activities		£120,420,000	£125,344,000	£120,901,000	£124,150,000	£154,710,000
Donations & Legacies		£278,000	£230,000	£204,000	£136,000
Other Income
Investment Income		£392,000	£427,000	£234,000	£192,000	£267,000
Total income	£117,337,000	£121,090,000	£126,001,000	£121,339,000	£124,478,000	£155,255,000
Charitable activities spending		£122,094,000	£157,874,000	£108,728,000	£112,948,000	£168,687,000
Fundraising costs	5%
Other spending
Total spending	£117,354,635	£122,094,000	£157,874,000	£108,728,000	£112,948,000	£168,687,000
Surplus/deficit	-£17,635	-£1,004,000	-£31,873,000	£12,611,000	£11,530,000	-£13,432,000

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: Stirling

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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	£575,875
Nuffield Foundation	£505,899
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust	£26,176
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£19,891

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dementia education for family carers and volunteers
£26,176	26/05/2022	Provision of educational workshops to family carers and volunteers who support a person living with dementia, throughout Scotland. Workshops provide practical hints and tips to support improved ....more Provision of educational workshops to family carers and volunteers who support a person living with dementia, throughout Scotland. Workshops provide practical hints and tips to support improved quality of life for both the person and the informal carer.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Co-Producing Tolerant Futures through Ancient Identities
£79,891	10/01/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH/V011359/1
Nuffield Foundation - Grant to University of Stirling
£233,450	13/12/2021 18	Towards Welfare Access, Assets And Debts Of LGBT+ People In The UK
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to University of Stirling
£9,991	29/10/2021	Fae Raploch To Elland Road: Remembering Billy Bremner
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - 21ROMITIGATIONFUND Stirling
£238,000	01/09/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB/W510713/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ODA Adjustment Funding-University of Stirling
£200,000	01/04/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP/X525364/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - UKRI COVID19 Doctoral Funding University of Stirling
£57,983	01/04/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE/W502753/1
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to University of Stirling
£9,900	28/08/2019	Tales from the Ring: Celebrating Scotland's Boxing Heritage
Nuffield Foundation - Education Grant
£272,449	10/05/2019	Choice, attainment and positive destinations: exploring the impact of curriculum policy change on young people
Robertson Trust - Dementia Education for Family Carers and Volunteers
£45,000	04/12/2018	Dementia Education for Family Carers and Volunteers
Nuffield Foundation - Justice grant
£338,227	11/05/2018	Access to Justice for Social Rights: Addressing the Accountability Gap
Robertson Trust - The Learning and Audience Development Curator
£17,000	28/02/2015	The Learning and Audience Development Curator

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 07/06/1965, number: SC011159

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Stirling Campus, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Objectives

The University shall be a body for the purposes of teaching, examining and the promotion of research and shall, subject to the provisions of this Our Charter and the Statutes of the University, have the following objects and powers:- (a) To provide instruction in such branches of learning as the University may think fit, whether for members of the University or for others, and to make provision for research and for the preservation, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as the University may determine. (b) To prescribe in its Ordinances the conditions under which persons may be admitted as students of the University or of any particular course of study provided by the University. (c) To grant, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other academic distinctions to persons who shall have pursued a course of study approved by the University and shall have passed the examinations or other tests prescribed by the University. (d) To grant, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Degrees to any persons who hold office in the University or who shall have carried on research therein. (e) To grant Diplomas, Certificates or other academic distinctions to persons who have pursued a course of study approved by the University under conditions laid down by the University in its Statutes or Ordinances. (f) To grant to approved persons, under conditions laid down in its Statutes or Ordinances, Honorary Degrees or other academic distinctions. (g) To accept the examinations and periods of study passed by students of the University at other Universities or places of learning as equivalent to such examination and periods of study in the University as the Academic Council of the University may determine, and to withdraw such acceptance at any time.

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