National Centre For Universities and Business

Registered charity 1066956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIHE, THE COUNCIL FOR INDUSTRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £167,004 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £834,842. This reserve level is explicitly noted as being in excess of the charity's stated policy target of £600,000, which represents three months of fixed costs. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03465914

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALKER, Paul Ashton — director, appointed 11/12/2025on trustee list
• WHITE, Ian Hugh, Professor — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• MANZONI KCB, John, Sir — director, appointed 08/12/2022not on trustee list
• MCMILLAN, Trevor John, Professor — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• SYMONDS, Jonathan Richard — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• EVERY, Adele Leana — director, appointed 05/10/2022on trustee list
• RABONE, Robert — director, appointed 09/09/2019on trustee list
• BROWN, David Watson Mcnair — director, appointed 20/06/2019on trustee list
• SANDBACH, David Roy — director, appointed 20/06/2019on trustee list
• EZINGEARD, Jean-Noël Christian Francois, Professor — director, appointed 20/06/2019not on trustee list
• MARSHALL, John Joseph, Dr — secretary, appointed 14/08/2013

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Ashton Walkerchair
• Adele Leana Every
• David Watson McNair Brown
• Jean-Noel Ezingeard · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor David Roy Sandbach · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Ian Hugh White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Trevor JOhn McMillan
• Robert Rabone
• Sir John Manzoni KCB
• Sir Jonathan Richard Symonds · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL NUMERACY.

• NATIONAL NUMERACY income £2.2m
• BNJC income £4.1m
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• NEW PRODUCERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY income £275k
• Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit income £200k
• THE CSJ FOUNDATION income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.