CCCU UK

Registered charity 1085493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCIO

To run an educational establishment to enable the public to study Arts and Sciences at a University Standard

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £425,774 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by total incoming resources of £1,678,288 against expenditures of £1,252,514. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of approximately £250,000, which is in line with its stated policy target of three months of programme costs. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2024) to £120,001 - £130,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04026626

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• major grant-awarding bodies — “With the assistance of major grant-awarding bodies SCIO also hosts academic conferences, focussing on science and religion, and the study of…” (source page)

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.

• PORTERFIELD, Deana — director, appointed 30/06/2025on trustee list
• SCHUBERT, Phil — director, appointed 30/06/2025on trustee list
• HOAG, David — director, appointed 27/06/2025on trustee list
• THIES, Andrea — director, appointed 27/06/2025on trustee list
• ROSENBERG, Stanley Paul, Dr. — secretary, appointed 23/07/2013

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Thies
• David Hoag
• Deana Porterfield
• Phil Schubert

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with National Centre For Universities and Business.

• National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
• CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £2.7m
• WCCF LTD income £967k
• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO income £399k
• UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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