UKCISA

Registered charity 1095294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UKCOSA 2002: THE COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, UKCOSA : THE COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AFFAIRS

Advising and assisting all those interested in studying overseas (and especially non-UK nationals who wish to study in the UK) and those who support them.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell by 22% to £1,286k due to the withdrawal of government grants, resulting in a net expenditure of £234,944. Per the trustees' report, reserves are being utilized to fund this deficit, although general funds remain within the stated policy range of four to four-and-a-half months of annual expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves policy: four to four and a half months of planned annual expenditure (held: £793k)

“The Finance, Risk, and Audit committee review the reserves policy annually with the aim to keep general funds between a lower level of four months planned annual expenditure and an upper level of four and a half months of annual expenditure.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Tina Renshaw — Chief Executive (source)
Heather Knight — Head of Advice and Training (source)
Shreena Dholakia — Head of Finance and Resources (source)
Yinbo Yu — Head of Engagement and Partnerships (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.5m

Reserves (reported)

£624k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

Professor Koen Lambertschair
Bethan Ovens
Cathryn Turhan
Charlotte Corrish
Chris Chang
Emma Jane Gwynett-Davies
Heather McNeill
James Norman
Jonathan Exon · trustee of 1 other charity
Maria Loray
Mervyn Adams
Peter Barnes
Ross Clive Porter
SAIDA ALIMDJANOVA
Sally Saca

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.5m
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2022	£1.5m	£1.2m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is UKCISA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income fell by 22% to £1,286k due to the withdrawal of government grants, resulting in a net expenditure of £234,944. Per the trustees' report, reserves are being utilized to fund this deficit, although general funds remain within the stated policy range of four to four-and-a-half months of annual expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CATKIN PUSSYWILLOW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£39k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE income £7.5m
University of California Trust income £1.7m
WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU income £1.2m
BAGRI FOUNDATION income £707k
IES LONDON THE LONDON CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS (ILLINOIS) LIMITED income £8.8m
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATION UK income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UKCISA	£1.3m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE FY2025	£7.5m	—	6	within	—	no doubt
University of California Trust FY2025	£1.7m	£130,001 - £140,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
WELSH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / CANOLFAN MATERION RHYNGWLADOL CYMRU FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
BAGRI FOUNDATION FY2025	£707k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IES LONDON THE LONDON CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS (ILLINOIS) LIMITED FY2025	£8.8m	£180,001 - £190,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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