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CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1098136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3182956 · Wikipedia · also known as CCCU

UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, INCLUDING RESEARCH.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY KNOWN AS CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£353.8m
Latest spending
£356.7m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University returned a reported surplus of £2.897m for the year ended 31 July 2025, representing 0.81% of total income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £143.304m, and the University maintained sufficient cash balances and met bank covenants, confirming its status as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Medco (CCCU) Limited
“The University holds an investment in a subsidiary company, Medco (CCCU) Limited. This is a company registered in England and Wales which operates under a franchise arrangement with Warwick University Enterprises Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 443 (£60,001–£70,000: 149; £70,001–£80,000: 152; £80,001–£90,000: 55; £90,001–£100,000: 46; £100,001–£110,000: 16; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 5; £130,001–£140,000: 4; £140,001–£150,000: 6; £150,001–£200,000: 5; £200,001–£250,000: 2)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 431 (£60,001–£70,000: 153; £70,001–£80,000: 161; £80,001–£90,000: 61; £90,001–£100,000: 19; £100,001–£110,000: 12; £110,001–£120,000: 6; £120,001–£130,000: 6; £130,001–£140,000: 3; £140,001–£150,000: 6; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £200,001–£250,000: 1; £300,001–£350,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 353 (£60,001–£70,000: 209; £70,001–£80,000: 64; £80,001–£90,000: 36; £90,001–£100,000: 17; £100,001–£110,000: 7; £110,001–£120,000: 7; £120,001–£130,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 7; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

83 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (36 freehold); recorded price paid £6.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (68,230 likes) · instagram (19K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£353.8m
Total spending
£356.7m
Cost of raising funds
£160k
Reserves (reported)
£143.3m
Employees
1,574

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£353.8m£356.7m
31/07/2024£319.2m£311.9m
31/07/2023£263.8m£260.4m
31/07/2022£186.0m£191.2m
31/07/2021£152.3m£141.2m

Common questions

Is CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the University returned a reported surplus of £2.897m for the year ended 31 July 2025, representing 0.81% of total income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £143.304m, and the University maintained sufficient cash balances and met bank covenants, confirming its status as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

Who funds CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY as a grant recipient include THE FROEBEL TRUST, UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation, CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUST, THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST, THE JANUS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FROEBEL TRUSTFY2023£50kOpen Call Research Grant
UBS UK Donor-Advised FoundationFY2020£40kCharitable activities
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUSTFY2023£28kUnderstanding, explain and develop decolonising pedagogy in secondary school Religious Education lessons
THE ALL SAINTS EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2025£25kPositive faith, worldview and spiritual oracy
THE JANUS FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYFY2021£18kBrian Fagg Legacy
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUSTFY2022£17kMood Boards
THE FROEBEL TRUSTFY2025£10kOpen Call Research Grant
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2024£5kDevelopment project
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2025£5kDevelopment project
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2022£4kReward and recognition awards
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2024£2kAutumn Winter
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2025£2kAutumn Winter
THE RCN FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kAmin Abdullah RCN Foundation Grant
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2024£324Inclusivity Fund
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITEDFY2022£200Inclusivity Fund
THE FROEBEL TRUSTFY2026amount not statedOpen Call Research Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/11/2024£67k"Let’s do the time walk again! Exploring the East Kent Coast through digital heritage."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/10/2022£10k"Celebrating the Kentish Hooden Horse"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/08/2021£100k"Medieval Animals Heritage in East Kent"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/06/2017£95k"Finding Eanswythe: the Life and Afterlife of an Anglo-Saxon Saint"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2016£4k"Walking Heritage"
Sport England31/07/2014£283kPlaySport
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/06/2014£9k"Letterpress Re-imagined: Printing at Sissinghurst"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/06/2012£75k"South East Archive of Seaside (SEAS) Photography & The Sunbeam Collection"
Sport England19/05/2011£174kCCCU I Sport
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/03/2011£46k"Canterbury: Civil War, Commerce and Culture -The Growth of a City 1600-2000"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2009£304k"A Town Unearthed: Folkestone Before 1500"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/03/2009£45k"Canterbury : England's Crucible AD 597 - AD1603"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/08/2007£50k"Welte Organ - Music Rolls Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2007£10k"St. Augustine Abbey Outer Precinct Interpretation Scheme"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORTH WEST CANCER RESEARCH (INCORPORATING CLATTERBRIDGE CANCER RESEARCH CCR)1£105k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND1£60k
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS)1£17k
THE OGDEN TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY£353.8m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER FY2025£154.2m——above—no doubt
THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY NZ TRUST FY2025£7k——unclear—no doubt
National Centre For Universities and Business FY2026£2.8m£160,000 - £170,000—above—no doubt
CHRIST THE REDEEMER COLLEGE FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
CHRIST CHURCH HUNTINGDON FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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