THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Registered charity 1106172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAUC

A member organisation supporting universities and colleges across the UK and Ireland to improve their sustainability credentials.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE:A) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY BY AND IN RELATION TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES;B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE ATTENDING OR WORKING IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, IN ALL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; ANDC) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC.IN THIS CLAUSE 3:A) "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPRISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS; ANDB) "UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES" MEANS UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND ANY OTHER INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an overall loss of £48,161 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that reserves remain healthy, with unrestricted funds of £515,580, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £81,786.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by J W Hinks LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melanie Lenehanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aida Berhamovic
• Callum Innes
• Charlotte Bonner
• Jennifer Boyer
• Jonathan Buglass
• Nina Hart
• Professor James Alexander Ian Montgomery
• Professor Neil Glasser
• Roederer Rose Fullerton
• Sara Lynch
• Sian Thomas
• Tsz Lok Lam

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION.

• THE UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION income £219k
• ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY UK income £6.6m
• INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON income £310k
• ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK income £1.4m
• UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION income £245k

Side by side with its peers

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