U.W.C. GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED

Registered charity 1107423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNITED WORLD COLLEGES NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF GREAT BRITAIN

The mission of UWC Great Britain Limited is to: Select students for all UWC colleges and short courses that represent the diversity of Great Britain. Provide support for current students selected and their parents in order to maximise their UWC experience. Maximise opportunities for young people to take part in a UWC experience and nurture an enduring commitment to the UWC ideals in Great Britain

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES MOVEMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward decreased from £29,725.75 to £5,364.15, reflecting a net surplus of £3,654.90 for the year. The charity notes that it will need to increase fundraising to provide additional support for students. The trustees acknowledge that the charity is at an early stage in its development with minimal risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 23/03/2025, 51 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/01/2025, 350 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 16/03/2022, 44 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05200658

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UWC Great Britain (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• PICKARD, Christopher David Omnatayo, Dr — director, appointed 07/11/2022on trustee list
• GORMAN, Patricia — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
• JONES, Christopher — director, appointed 18/08/2020on trustee list
• MODY SPENCER, Perveez, Dr — director, appointed 06/06/2020not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Mark Joneschair
• Andrew Philip Morris
• Dr Christopher David Pickard · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Perveez Mody Spencer
• Gareth Williams
• HANNAH MAHAPATRA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Patricia Gorman
• Tegan Evans

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

Operates in: 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 UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER STUDENTS' UNION.

• UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER STUDENTS' UNION income £4.8m
• THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES (INTERNATIONAL) income £11.7m
• WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
• URWICK BENEVOLENT LIMITED income £30k
• WEST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION income £4.1m
• WILLIAMS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £40k

Side by side with its peers

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