YORKSHIRE UNIVERSITIES

Registered charity 1109200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Yorkshire Universities works to maximise the contribution of higher education to the region, and beyond, through collaboration, together and with partners, where this generates greater impact and public benefit. We seek to widen engagement with higher education, for individuals to develop their skills and with private and public sectors to create knowledge through research and innovation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION AND THEREBY ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION.

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £93,357 exceed the charity's stated policy target of £65,000 to £76,000. The charity reports no restricted funds at year-end and holds cash balances in excess of its fund balances, indicating sufficient liquidity.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

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

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03467035

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.

• MURRAY, Gillian, Professor — director, appointed 13/07/2026on trustee list
• LAWSON, Thomas George Peter, Professor — director, appointed 01/06/2026not on trustee list
• WEST, Shearer Carroll, Professor — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• MOSSOP, Liz Helen — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• EGBU, Charles Odita, Professor — director, appointed 01/11/2020on trustee list
• WILSON, Joe, Prof — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
• BRYAN, Karen Linda, Professor — director, appointed 01/04/2020on trustee list
• JEFFERY, Charlie Adrian, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2019on trustee list
• SLEE, Peter Robert, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2015on trustee list
• LAMBERTS, Koenraad, Professor — director, appointed 01/01/2014on trustee list
• WONNACOTT, Simone Maria, Professor — director, appointed 25/03/2013on trustee list
• CRYAN, Robert Anthony, Professor — director, appointed 01/01/2007not on trustee list
• O'BRIEN, Peter Edward, Dr — secretary, appointed 16/04/2018

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Badcock
• Liz Mossop
• PROFESSOR CHARLES EGBU · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Gillian Murray
• Professor Joe Wilson
• Professor Karen Bryan
• Professor Koenraad Lamberts
• Professor Peter Robert Slee
• Professor Robert Anthony Cryan CBE FIET · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Shearer Carroll West
• Professor Thomas George Peter
• Simone Wonnacott

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of York · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENTS' UNION.

• UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENTS' UNION income £6.9m
• YORK ST JOHN STUDENTS' UNION income £1.3m
• YORKSHIRE SPORT FOUNDATION income £2.4m
• YORK CARES income £326k
• YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH income £27.7m
• THE C. AND J. B. MORRELL TRUST income £105k

Side by side with its peers

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