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Children's University Trust

Registered charity 1118315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CU TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC052423 (OSCR)

Latest income
£248k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced significant financial stress due to reduced income and a forecast unrestricted deficit of (£26,000) for the next 12 months. Per the trustees' report, the organization is monitoring cash flow closely and has temporarily relaxed its reserves policy to maintain solvency, while considering an orderly wind-down if survival without breaching policies becomes unlikely.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31st March 2025 the lowest level of Reserves forecast in the next 12 months (March 2026) was (£26,000).” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The review noted, however, that continued financial stresses caused by lack of income – especially lack of success in grant and donation bids – compared with our cost levels meant that we would have to review the possibility of invoking Orderly Wind Down if we could not foresee a reasonable probability of survival without breaching our Reserves and Cash Policies.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children's University Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£596k
Total spending
£523k
Reserves (reported)
£199k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£248k£313k
31/03/2024£370k£367k
31/03/2023£362k£483k
31/03/2022£596k£523k
31/03/2021£287k£317k

Common questions

Is Children's University Trust financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity faced significant financial stress due to reduced income and a forecast unrestricted deficit of (£26,000) for the next 12 months. Per the trustees' report, the organization is monitoring cash flow closely and has temporarily relaxed its reserves policy to maintain solvency, while considering an orderly wind-down if survival without breaching policies becomes unlikely. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Children's University Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Children's University Trust as a grant recipient include BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£27k
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k

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