CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1136855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The University provides Higher Education to the general public which will also include numerous research activities. For more detail see the Public Benefit Statement within the Annual Financial Statements.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Cardiff University recorded an underlying operating deficit of £33.4 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, worsening from the previous year's £31.2 million deficit. Despite this, the University maintains a strong balance sheet with consolidated net assets of £821 million and free reserves of £478 million, which are above the stated policy target of £100 million. The trustees affirm that the University has sufficient liquidity and resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cardiff University (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

• Epigenetic responses to dietary change across organismal lifespan —
• Cardiff University and Champion Manufacturing Group Limited KTP 25_26 R1 —
• Cardiff University and Edwards Vacuum KTP 21_22 R5 —
• Cardiff University and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust KTP 24_25 R4 —
• Cardiff University and Down to Earth Project KTP 23_24 R5 —
• How changes in nutrient availability are sensed and shape metabolism and growth —
• Cardiff University and Compound Semiconductor Centre KTP 25_26 R1 —
• Cardiff University and Centregreat Rail Limited KTP 21_22 R1 —
• Gravitational Waves PROJECT COORDINATION —
• Regulation of superoxide formation —

Property (HM Land Registry)

51 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (30 freehold); recorded price paid £19.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Cardiff University scores 2.0/5 from 11 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

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.

• Research Assistant · Hybrid work in Cardiff CF24 4HQ
• Research Associate · Cardiff CF10
• Research Associate in Bioimaging · Cardiff CF10 3AX
• Research Associate - Microstructural MRI · Cardiff CF10
• Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy · Cardiff CF10
• Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy · Cardiff CF10
• Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research · Cardiff CF10
• Deputy Law Clinic Manager /Commercial Law Clinic Practitioner · Cardiff CF10 3AX

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ana Rodrigues Sarmento Guedes de Oliveira
• Craig Alyn Watkins
• Dr ANDREW RODNEY Glanfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Robert Wilton Weaver
• Dr Wayne Nicolas Nishio
• Elizabeth Louise McKenzie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Peggy Button
• JOHN SHAKESHAFT
• Jennifer Wood
• Jonathan Peter Marlow
• Joshua Lloyd Tandy
• Mario Pietro Gualano
• Patrick Younge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Damian Walford Davies
• Professor Gavin Shaddick
• Professor Luke Samuel Sloan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Wendy Joan Larner
• Sean Peter Strong · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sian Rees
• Stephen Andrew Joseph Mann

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU.

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU income £224.9m
• CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY income £148.6m
• PRIFYSGOL CYMRU / THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES income £2.7m
• UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER income £154.2m
• UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £14.0m

Side by side with its peers

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