CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1136855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£634.1m
Latest spending
£692.0m
Registered
2010

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

Total income
£634.7m
Total spending
£692.0m
Cost of raising funds
£3.0m
Reserves (reported)
£767.0m
Employees
6,092

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

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£634.1m£692.0m
31/07/2024£646.9m£674.4m
31/07/2023£635.2m£611.5m
31/07/2022£634.2m£725.3m
31/07/2021£604.6m£573.2m

Common questions

Who funds CARDIFF UNIVERSITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARDIFF UNIVERSITY as a grant recipient include THE JANE HODGE FOUNDATION, UK DRI LTD, THE LEVERHULME TRUST, Blood Cancer UK Research, ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE JANE HODGE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5.0m
UK DRI LTDFY2024£4.6m
UK DRI LTDFY2022£3.8m
UK DRI LTDFY2025£2.8m
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2023£1.8m
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2024£1.2m
Blood Cancer UK ResearchFY2025£929k
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2022£702k
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UKFY2025£632k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2024£608k
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2025£547k
PROSTATE CANCER UKFY2025£518k
PROSTATE CANCER UKFY2024£518k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2025£516k
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIESFY2025£497k
MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£432k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2022£341k
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIESFY2024£337k
Arthritis UKFY2022£315k
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIESFY2022£303k
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOMFY2023£269k
Fight for SightFY2023£249k
Fight for SightFY2022£247k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2025£236k
ROSETREESFY2023£219k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£174k
BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCHFY2023£172k
PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCHFY2024£162k
BRACEFY2024£135k
PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCHFY2023£134k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2022£118k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£100k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£100k
THE JANE HODGE FOUNDATIONFY2022£100k
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£89k
Blood Cancer UK ResearchFY2023£75k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYFY2024£73k
VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST CHARITYFY2024£63k
THE CURE PARKINSON'S TRUSTFY2021£53k
THE RCN FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH UKFY2024£47k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£46k
FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESSFY2025£42k
Fight for SightFY2024£30k
THE DAWES TRUSTFY2024£30k
Blood Cancer UK ResearchFY2024£30k
FUND FOR CURES UK, LTD.FY2023£29k
WELLBEING OF WOMENFY2023£28k
THE TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATIONFY2022£26k
BRACEFY2023£22k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/10/2014£51k"British views of an antique land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/10/2012£69k"Cartooning the First World War in Wales"