SWANSEA UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1138342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRIFYSGOL ABERTAWE

The University advances learning and knowledge by teaching and research, and engages in activities to promote and contribute to cultural, social and economic development within Wales and beyond.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University reported an operating deficit of £39.9m for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a 13% decline in income due to reduced international student recruitment and inflationary pressures. Per the trustees' report, the University maintains a strong cash position of £97.6m and unrestricted reserves of £245.9m, but acknowledges that ongoing financial challenges require further savings and cost reductions to ensure future sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swansea 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)

• Administrative Data Research Centre - Scotland —
• UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre 2017 (UKCCSRC 2017) —
• BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS THAT THREATEN TREE HEALTH —
• UK Dementias Platform —
• Climate change impacts on global wildfire ignitions by lightning and the safe management of landscape fuels —
• WISERD Civil Society: Changing perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair —
• Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology TACT3 —
• New Frontiers of Lattice Field Theory —
• Meta-fibres: Optical fibres with meta-surfaces for advanced optical biopsy through needles —
• ISCF Wave 1: North East Centre for Energy Materials —

Property (HM Land Registry)

27 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £663k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Swansea University scores 3.1/5 from 4 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (85,780 likes) · instagram (51K followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 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 (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carlos Gregorio Ashmorechair
• Anne Catherine Tutt · trustee of 3 other charities
• Charles Heath Davies
• Dr Phatsimo Mabophiwa · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Illtyd David
• Karen Jones
• Keshav Singhal · trustee of 1 other charity
• LAURENCE JEROME CARPANINI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marcia Ann Sinfield
• Mark Adrian Jones
• Matthew Robert Harris
• Nan Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Michelle Denise Lee
• Professor Paul Joseph Boyle · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Adam Jones
• Richard David Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robbie Glyn Richards
• Thomas Michael Navin

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION.

• SWANSEA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £5.8m
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU income £224.9m
• CARDIFF UNIVERSITY income £634.1m
• USWSU income £2.1m
• BANGOR UNIVERSITY income £160.4m
• Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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