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CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1140762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE CARDIFF, UWIC

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Latest income
£148.6m
Latest spending
£146.8m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University delivered an operating accounting deficit of £3.9m for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily impacted by £5.1m in fixed asset impairments and restructuring costs. However, the University achieved an operational cash surplus of £7.9m and maintains a strong cash base of £44.2m, with the Board confident in its ability to continue as a going concern through 2025/2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 11
“In 2024-25, as a result of a structure change, there were 11 members of staff with a basic salary over £100k per annum” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Tuition fees and education contracts (72% of income)
“When international fees and educational contracts are included, this rises to £106.9m (2024: £107.3m) and accounts for 72% (2024: 74%) of total income.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Cardiff Met Company Ltd, Cardiff Metropolitan University Football Club Ltd
“The consolidated financial statements include Cardiff Metropolitan University and its wholly owned subsidiary undertakings, Cardiff Met Company Ltd and Cardiff Metropolitan University Football Club Ltd.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In the news

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Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)HEIW Provision of Enhanced and Advanced Education and Training——

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (62,916 likes) · instagram (35K followers)

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.

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

Total income
£148.6m
Total spending
£146.8m
Reserves (reported)
£180.9m
Employees
1,660

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 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 (99% 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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bulgaria · Caerphilly · Cardiff · China · Denbighshire · Egypt · Greece · India · Ireland · Lebanon · Malaysia · Morocco

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£148.6m£146.8m
31/07/2024£144.9m£144.9m
31/07/2023£153.2m£147.6m
31/07/2022£137.2m£137.9m
31/07/2021£122.3m£119.4m

Common questions

Is CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the University delivered an operating accounting deficit of £3.9m for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily impacted by £5.1m in fixed asset impairments and restructuring costs. However, the University achieved an operational cash surplus of £7.9m and maintains a strong cash base of £44.2m, with the Board confident in its ability to continue as a going concern through 2025/2026. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Who funds CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY as a grant recipient include Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL, NESTA, THE FROEBEL TRUST, Applied Microbiology International, THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2024£312k
NESTAFY2024£80kLongitude Prize on Dementia
THE FROEBEL TRUSTFY2023£24kOpen Call Research Grant
Applied Microbiology InternationalFY2021£24kGrant to institution
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£17kFreelands Studio Fellowship
Applied Microbiology InternationalFY2022£5k
ENACTUS UKFY2022£300

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2025£20kEmpowering Movement at Any Age through Movement Inspired by Martial Arts
UK government01/04/2022£8kCardiff Metropolitan University and V-Trak Limited KTP 21_22 R3
UK government01/04/2022£13kTraitPass: Your Traits, Your Pass
UK government01/04/2021£8kUKRI COVID19 Doctoral Funding Cardiff Metropolitan University
UK government01/04/2019£95kCardiff Metropolitan University and P and A Fencing and Sheds Limited
UK government01/04/2019£102kCardiff Metropolitan university and Window Cleaning Warehouse Limited
UK government01/04/2018£96kALB - UKRI - Cardiff Metropolitan University and Yard Associates Ltd
UK government01/04/2018£160kALB - UKRI - Cardff Metropolitan University and J G Hale Construction Limited
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2014£3k20Twenty Leadership Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund07/03/2013£5k20Twenty Leadership for Social Enterprises Programme (L4SE)

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY)2£85k
UK DRI LTD1£20.8m
THE JANE HODGE FOUNDATION1£5.1m
THE LEVERHULME TRUST1£4.3m
CANCER RESEARCH WALES1£2.3m
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES1£1.5m
Blood Cancer UK Research1£1.2m
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£1.2m

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY£148.6m—11unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY FY2025£634.1m——above—no doubt
PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH FY2025£127.4m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU FY2025£224.9m——unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY FY2025£56.9m——unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£14.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt

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