BANGOR UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1141565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TEACHING, RESEARCH AND THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

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Latest income
£160.4m
Latest spending
£176.8m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University recorded an operating deficit of £18.290 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a reduction in international student recruitment and sector-wide financial pressures. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £207.502 million, and the University maintains a £25 million revolving credit facility which has not yet been drawn upon. The Council considers the University to be a going concern, citing adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £180,000 - £184,999 — below the median for charities its size (£180k)
“£180,000 to £184,999” — page 46
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Tuition fees (27% of income)
“Total tuition fees income fell by almost 11% in 2024/25, with both home fees and international fees down 3% and 25% respectively.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 Independent, Supplementary and V150 Community Prescribing Education and Training——
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)HEIW Provision of Independent, Supplementary and V150 Community Prescribing Education and Training——
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)

29 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (21 freehold); recorded price paid £600k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Bangor University scores 3.1/5 from 5 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 (111,597 likes) · instagram (37K 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
£160.4m
Total spending
£176.8m
Reserves (reported)
£215.1m
Employees
1,597

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 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 (89% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: China · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£160.4m£176.8m
31/07/2024£170.1m£141.3m
31/07/2023£177.7m£172.0m
31/07/2022£163.2m£200.3m
31/07/2021£153.4m£154.9m

Common questions

Is BANGOR UNIVERSITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the University recorded an operating deficit of £18.290 million for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a reduction in international student recruitment and sector-wide financial pressures. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £207.502 million, and the University maintains a £25 million revolving credit facility which has not yet been drawn upon. The Council considers the University to be a going concern, citing adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BANGOR UNIVERSITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £180,000 - £184,999 band.

Who funds BANGOR UNIVERSITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BANGOR UNIVERSITY as a grant recipient include CANCER RESEARCH WALES, Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL, THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION, THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES, THE FISHERIES SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CANCER RESEARCH WALESFY2023£1.1mProgrammes of work including DNA repair studies and cancer-biomarker clinical platform
CANCER RESEARCH WALESFY2024£1.1mResearch projects
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2024£902k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2025£806k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2022£360kResearch Instruction of Language and Literacy (RILL): A randomised control trial
CANCER RESEARCH WALESFY2026£329kResearch projects
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIESFY2022£246k
THE FISHERIES SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLESFY2022£229kPhD studentships
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2022£198kSocial welfare law advice, community connectedness, equality and well-being
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONFY2022£127kScale up
CANCER RESEARCH WALESFY2025£100kResearch projects
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2022£66k
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITEDFY2021£64kAcute Oak Decline research
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITEDFY2022£48kGrants payable
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£40kSupport for students and post-graduate employability bursaries
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£40kSupport for students and employability bursaries
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£40kUndergraduate and post-graduate students and employability bursaries
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£40kUndergraduate and post-graduate students and employability bursaries
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONFY2023£36kReciprocal Reading Capability building
CULHAM ST GABRIEL'S TRUSTFY2025£27kGCSE RE Success: Empowering Non-Specialist Teachers
THE HEALTH FOUNDATIONFY2023£25kSupporting radical innovation and improvement in health and care services
DEMENTIA RESEARCH UKFY2023£23kApplied research (DSDC in Wales)
DEMENTIA RESEARCH UKFY2024£13kApplied research (DSDC in Wales)
DEMENTIA RESEARCH UKFY2022£10kApplied research (DSDC in Wales)
ENACTUS UKFY2022£200

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2025£20kHedfan / Fly - Dance for Parkinson's
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/06/2024£18k"#COED2 Restoration and Reinvigoration of Maritime Woodland at Treborth Botanic Garden"
UK government03/06/2024£124k#COED2 Restoration and Reinvigoration of Maritime Woodland at Treborth Botanic Garden
UK government01/04/2022£939The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests
UK government01/04/2022£2kGENEGUT: Oral delivery of encapsulated RNA nanotherapeutics for targeted treatment of ileal Crohn's disease
UK government01/04/2022£8kMobilising novel finance models for health promotion and disease prevention
UK government01/04/2022£13kPlantSea-Punnet: a versatile seaweed-based packaging
UK government01/04/2022£15kTwo Layer Coatings for compostable repulpable paper
UK government01/04/2022£19kCOtooCLEAN food grade recycled polyolefins
UK government01/04/2022£22kHiBarFilm2 - High barrier monomaterial flexible films for food contact applications
UK government01/04/2022£24kPlantSea-Pack
UK government01/04/2022£22kImproving sEed QUality In the Post-plant protection Product Era (EQUIPPE)
UK government01/04/2022£-20ONCON - Inclusive & Advanced Online Conferencing
UK government01/04/2022£462INNUMAT: Innovative Structural Materials for Fission and Fusion
UK government01/04/2021£150kODA Adjustment Funding-Bangor University
UK government01/04/2021£19kUKRI COVID19 Doctoral Funding Bangor University
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2019£99kYn Y Foment
UK government01/04/2019£190kBangor University and Sundeala Limited
UK government01/04/2019£125kSTOVERPACK- Creating a new value proposition for waste maize stover in Uganda
UK government01/04/2019£60kNitroGelCap
UK government01/04/2019£591kEndocrine scaffolds and peptide networks: How is the molt cycle and ecdysis programme controlled in crustaceans?
UK government01/04/2019£462k19-ERACoBioTech SYNBIOGAS: Synthetic landfill microbiomes for enhanced anaerobic digestion to biogas
UK government01/04/2019£48kEnsemblES - Using ensemble techniques to capture the accuracy and sensitivity of ecosystem service models
UK government01/04/2019£404kEmotional AI in Cities: Cross Cultural Lessons from UK and Japan on Designing for An Ethical Life
UK government01/04/2019£593kMilankovitch and Tidal Cycle History (MATCH)

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BANGOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BANGOR UNIVERSITY£160.4m£180,000 - £184,9990unclear—no doubt
BANGOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£1.6m—1above—no doubt
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY FY2025£325.6m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH STUDENTS UNION FY2025£1.7m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
PRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH FY2025£127.4m——unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FY2025£148.6m—11unclear—no doubt

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