Prifysgol Wrecsam/Wrexham University

Registered charity 1142048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3400501 · Wikipedia · also known as GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY

The objects of the University are those set out in the Education Reform Act 1988 which state that "a higher education corporation shall have the power - (a) to provide higher education (b) to provide further education and (c) to carry out research and publish the results of research or any other material arising out of or connected with it in such a manner as the corporation thinks fit."

Objects

THE UNIVERSITY'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1988 PART II CHAPTER 2I124 POWERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION(1) A HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION SHALL HAVE POWER-(A) TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION;(B) TO PROVIDE FURTHER EDUCATION; AND(C) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH IT IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CORPORATION THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the University delivered an operating surplus of £603k for the year ended 31 July 2025, despite a net loss of £692k after pension and asset disposal adjustments. The University holds £25.1m in cash reserves and has no borrowings, though it forecasts a budget deficit of approximately £4.5m for the following year due to reduced tuition income and increased staffing costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Wrexham Glyndwr University set to rebrand as ‘Prifysgol Wrecsam/Wrexham University’. wrexham.com · 28/04/2023
• Glyndwr University announces name rebrand following global Wrexham AFC interest leaderlive.co.uk · 27/04/2023
• Reaction to Wrexham Glyndwr University's name change proposal leaderlive.co.uk · 15/08/2022
• Wrexham Glyndwr University considers dropping the name ‘Glyndwr’ nation.cymru · 09/08/2022

What the charity says about itself (2022-23)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (30,846 likes) · instagram (10K followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Leigh Griffinchair
• Abimbola Sunmoila
• Caroline Platt
• Cerys Alonso
• Claire Homard
• Diane McCarthy
• Dr Sarah Dubberley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fabrizio Trifiro
• Howard Jones
• Jayne Owen
• Joseph Yates
• Lucy Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Omeya Chinemerem · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Barlow
• Professor Martin Chambers
• Richard Campbell
• Samuel Hale
• Wendy Williams
• William Naylor
• paul kirkbright

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

Operates in: Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Wrexham

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 UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER.

• UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER income £154.2m
• Wrexham Students' Union Ltd income £823k
• PRIFYSGOL CYMRU / THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES income £2.7m
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU income £224.9m
• SWANSEA UNIVERSITY income £325.6m
• THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM income £62.8m

Side by side with its peers

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