CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 1149064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK)

The advancement of learning and education in particular at Cornell University; and such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased significantly from £18,130 to £321 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of minimum £5,000, which is currently not met. The charity relies on its ultimate controlling party, Yale University, for support and has confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08187231

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAU, Eliza — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• CARY, Tracy — director, appointed 29/08/2016on trustee list
• ELY, Richard Albert — director, appointed 21/08/2012on trustee list
• FLOOD, Eileen — secretary, appointed 21/08/2012

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eliza Lau
• RICHARD ALBERT ELY
• Tracy Cary

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

Operates in: France · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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• CCCU UK income £1.7m
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• THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £6.1m
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Side by side with its peers

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