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.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY; AND (B) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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

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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £17,809 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds dropping to £321. This figure is significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining minimum reserves of £5,000. Despite this reduction, the trustees consider the budgeted income and expenditure sufficient 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 3 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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08187231 · Financial health read from its filings

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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

Known funders

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

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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.