USTINOV COLLEGE GRADUATE COMMON ROOM

Registered charity 1164865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as USTINOV GCR

In the last year, the Graduate Common Room has run its regular events including formal dinners, family parties and local trips. After Ustinov College's relocation to Sheraton Park, the charity has been working on a strategy that incorporates the community and enhances the student experience at the new site.

Objects

3.THE GCR'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT USTINOV COLLEGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT USTINOV COLLEGE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;3.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND USTINOV COLLEGE AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE DSU AND TEAM DURHAM;3.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS;3.4 PROMOTING INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG STUDENTS, INFORMED BY THE COLLEGE MOTTO DIVERSITATE VALEMUS; AND3.5 PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS, AND ENCOURAGING SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY BEHAVIOUR, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH STUDENTS LIVE, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are currently below its stated policy target of £70,000, which is maintained to ensure continuity in the event of disputes with the university or substantial income changes. The incoming executive committee aims to increase reserves back to the £70,000 level. The charity reports no restricted or endowment funds and holds a loan to the university.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Charles Thom Bernard Alexander Addinall-Biddulphchair
• Dominic Peter Wynne Thomas
• Evangelos Vagenas-Nanos
• Hannah Clarke
• Ian Macdonald
• Jonathon Dawes
• Kelsey Giles
• Rachel Barclay
• Ray Mumford
• William Nicholas Wesley Hall

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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