UPP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objects and principal activities are to enhance partnership and innovation in the higher education sector and within our communities by awarding grants and providing a platform for debate to: increase access and retention to higher education; improve employability; enhance civic universities; and, develop global citizens.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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)

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£271k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £288,000, a decrease from £435,000 in the prior year, while relying entirely on donations from its corporate parent for income. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and is prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: UPP Group Holdings Limited (100% of income)

“Total donations of £118,000 (2024: £274,000) were committed from UPP Group Holdings Limited during the financial year.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (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.

Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr David Duncan
Juliana Quintero
Matthew John Burton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£118k	£271k
31/08/2024	£274k	£352k
31/08/2023	£270k	£167k
31/08/2022	£270k	£138k
31/08/2021	£365k	£370k

Common questions

Is UPP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £288,000, a decrease from £435,000 in the prior year, while relying entirely on donations from its corporate parent for income. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and is prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£98k
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT.

PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT income £255k
THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH STUDENTS' UNION income £4.8m
HELP TO CREATE HOPE TRUST income £2.1m
POWER UP income £57k
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION income £352k
THE ORP FOUNDATION income £275k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UPP FOUNDATION	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PEOPLE AND WORK UNIT FY2025	£255k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£4.8m	—	2	unclear	—	no doubt
HELP TO CREATE HOPE TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
POWER UP FY2026	£57k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£352k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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