UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

Registered charity 1190891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UALL

UALL acts as a consultative body for policy formulation and advocacy, representing the lifelong learning and continuing education sector to Government departments, funding bodies and national higher education organisations. We raise funds via modest annual membership fees from associated Universities and (pre-covid) an annual conference and seminars.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF LIFELONG LEARNING WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION, IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, THE CIO SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:(A) TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, INTERCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF GOOD PRACTICE ON LIFELONG LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION; AND(B) TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFELONG LEARNING; AND(C) TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION, LIAISON AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIELD; AND(D) TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP INTO LIFELONG LEARNING AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK; AND (E) TO OBTAIN, COLLECT AND RECEIVE MONIES, FUNDS AND OTHER PROPERTY AND TO ADMINISTER THEM IN PURSUANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO PROVIDED THAT THE CIO SHALL CARRY OUT NO PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITIES IN RAISING FUNDS.

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 unrestricted reserves were £63,725 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees describe as healthy and sufficient to cover running costs for a significant amount of time. The charity reported a net income surplus of £2,527 for the year, with total incoming resources of £45,739 against total resources expended of £43,212.

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.

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
• Conflicting interests

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jonathan Michie FAcSSchair
• Dr Bonnie Lynn Slade
• Dr Elizabeth Anne Marr
• Dr Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
• Dr Sharon Louise Clancy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Laura Hoy
• Lois Eluned McGrath
• PROFESSOR DARRYLL WILLEM BRAVENBOER
• Prof Graeme Atherton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Angela Claire Davies · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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