UT FOUNDATION UK LIMITED

Registered charity 1196155 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes the advancement of learning and education in particular (but without limitation) at the University of Texas in Austin.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£60k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £18,135 at year-end, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining up to £5,000 to meet general expenses. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure, together with funds held, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total donations of £38,212 were received during the year of which £120 (plus £30 gift-aid tax) were restricted for the Dan Knopf Graduate Support Endowment Fund and the remaining for unrestricted charitable activities.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: up to £5,000 (reserves figure: £18k)

“To achieve its objectives, the charity has elected to donate all its incoming resources to the designated institutions. Therefore, all funds are utilised for either unrestricted or restricted charitable purposes, and, as a policy, funds are not retained in general reserves, save to meet general expenses of up to £5,000.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The University of Texas Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit registered charity in the State of Texas, USA and is the ultimate controlling party and beneficiary of the charitable donations made by the company and it bears the annual audit and accountancy costs amounting to £1,500 (2024 -£2040). It also contributed £10,453 (2024 - £6,674) towards the charity's finance and administration costs. These contributions are recorded as part of other income in the accounts.

“The University of Texas Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit registered charity in the State of Texas, USA and is the ultimate controlling party and beneficiary of the charitable donations made by the company and it bears the annual audit and accountancy costs amounting to £1,500 (2024 -£2040). It also contributed £10,453 (2024 - £6,674) towards the charity's finance and administration costs. These contributions are recorded as part of other income in the accounts.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£5k

Employees

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Douglas Bruce Glass
Dounia Nadar · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Jamie Cantara
Jeffrey Eldredge
Sarah Chisholm
Sharon DeSpain
Thomas Perich
Veronica Stoller

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£60k	£47k
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/12/2023	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£1.5m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is UT FOUNDATION UK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £18,135 at year-end, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining up to £5,000 to meet general expenses. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure, together with funds held, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds UT FOUNDATION UK LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UT FOUNDATION UK LIMITED as a grant recipient include National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited	FY2024	£1.6m
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited	FY2025	£1.6m
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited	FY2023	£815k

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
NNS FOUNDATION	1	£5.1m
AKO FOUNDATION	1	£3.7m
THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION	1	£500k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION income £352k
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
UK FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION income £80k
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION UK LIMITED income £118k
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED income £399k
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED income £7.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UT FOUNDATION UK LIMITED	£60k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
UK FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION FY2025	£80k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION UK LIMITED FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£399k	—	within	—	no doubt

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