THE UNIVERSITY MATHS SCHOOLS NETWORK

Registered charity 1207125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U-MATHS

The University Maths Schools Network (U-Maths) facilitates the success of the university maths school programme in England.

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Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £578,908 for the period ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves standing at £543,485. Per the trustees' report, these reserves exceed the stated policy target of £100,000, although a substantial portion is designated for planned activities. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least £100,000 (held: £543k)

“Trustees have agreed to maintain a minimum unrestricted free reserves of at least £100,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dan Abramson OBE — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Professor Janice Kay PFHEA CBE — Founding Trustee (Chair) (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£2.6m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£543k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Janice Kay CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALISON WOLF
Amy Weatherup
David Holtham
Ellen Beveridge
Francis Goodburn
Kerry Burnham
Professor Jan Grabowski FIMA SFHEA
Professor Margaret Jane Dallman OBE FCGI
Professor Zoe Amanda Tighe

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£2.6m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE UNIVERSITY MATHS SCHOOLS NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £578,908 for the period ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves standing at £543,485. Per the trustees' report, these reserves exceed the stated policy target of £100,000, although a substantial portion is designated for planned activities. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE UNIVERSITY MATHS SCHOOLS NETWORK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

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
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.0m
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITED KINGDOM MATHEMATICS TRUST.

UNITED KINGDOM MATHEMATICS TRUST income £2.5m
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £479k
National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA U.K. NETWORK income £733k
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT income £24.0m
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATION UK income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE UNIVERSITY MATHS SCHOOLS NETWORK	£2.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM MATHEMATICS TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£479k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
National Centre For Universities and Business FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA U.K. NETWORK FY2025	£733k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2025	£24.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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