UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER

Registered charity 525938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CHESTER

Latest income
£154.2m
Latest spending
£141.7m
Registered
1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income
£154.2m
Total spending
£141.7m
Reserves (reported)
£90.6m
Employees
1,430

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Shropshire · Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£154.2m£141.7m
31/07/2024£147.5m£147.4m
31/07/2023£138.3m£146.6m
31/07/2022£135.8m£142.3m
31/07/2021£122.7m£128.4m

Common questions

Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER as a grant recipient include ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND, BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/01/2016£40k"Diverse Narratives: Minority Experiences in Cheshire During the First World War"