COUNCIL OF PROFESSORS AND HEADS OF COMPUTING

Registered charity 803000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C P H C, CONFERENCE OF PROFESSORS AND HEADS OF COMPUTING, CONFERENCE OF PROFESSORS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE · also registered in Scotland as SC041548 (OSCR)

The objects of the Council are to advance public education in the core subject of computer science and in the wider context of computing and its applications.

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Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a significant deficit of £48,649, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £61,561 to £12,912. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, although the trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s expenditure (held: £13k)
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six month’s expenditure. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£44k£92k
30/06/2024£53k£60k
30/06/2023£56k£56k
30/06/2022£48k£85k
30/06/2021£47k£34k

Common questions

Is COUNCIL OF PROFESSORS AND HEADS OF COMPUTING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a significant deficit of £48,649, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £61,561 to £12,912. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure, although the trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.