The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Universities UK

Registered charity 1001127 Registered since 1990

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Belgium

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance
19
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 19Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 45Other services 21Professional services 17

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£17.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.9 in 2021

165 from 148 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
19%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.universitiesuk.ac.uk
Emailinfo@universitiesuk.ac.uk
Phone02074195473
AddressUNIVERSITIES UK, WOBURN HOUSE, 20-24 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9HQ

Finances

£17,927,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£13,700,000£13,306,000
2022£17,918,000£19,739,000
2023£17,082,000£16,738,000
2024£19,128,000£14,561,000
2025£17,927,000£18,648,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP THE UNIVERSITY SECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THEREBY ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 JUN 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 NOV 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 JUL 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUN 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 DEC 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 DEC 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 JUL 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 DEC 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 DEC 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2013 as amended on 04 Dec 2020 as amended on 22 Apr 2022

Trustees (19)

19trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Universities UK · 02517018 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/06/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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