The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

University of California Trust

Registered charity 1075405 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England, United States

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8

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 8Professional services 1Property 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.7m 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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

7 from 5 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://uctrust.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Emailgiving@californiahouse.org.uk
Phone02072695900
Address81 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6HJ

Finances

£1,740,150 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£713,446£693,726
2022£1,427,850£1,447,736
2023£3,772,377£3,708,522
2024£1,668,013£1,712,023
2025£1,740,150£1,737,964

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity (the “Objects”) are, for the public benefit, to advance the education of students and academics of the University of California and institutions of higher education throughout the world by:(1) providing services and support to students from institutions of higher education in England and Wales and elsewhere who are enrolled in the University of California and to students of the University of California during their study abroad; (2) arranging or promoting courses, lectures or other educational events in academic subjects at institutions of higher and further education or in subjects that are otherwise of educational merit;(3) providing or assisting in the provision of grants, loans or other forms of financial or in-kind support;(4) maintaining and developing relations between institutions of higher education, including without limitation to promote collaborative research and the dissemination of useful knowledge; and(5) planning or carrying out or supporting projects related to the academic mission of the University of California and its partner institutions of higher education in England and Wales and elsewhere insofar as such projects are charitable under the laws of England and Wales.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY 1999, AMENDED ON THE 8TH APRIL 1999 as amended on 21 Mar 2025 as amended on 30 Jul 2025

Trustees (8)

8trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

University of California Trust · 03688493 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/12/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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