The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Canterbury Christ Church University

Registered charity 1098136 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

18 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

Portfolio (2)

14
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 18Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 20Professional services 16Retail and trade 11

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£353.8m 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.2 in 2021

1574 from 1480 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.canterbury.ac.uk
Emailalison.sear@canterbury.ac.uk
Phone01227 927700
AddressCanterbury Christ Church University, Anselm Building, North Holmes Road, CANTERBURY, Kent

Finances

£353,761,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£152,268,000£141,196,000
2022£185,956,000£191,206,000
2023£263,827,065£260,420,000
2024£319,161,000£311,870,000
2025£353,761,000£356,655,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY KNOWN AS CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 OCT 2021

Trustees (18)

18trustees
60median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Canterbury Christ Church University · 04793659 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/06/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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