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Registered charity · Kent

Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University is a registered charity (number 1098136) based in Kent, governed by 19 trustees and chaired by Clive Robert Stevens since 2021. Latest income £354m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Cccu (Charity Commission)

  • 19 trustees
  • Income £354m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.canterbury.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Canterbury Christ Church University
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£354m£357m
  • 2024£319m£312m
  • 2023£264m£260m
Earlier years
  • 2022£186m£191m
  • 2021£152m£141m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

Grants received

17 grants · £1,820,378 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

19 trustees on the board

1.8y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

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 19Disability 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1098136
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 04793659 · Active
Contact on the register
01227 927700 · alison.sear@canterbury.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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