Registered charity · Surrey
Friends of the University of Sydney
- 6 trustees
- Income £192k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Melissa HardeeChair
- Anton EisdellTrustee
- John Cecil Dauth AO LVOTrustee · since 2014
- Nicholas StreetTrustee · since 2011
- Pauline Mavyn Lyle-SmithTrustee
- Professor Andrew CoatsTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The Britain-Australia Society Education Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Opera Australia Capital Fund UK · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Australia
- Website
- www.sydney.edu.au/engage/give/how-to-donate/giving-from-overseas.html (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£192k£7k
- 2024£3k£70k
- 2023£97k£48k
Earlier years
- 2022£29k£11k
- 2021£319£723
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR ANY EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, AND PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Melissa Hardee Chair
- Anton Eisdell
- John Cecil Dauth AO LVO since 2014
- Nicholas Street since 2011
- Pauline Mavyn Lyle-Smith
- Professor Andrew Coats
Trustees past 6 years
- John Cecil Dauth AO LVO since 2014
- Nicholas Street since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Melissa Hardee Chair
- Anton Eisdell
- Nicholas Street since 2011
- Professor Andrew Coats
Portfolio (2)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1103965
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 12 MAY 2004
- Contact on the register
- 01342 871910 · sydney@chapel-york.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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