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Registered charity · London

British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited

The objects for which the Company is established ("Objects") are to advance for the public benefit physical education, by providing higher education sport pathway competitions and experiences for students within Universities and Colleges and...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £6.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bucs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.2m£6.0m
  • 2024£5.7m£5.7m
  • 2023£5.3m£5.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.5m£4.4m
  • 2021£2.3m£2.5m
Charitable objects

The objects for which the Company is established ("Objects") are to advance for the public benefit physical education, by providing higher education sport pathway competitions and experiences for students within Universities and Colleges and promoting the lifelong benefits of physical activity for all

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.

12 trustees on the board

2.5y median 1.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 12Education/training 12Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 14Other services 3Education 2

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£6.2m 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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.9 in 2021

51 from 36 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.
14%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1126863
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 JUNE 2008 ASAMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 JULY 2008 AND 17 JUNE 2009 as amended on 16 Nov 2020 as amended on 28 May 2021 as amended on 28 May 2021 as amended on 09 Dec 2021 as amended on 31 Jan 2023 as amended on 12 Dec 2023 as amended on 23 Jul 2025 as amended on 17 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 06483060 · Active
Contact on the register
02076335080 · info@bucs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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