The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

University of Wales:Trinity Saint David

Registered charity 1149535 Registered since 2012

Operates: Hackney, Cardiff, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, City Of Swansea, Birmingham City

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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.

16 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 16Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Recreation 1Religious Activities 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 4Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£209.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.9 in 2021

2120 from 1658 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.uwtsd.ac.uk
Emailplanning@uwtsd.ac.uk
Phone01267 676767
AddressUniversity Of Wales Trinity St. David, College Road, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom, SA31 3EP

Finances

£209,777,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£173,872,000£165,667,000
2022£180,870,000£197,185,000
2023£183,116,000£193,985,000
2024£202,701,000£172,105,000
2025£209,777,000£208,082,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

III - THE OBJECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE BY TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:1. THE POWER TO AWARD AND REVOKE DEGREES OF ANY RANK OF THE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIPLOMAS, JOINT DEGREES, DUAL DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARY DEGREES, HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATESHIPS) IN ITS OWN NAME AND/OR DUALLY OR JOINTLY WITH OTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; AND2. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL UNIVERSITY PRESENCE IN SWANSEA, CARMARTHEN, AND LAMPETER (OR SUCH PLACES AS MAY BE DETERMINED), WHICH FACILITATES THE OBJECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY; AND3. THE OBJECTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SHALL HAVE REGARD TO THE VOCATIONAL, BILINGUAL, AND ANGLICAN HERITAGES OF HISTORICAL ENTITIES.

Governing document: SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER, LETTERS PATENT AND GREAT SEAL GRANTED 28 SEPTEMBER 2012, STATUTES AND ORDINANCES RATIFIED BY THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL 5 OCTOBER 2012

Trustees (16)

16trustees
42median age
0aged 70+

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