Registered charity · Oxford
Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association is a registered charity (number 1161218) based in Oxford, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £2.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Ucisa (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dr Simon Jon CorbettTrustee · since 2024
- Iain MccrackenTrustee · since 2023
- James Daniel CrooksTrustee · since 2022
- James Gordon SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Karen BatesTrustee · since 2022
- Krishnananda Pilicudale NarayanaTrustee · since 2025
- Mark JohnstonTrustee · since 2022
- Matthew John FlowerTrustee · since 2021
- Nathalie CzechowskiTrustee · since 2022
- Nicholas Kitt GilbertTrustee · since 2022
- Robert Bruce RodgerTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.ucisa.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.4m£2.4m
- 2024£2.4m£2.2m
- 2023£2.2m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.4m
- 2021£938k£754k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR USE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND NO OTHER PURPOSES.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Dr Simon Jon Corbett since 2024
- Iain Mccracken since 2023
- James Daniel Crooks since 2022
- James Gordon Smith since 2021
- Karen Bates since 2022
- Krishnananda Pilicudale Narayana since 2025
- Mark Johnston since 2022
- Matthew John Flower since 2021
- Nathalie Czechowski since 2022
- Nicholas Kitt Gilbert since 2022
- Robert Bruce Rodger since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dr Simon Jon Corbett since 2024
- Iain Mccracken since 2023
- James Daniel Crooks since 2022
- James Gordon Smith since 2021
- Karen Bates since 2022
- Krishnananda Pilicudale Narayana since 2025
- Mark Johnston since 2022
- Matthew John Flower since 2021
- Nathalie Czechowski since 2022
- Nicholas Kitt Gilbert since 2022
- Robert Bruce Rodger since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
17.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 27.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161218
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 09349804 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865 536702 · catherine.tack@ucisa.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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