Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Committee of University Chairs
- 10 trustees
- Income £423k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Angela Spence, Dr Jenny Pyper.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
- Website
- www.universitychairs.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£423k£474k
- 2024£393k£374k
- 2023£352k£366k
Earlier years
- 2022£316k£350k
- 2021£310k£277k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CUC ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY :• PROVIDING INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICE IN THE GOVERNANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM• SUPPORTING THE CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHAIRS (AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES) TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFIL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL• PROMOTING EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP OF HEIS, ENSURING PROPER AND EFFECTIVE USE OF STAKEHOLDER FUNDS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Nicola De Iongh Chair since 2020
- Angela Spence since 2022
- Bruce Pritchard since 2026
- Dr Jenny Pyper since 2026
- Iain Cornish since 2026
- Jack Boyer since 2025
- Marian Wyn Jones since 2021
- Martin Williams since 2023
- Patrick Younge since 2023
- Roberta Blackman-Woods since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicola De Iongh Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Nicola De Iongh Chair since 2020
- Bruce Pritchard since 2026
- Iain Cornish since 2026
- Jack Boyer since 2025
- Marian Wyn Jones since 2021
- Martin Williams since 2023
- Roberta Blackman-Woods since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Patrick Younge since 2023
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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189481
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 14 May 2020 as amended on 27 Apr 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01173287706 · office@universitychairs.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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