Registered charity · Oxford
Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship
Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship is a registered charity (number 306137) based in Oxford, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Gareth Eoin Burns since 2023. Latest income £4.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Uccf (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Gareth Eoin BurnsChair · since 2023
- David George McneeTrustee · since 2025
- Imogen Faith HutchinsonTrustee · since 2026
- James Kenneth MackenzieTrustee · since 2022
- Lesley Allison CheesmanTrustee · since 2025
- Mark James ChildsTrustee · since 2023
- Melanie LacyTrustee · since 2025
- Simon Christopher DayTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.uccf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£4.4m
- 2024£4.2m£4.6m
- 2023£4.6m£4.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.1m£4.3m
- 2021£4.8m£3.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES, THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES, TRAINING COLLEGES, TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD PROVIDED THAT THE PHRASE "EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN FAITH" SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF CHRISTIANITY, AS REVEALED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE (SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS).
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
- Gareth Eoin Burns Chair since 2023
- David George Mcnee since 2025
- Imogen Faith Hutchinson since 2026
- James Kenneth Mackenzie since 2022
- Lesley Allison Cheesman since 2025
- Mark James Childs since 2023
- Melanie Lacy since 2025
- Simon Christopher Day since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Gareth Eoin Burns Chair since 2023
- David George Mcnee since 2025
- Imogen Faith Hutchinson since 2026
- James Kenneth Mackenzie since 2022
- Melanie Lacy since 2025
- Simon Christopher Day since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Lesley Allison Cheesman since 2025
- Mark James Childs 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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 306137
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 JUNE 1944 AS AMENDED 13 JUNE 1950, 8TH MAY 1986, 5 FEBRUARY 1987 AND 12 OCTOBER 1999, 29/09/2004 as amended on 24 Nov 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 00387932 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865253678 · bharding@uccf.org.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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