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Registered charity · London

Association of Commonwealth Universities

  • 19 trustees
  • Income £8.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Camden
Website
www.acu.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.1m£8.3m
  • 2024£7.7m£10m
  • 2023£11m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£10m£12m
  • 2021£9.9m£11m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 49% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS AND WELL BEING OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Grants received

6 grants · £249,520 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £14,6962024-02-27
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £32,3122024-02-27
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £10,1742024-01-22
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £37,5402024-01-22
  • The David & Elaine Potter Foundation £49,0002014-09-30
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.

1.5y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.6y
average years in governance
0
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 19

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • 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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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£8.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

7.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

84 from 133 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.
50%
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
314137
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 30 MAY 1963AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 23 OCT 1973AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 12 APR 1976AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 09 FEB 1981AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 04 FEB 1991AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 16 NOV 1993AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 18 MAY 1995AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 06 JAN 2005
Contact on the register
02073806700 · info@acu.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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