The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

University of Chester

Registered charity 525938 Registered since 1963

Operates: Cheshire East, Shropshire, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

3y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (18)

Portfolio (5)

8
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 23Religious Activities 23Arts/culture/heritage/science 20Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 9Other services 4Health and social care 3

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£154.2m 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.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.6 in 2021

1430 from 1565 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.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chester.ac.uk
EmailA.PARKER@CHESTER.AC.UK
Phone01244512902
AddressUniversity of Chester, Grosvenor House, Parkgate Road, CHESTER, CH1 4BJ

Finances

£154,160,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£122,701,000£128,353,000
2022£135,775,000£142,253,000
2023£138,343,000£146,553,000
2024£147,503,000£147,406,000
2025£154,160,000£141,651,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLEGE FOR THE HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 19/05/1982AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 02/03/1990AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20/12/1995AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 30/06/1998AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 30/06/2005 as amended on 06 Jul 2021 as amended on 29 Mar 2022 as amended on 05 Jul 2022 as amended on 01 Aug 2023 as amended on 02 Oct 2024 as amended on 02 Oct 2025

Trustees (23)

23trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

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