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University of Chester

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-525938 .
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Description

Provision of higher and further education.

Also known as

  • Chester College
  • University College Chester
  • University of Chester

CCEW Charity number

525938

Registered

Postcode

CH1 4BJ

Website

chester.ac.uk

Domain

chester.ac.uk

Latest income

£135,775,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Registered Office in the UK

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Colleges and universities B21

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Further education ED102
  • Education ED » Higher education ED103

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Religious Activities 108
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Amateur Sport 110
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 115

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • Regional

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1963-01-03 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 2,671,461 1,345,507
2005-03-31 2,034,809 1,562,355
2006-03-31 2,040,063 1,747,340
2007-03-31 14,534,798 13,909,279
2008-03-31 14,935,706 14,187,338
2009-07-31 97,994,616 92,115,932
2010-07-31 79,859,407 75,378,571
2011-07-31 79,688,393 78,306,133
2012-07-31 79,802,148 76,679,500
2013-07-31 87,808,855 83,010,497
2014-07-31 104,464,363 95,279,466
2015-07-31 119,954,375 110,932,907
2016-07-31 119,403,000 119,159,000
2017-07-31 121,266,000 113,652,000
2018-07-31 128,436,000 118,312,000
2019-07-31 127,247,000 124,080,000
2020-07-31 119,745,000 124,364,000
2021-07-31 122,701,000 128,353,000
2022-07-31 135,775,000 142,253,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 1,537 1,565
Employees paid more than £60,000 94 66
Volunteers - -
Trustees 21
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 0.0 0.0
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.0 0.0
Income from charitable activities 135.4 122.4
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.4 0.3
Other income - -
Total 135.8 122.7
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 142.3 128.4
Charitable activities 142.3 128.4
Other spending - -
Total 142.3 128.4
Net income / (expenditure) (6.5) (5.6)

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£m
2021
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 115.9 118.3
Investment assets 9.8 9.0
125.7 127.3
Current assets
Current investment assets 10.0 8.0
Cash 26.9 30.6
Other current assets 11.5 9.5
48.5 48.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (30.3) (28.3)
Net current assets 18.1 19.8
Total assets less current liabilities 143.8 147.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (46.1) (48.2)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 97.8 98.9
Defined benefit pension scheme (7.3) (71.1)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 90.5 27.8
Funds
Endowment funds 0.4 0.4
Restricted funds - -
Unrestricted funds 90.1 27.3
90.5 27.8

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 968,000 2,027,000
Government contracts as % of total income 0.7% 1.7%
Number of government contracts 1 1
Government grants
Income from government grants 11,580,000 10,584,000
Government grants as % of total income 8.5% 8.6%
Number of government grants 8 8

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
£12,493 Self-sensing wind turbine composite blades for structural health monitoring (SMARTBLADE)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
£17,066 Smart multifunctional textile with printed electronics to promote healthy ageing in musculoskeletal conditions
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
£38,084 MetaNurse - Mixed Reality Simulation for Nursing Training
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - HEG - Scheme 22/23
£51,341 Development of a robotic maintenance system for wind turbine blades (ROMAIN)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
-£3,875 MaxFibre - Incorporation of low cost dietary fibre micropowder into commercial bakery products for societal health
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
-£72 Reduced Fat and salt in soups, sauces and ready meals by utilisation of novel processing to creat novel microstructures
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
£6,336 The Net Zero NW Cluster Plan
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
£50,625 NetFLOX-XXL Transforming chicken farming with scalable, automated welfare indexing and environmental footprinting
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
£579,409 HyNet (Onshore) - Hydrogen and CCS
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
£77,118 REcyclable MArine Structure Towards Emission Reduction (REMASTER)

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

University of Chester

GB-CHC-525938

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-05

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