The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges

Analysis

The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05183502). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges reported income of £964k and spending of £1.0m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £474k to £964k (+104%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust (£963k), East Mercia Rivers Trust (£966k) and The National Museum of Computing (£955k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £136k. Reserves of £82k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.