Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association

Analysis

Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09349804). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £938k to £2.4m (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highfield Priory School Limited (£2.3m), Kids Inspire (£2.4m) and Medway Education Trust (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54%, trading 42% and investments 3.8%. Charitable activities took 45% of spending and raising funds 53%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.