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SC038598Registered charity from 24 August 2007

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By UCAS

Address Rosehill
New Barn Lane
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire

Postcode GL52 3LZ

Website www.ucas.com

Regulatory Type Cross-Border

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The object for which the Company is established is to advance and to assist in the advancement of education in universities, and other higher, further or secondary education establishments in so far as such advancement and assistance shall be of an exclusively charitable nature, in particular, but without prejudice to the foregoing, by providing and maintaining an organisation to facilitate the consideration by such universities and other higher, further or secondary education establishments of applications for admission to and to assist applicants in gaining access to such universities and education establishments.

Operations:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 24 Aug 2007

Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland

Purposes: "the advancement of education"

Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jul 2021	£41,394,000	£29,989,000	07 Apr 2022	Yes
31 Jul 2022	£39,720,000	£34,584,000	18 Apr 2023	Yes
31 Jul 2023	£38,198,000	£36,522,000	26 Apr 2024	Yes
31 Jul 2024	£39,903,000	£38,523,000	23 Apr 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Jul 2025			No	Annual Information due by 30 Apr 2026	Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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First Name

Last Name

No charity trustee information available

*OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees and its principal office address as part of the charity’s Scottish Charity Register entry. They are also required to publish the annual report and accounts for each charity, including the names of some individuals. The only exceptions to this are where a charity or one of its trustees applies for this information to be excluded from the Register entry and where OSCR is satisfied that if it were published then the safety or security of a person or premises would be jeopardised.

From 30 June 2025, OSCR began collecting charity trustee information through OSCR Online. Providing this information is a legal requirement for all charities. The names of trustees will be published on the Scottish Charity Register from early 2026 to promote transparency and strengthen public trust in the sector.

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