JISC

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Jisc champions the use of digital technologies in UK education and research. It provides a range of online services and training to education, learning and research communities in the UK.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024
Total income:
£148,658,000
Donations and legacies | £71.67m | |
Charitable activities | £25.71m | |
Other trading activities | £50.53m | |
Investments | £743.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£133,199,000
Raising funds | £69.27m | |
Charitable activities | £63.93m | |
Other | £0 |
£11,636,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £71,670,000 from 8 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £69.27m | |
Charitable expenditure | £63.93m | |
Retained for future use | £15.46m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £69.27m | |
Charitable expenditure | £63.93m | |
Retained for future use | £27.10m |
People

1272 Employee(s)
14 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 94 |
£70k to £80k | 56 |
£80k to £90k | 16 |
£90k to £100k | 12 |
£100k to £110k | 3 |
£110k to £120k | 5 |
£120k to £130k | 4 |
£130k to £140k | 1 |
£140k to £150k | 3 |
£150k to £200k | 2 |
£200k to £250k | 2 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Disability
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- JISC (Working name)
- THE JISC CONTENT PROCUREMENT COMPANY LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
14 Trustee(s)
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Professor Paul Joseph Boyle | Chair | 13 January 2021 |
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Professor Koenradd Lamberts | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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Simon George Hewitt | Trustee | 18 March 2025 |
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Fiona Salzen | Trustee | 29 February 2024 |
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Professor Helen Mary O'Sullivan-Heritage | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Professor Andrew Charles Collop | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Professor Raheel Nawaz | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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David James Wilson Chalmers | Trustee | 21 March 2023 |
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Simon Ronald Bolton | Trustee | 15 March 2023 |
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Professor Sir Christopher Roy Husbands | Trustee | 07 October 2022 |
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Heidi Michele Fraser-Krauss | Trustee | 16 September 2021 |
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Dr David John Ashton | Trustee | 18 January 2021 |
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Dr David John Pilsbury | Trustee | 03 August 2020 |
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Debra Jane Gray | Trustee | 08 November 2019 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £184.35m | £195.82m | £129.51m | £145.92m | £148.66m | |
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Total expenditure | £174.55m | £197.47m | £139.83m | £148.35m | £133.20m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | £1.70m | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £67.78m | £71.03m | £71.97m | £73.58m | £71.67m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £67.78m | £71.03m | £71.97m | £73.58m | £71.67m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £16.94m | £18.59m | £39.04m | £45.49m | £50.53m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £91.94m | £105.91m | £18.20m | £23.99m | £25.71m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £400.00k | £217.00k | £296.00k | £717.00k | £743.00k | |
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Income - Other | £7.29m | £69.00k | £0 | £2.15m | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £169.92m | £191.56m | £61.71m | £71.87m | £63.93m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £4.22m | £5.91m | £73.41m | £74.33m | £69.27m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £2.43m | £2.60m | £2.46m | £2.62m | £2.99m | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £258.00k | £74.00k | £134.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £25.83k | £73.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £400.00k | £0 | £4.71m | £2.16m | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £33.86m | £27.83m | £34.31m | £31.94m | £149.35m | |
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Long-term investments | £56.42m | £68.74m | £72.20m | £72.97m | £115.28k | |
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Other assets | £88.15m | £115.31m | £86.72m | £98.83m | £48.45m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | -£13.97m | -£32.65m | -£29.08m | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £89.24m | £77.05m | £46.75m | £62.32m | £58.48m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 July 2024 | 03 April 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2024 | 03 April 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 27 March 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | 27 March 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 11 April 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | 11 April 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 29 April 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | 29 April 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2020 | 21 April 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2020 | 21 April 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/2006 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/10/2012 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/12/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 FEB 2017 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 FEB 2018 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 NOV 2018 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 DEC 2018 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 DEC 2019 as amended on 24 Jul 2020 as amended on 25 Nov 2021 as amended on 18 Jul 2022 as amended on 10 Mar 2025
Charitable objects
The objects of the charity are restricted to the advancement of education, lifelong learning and research, for the public benefit, through the provision of services to those within higher education, further education, research communities, and charitable and/or not for profit organisations including those in the public sector and the public at large, principally but not exclusively by the provision and/or maintenance of digital technology, and/or by providing or supporting services connected with or delivered through digital technology and/or the provision of data and associated services. To guide but not so as to restrict those objects the charity has among its aims: i. promoting the adoption and use of information technology in all its forms, including but not limited to digital infrastructure, applications, cloud services, data, security, content, discovery ii. enriching the educational experience and improving the quality of research iii. thought leadership iv. conducting and supporting careers advice and student services
Contact information
- Address:
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Jisc
4 Portwall Lane
BRISTOL
BS1 6NB
- Phone:
- 02036975802
- Email:
- press@jisc.ac.uk
- Website:
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