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Statistics - Finances of UK HE institutions

 

Headline and summary statistics

Income and expenditure of HE institutions 2005/06 to 2010/11
Academic year Total income (£000s) Expenditure (£000s)
2010/11 27,561,539 26,232,859
2009/10 26,798,894 25,845,920
2008/09 25,371,918 24,939,307
2007/08 23,428,930 22,877,440
2006/07 21,255,048 21,016,635
2005/06 19,528,413 19,352,832
Finance data 1993/94 to 2009/10: Free online data tables

Region of institution 2010/11
Region Total income (£000s) Expenditure (£000s)
England 22,948,942 21,769,446
North East 1,133,924 1,068,537
North West 2,622,045 2,465,545
Yorkshire and The Humber 2,173,098 2,021,110
East Midlands 1,684,542 1,609,189
West Midlands 1,935,273 1,810,819
East of England 2,392,876 2,292,420
London 5,646,393 5,418,863
South East 3,717,322 3,544,962
South West 1,643,469 1,538,001
Wales 1,243,982 1,211,686
Scotland 2,860,781 2,751,478
Northern Ireland 507,834 500,249
Income and expenditure by instituion: Free online data tables

Sources of income 2010/11
Source Income (£000s) % of total
Funding body grants 8,877,801 32.2%
Tuition fees & education contracts 8,975,819 32.6%
Research grants & contracts 4,432,394 16.1%
Other income 5,034,898 18.3%
Endowment & investment income 240,627 0.9%
More income tables: Finances publication introduction

pie chart of income by source 2010/11
      graphic from Press Release 174

Categories of expenditure 2010/11
Category Expenditure (£000s) % of total
Staff costs - academic 8,153,207 31.1%
Staff costs - other 6,577,035 25.1%
Other operating expenses 9,651,373 36.8%
Depreciation 1,478,453 5.6%
Interest and other finance costs 372,791 1.4%
More expenditure tables: Finances publication introduction

pie chart of expenditure by category 2010/11
      graphic from Press Release 174

Definitions

Finance Record Definitions 2010/11

Latest 2010/11 finance statistics

Press release 174 - Income and Expenditure of UK HE sector 2010/11

Press release 176 - Tuition fee income of UK HEIs 2010/11

Free online data tables - Downloadable Excel tables showing income and expenditure 
   Income and expenditure by institution 2010/11
   Sector level income and expenditure 2010/11

Finances publication introduction - 11 More tables and 8 charts including:

  Table A - Balance sheet
  Table C - Surplus/deficit figures for 3 years
  Table E - Funding body grants
  Table F - Tuition fees income
  Table G - Research grants and contracts
  Table H - Other income
  Table J - Expenditure by activity group
  Table K - Expenditure by department group

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External sources

Financial Statements are published by all HE institutions. Most institutions' published accounts are linked to from the British Universities Finance Directors Group website here: www.bufdg.ac.uk/resources/statements/?a=cm (external website)

HEFCE 2011/12 recurrent grant allocations: www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2011/201131/ (external website)

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Publications

Finance Plus 

Contains the full Finance Statistics Return for UK higher education institutions.

Data include detailed income and expenditure analysis and balance sheet information. The most recent editions include financial profile ratios.

2010/11 publication available now.


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Finances of Higher Education Institutions

Subset of the finance record - 12 tables of institution and sector level income and expenditure data.

Read the introduction online - includes 11 free Excel tables to download and 8 summary charts.

2010/11 publication available now. 

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