Registered charity · Durham
Durham Union Society
- 7 trustees
- Income £149k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- dus.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£149k£156k
- 2024£132k£130k
- 2023£132k£145k
Earlier years
- 2022£74k£80k
- 2021£82k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE STAGING OF DEBATES AND TO EDUCATE ITS MEMBERS IN THE ART OF DEBATING AND TO STIMULATE INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION AMONG ITS MEMBERS;TO PROVIDE, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF ITS STUDENT MEMBERS, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, BEING FACILITIES (I) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BY ENABLING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF OR CONNECTED WITH DURHAM UNIVERSITY, AND (II) OF WHICH THEY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR BEING STUDENTS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Jonathan Michael Moreland Chair since 2014
- Adriano Lopez de Onate since 2025
- David Jackson since 2013
- Dr Nigel Martin since 2024
- Ian Alastair Keddie since 2017
- John Kelsey since 2014
- Susan Shaw since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Michael Moreland Chair since 2014
- David Jackson since 2013
- Ian Alastair Keddie since 2017
- John Kelsey since 2014
- Susan Shaw since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Jonathan Michael Moreland Chair since 2014
- Adriano Lopez de Onate since 2025
- Dr Nigel Martin since 2024
- Ian Alastair Keddie since 2017
- John Kelsey since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- David Jackson since 2013
- Susan Shaw since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1094676
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 18 JULY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 7 OCTOBER 2002 AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 7 OCTOBER 2002.
- Contact on the register
- 0191 3843724 · Nicola.smith2@durham.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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