Registered charity · Cambridge
The Cambridge Union Society
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Angela BroughtonTrustee · since 2024
- David Henry BranchTrustee · since 2016
- David Nicholas RobinsonTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Elisabeth KendallTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Gillian Tett OBETrustee · since 2025
- Lord Stephen Graeme Parkinson OBETrustee · since 2023
- Mohammad Abdurraheem Gani ComrieTrustee · since 2026
- Philip Sutton HarrisonTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Graham Virgo KCTrustee · since 2025
- Rachel GreenTrustee · since 2017
- Sara Catherine Nathan OBETrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- www.cus.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Cambridge Union Society
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.5m£2.7m
- 2024£2.4m£2.5m
- 2023£2.1m£2.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£2.3m
- 2021£645k£994k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE GENERAL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (LISTED BELOW) ARE FOR THEBENEFIT OF CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY MEMBERS AND OF THE PUBLIC MOREGENERALLY. THE CHARITY'S PRIMARY OBJECT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OFEDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY:3.2.1 PROMOTING THE SKILL OF DEBATING AND THE CONSIDERATION OFMATTERS OF PUBLIC LIFE OR IMPORTANCE;3.2.2 HOSTING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,DEBATES ON TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE AND LECTURES GIVEN BY INDIVIDUALPERSONS OF DISTINCTION;3.2.3 PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING TO CAMBRIDGEUNION SOCIETY MEMBERS AND ALSO BY PROVIDING FOR THE TUITION OF OTHERSIN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING BY CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY MEMBERS;3.2.4 PROVIDING FOR THE ENTRANCE OF CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETYMEMBERS IN DEBATING COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS HELD BY THECHARITY, AND ALSO BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICTO COMPETE IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING;3.2.5 ASSISTING CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION WITH THEORGANISATION AND PROMOTION OF EVENTS AIMED AT WIDENING ACCESS TOCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION MOREGENERALLY;3.2.6 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE OF IDEASAND PROVISION OF ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC TO THE CHARITY'S FACILITIES ANDEVENTS;3.3.2 PROVIDING WORKSHOPS FOR THE PUPILS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TOATTEND TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING; AND3.3.3 ENABLING STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGEDBACKGROUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AIMED AT INCREASINGTHEIR CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND ASPIRATIONS."
Board analysis for researchers
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Angela Broughton since 2024
- David Nicholas Robinson since 2017
- David Henry Branch since 2016
- Dr Elisabeth Kendall since 2025
- Dr Gillian Tett OBE since 2025
- Lord Stephen Graeme Parkinson OBE since 2023
- Mohammad Abdurraheem Gani Comrie since 2026
- Philip Sutton Harrison since 2022
- Professor Graham Virgo KC since 2025
- Rachel Green since 2017
- Sara Catherine Nathan OBE since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- David Nicholas Robinson since 2017
- David Henry Branch since 2016
- Rachel Green since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Angela Broughton since 2024
- David Nicholas Robinson since 2017
- David Henry Branch since 2016
- Dr Elisabeth Kendall since 2025
- Lord Stephen Graeme Parkinson OBE since 2023
- Mohammad Abdurraheem Gani Comrie since 2026
- Philip Sutton Harrison since 2022
- Professor Graham Virgo KC since 2025
- Rachel Green since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Gillian Tett OBE since 2025
- Sara Catherine Nathan OBE since 2023
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.
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
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 23.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1136030
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 DECEMBER 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 MAY 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07091173 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01223566421 · info@cus.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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