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King's College London Students' Union

King's College London Students' Union is a registered charity (number 1136729) based in London, governed by 14 trustees. Latest income £12m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £12m (2025)
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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
Where
City Of Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark
Website
www.kclsu.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
King's College London Students' Union
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12m£12m
  • 2024£11m£11m
  • 2023£11m£11m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£8.9m£8.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT KING’S COLLEGE LONDON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: 2.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT KING’S COLLEGE LONDON DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS; 2.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND KING’S COLLEGE LONDON AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND 2.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.

Grants received

5 grants · £19,590 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Sport England · £13,424 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,166

Most recent

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.

14 trustees on the board

0.6y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 14

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Health and social care 4Other services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£12.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

203 from 203 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1136729
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 MAR 2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 MAR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAR 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 APR 2019 as amended on 24 Apr 2018 as amended on 01 Aug 2025
Companies House
Company number 05762196 · Active
Contact on the register
02078481588 · Governance@kclsu.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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