The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

York ST John Students' Union

Registered charity 1136905 Registered since 2010

Operates: City Of York

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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

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

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 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

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 5Arts and leisure 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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£1.3m 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.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

17 from 16 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ysjsu.com
Emailsu@yorksj.ac.uk
Phone01904 629816
AddressYORK ST. JOHN UNIVERSITY, LORD MAYORS WALK, YORK, YO31 7EX

Finances

£1,263,420 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£816,577£796,811
2022£1,142,851£1,127,717
2023£1,152,595£1,108,375
2024£1,256,196£1,265,102
2025£1,263,420£1,230,171

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

4. THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;4.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND4.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 MAY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 MAR 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 APR 2021 as amended on 27 Jul 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
34median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

York ST John Students' Union · 07250320 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/05/2010

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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