The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Newcastle University Students' Union

Registered charity 1138091 Registered since 2010

Operates: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

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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.

11 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Retail and trade 3Professional services 1

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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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£7.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

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

183 from 124 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitenusu.co.uk
Emailadminmanager.union@ncl.ac.uk
Phone01912393900
AddressNEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, KINGS WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8QB

Finances

£7,574,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,057,000£3,981,000
2022£5,755,000£6,157,000
2023£6,515,000£6,929,000
2024£8,099,000£7,741,000
2025£7,574,000£7,537,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur Sport

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION SOCIETY ARE:3.1 THE FURTHERANCE AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:3.1.1 PROVIDING SPORTING, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY;3.1.2 PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS, THEIR WELFARE, DEVELOPMENT, WELL-BEING AND CONDITIONS OF STUDY;3.1.3 ACTING AS THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER BODIES;3.1.4 PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;3.1.5 PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THOSE OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND3.1.6 BY ANY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/08/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26/05/2011

Trustees (11)

11trustees
42median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Newcastle University Students' Union · 06978707 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/08/2009

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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