The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

DE Montfort University Students' Union

Registered charity 1138587 Registered since 2010

Operates: Leicestershire, Leicester 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

1.5y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 11Accommodation/housing 10Education/training 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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 7Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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£1.9m 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.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021

31 from 38 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.demontfortsu.com
Emaildsuinfo@dmu.ac.uk
Phone0116 3664807
AddressCAMPUS CENTRE BUILDING, MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE2 7DR

Finances

£1,854,428 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,665,688£1,711,178
2022£1,937,545£1,827,814
2023£1,846,693£1,791,107
2024£1,861,300£1,811,031
2025£1,854,428£1,831,772

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreation

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE UNION'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:4.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS OF DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.1.1 PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;4.1.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODY;4.1.3 PROVIDING SPORTING, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS SO AS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY;4.1.4 PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CONTACT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS; AND4.1.5 ADVANCING THE WELFARE AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING OF STUDENTS;4.2 ALL SUCH OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW WHICH ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JULY 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/08/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 DEC 2018 as amended on 01 Mar 2022 as amended on 07 Mar 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
26median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

DE Montfort University Students' Union · 06634464 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/07/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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