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Registered charity · Bristol

University of Bristol Students' Union

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £7.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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
Bristol City
Website
www.bristolsu.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
University of Bristol Students' Union
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.7m£7.8m
  • 2024£6.8m£6.7m
  • 2023£6.7m£6.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.1m£5.9m
  • 2021£3.9m£3.7m
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT [UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL] FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT [UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL] DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND [UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL] AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; ANDPROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MEMBERS.

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.

16 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (1)

16
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 16The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 18Education 2Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£7.7m 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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.0 in 2021

145 from 96 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
1139656
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JUL 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 NOV 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JAN 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 FEB 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 FEB 2021
Companies House
Company number 06977417 · Active
Contact on the register
01173318600 · bristol-su@bristol.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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