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Registered charity · Stockport

NUS Students' Union Charitable Services

6. ObjectsThe objects are to further all charitable purposes, including (without limitation):6.1 the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and voluntary organisations including students’ unions;6.2 the promotion of good...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
Website
www.nusconnect.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
NUS Students' Union Charitable Services
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.9m£3.2m
  • 2024£3.9m£3.4m
  • 2023£3.8m£3.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.5m£3.5m
  • 2021£1.1m£1.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

6. ObjectsThe objects are to further all charitable purposes, including (without limitation):6.1 the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and voluntary organisations including students’ unions;6.2 the promotion of good citizenship;6.3 the advancement of education of students; 6.4 the promotion for the benefit of the public of the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment; and6.5 the promotion of equality and diversity. 6.6 In this objects clause, “charitable purposes” means purposes which are charitable in every part of the United Kingdom. Nothing in this objects clause shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Grants received

3 grants · £162,300 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

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.

12 trustees on the board

0.9y median 0y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12General Charitable Purposes 12

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 6Retail and trade 4Arts and leisure 2

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£3.9m 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.

18.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021

35 from 42 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
1140142
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 SEPTEMBER 2010 AS AMENDED 28 JANUARY 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 OCT 2017 as amended on 30 Jun 2020 as amended on 30 Jun 2020 as amended on 07 Aug 2020
Companies House
Company number 07509468 · Active
Contact on the register
0300 303 8602 · membership@nus.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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