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Registered charity · Durham

Durham Students' Union

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
Where
Durham, Stockton-on-tees
Website
www.durhamsu.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Durham Students' Union
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.6m£2.7m
  • 2024£2.6m£2.7m
  • 2023£2.6m£2.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.4m
  • 2021£1.7m£1.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

9. THE UNION'S CHARITABLE OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-9.1 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXPRESSION OF STUDENT OPINION AND ACTIVELY REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS; 9.2 ACTING AS A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION IN DEALING WITH DURHAM UNIVERSITY AND OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; 9.3 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY, AND REPRESENTATION, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;9.4 FACILITATING THE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS, THROUGH PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR ITS MEMBERS; 9.5 SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COMMON ROOMS; 9.6 WORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS' UNIONS AND AFFILIATED BODIES; AND9.7 RAISING FUNDS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND TO MAKE GRANTS AND DONATIONS OF SUCH FUNDS TO OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BODIES OR TO APPLY SUCH FUNDS DIRECTLY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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

1.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 12Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Recreation 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.

Hospitality 10Agriculture 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£2.6m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.0 in 2021

29 from 31 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
1145400
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/01/2015 as amended on 10 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 07689815 · Active
Contact on the register
0191 334 1777 · ask@durhamsu.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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