The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Imperial College Union

Registered charity 1151241 Registered since 2013

Operates: Windsor And Maidenhead, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hillingdon

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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.

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 15Education/training 15Recreation 15

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£11.4m 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.

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

55 from 61 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

Websitehttps://www.imperialcollegeunion.org
EmailICU.BOARD@IMPERIAL.AC.UK
Phone02075948060
AddressIMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION, BEIT QUADRANGLE, PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, LONDON, SW7 2BB

Finances

£11,411,147 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,546,014£8,493,544
2022£9,539,912£9,754,824
2023£10,409,831£10,267,072
2024£11,023,318£10,486,497
2025£11,411,147£11,460,426

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

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

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 NOV 2012 as amended on 15 Jul 2022 as amended on 01 Aug 2023

Trustees (15)

15trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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