Registered charity · Ipswich
University of Suffolk Students' Union
- 7 trustees
- Income £616k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Norfolk, Suffolk
- Website
- www.uosunion.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- University of Suffolk Students' Union
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£616k£547k
- 2024£636k£578k
- 2023£604k£558k
Earlier years
- 2022£421k£478k
- 2021£407k£393k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. THE STUDENTS UNIONS OBJECTS ARE:3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.1.1. ACTING AS THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE BODY FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR INTERESTS SO AS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SUFFOLK;3.1.2. PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;3.1.3. PROMOTING DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH ON ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF THE STUDENTS UNION, PARTICULARLY EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE MATTERS AND TO COMMUNICATE THESE TO THE STUDENTS? UNION MEMBERS;3.1.4. ADVANCING THE WELFARE AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF STUDENTS;3.1.5. PROVIDING SPORTING, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS SO AS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUSSUFFOLK;3.1.6. PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CONTACT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY; AND3.2 ALL SUCH OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW WHICH ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.
Grants received
3 grants · £243,180 total360Giving 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
- Sport England · £239,266 (2 grants)
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £3,914
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Sumandeep Harris Chair since 2024
- Craig Jonathan Osben since 2024
- Grace Pearson since 2026
- Ryan Hanson since 2025
- Sophie Alexander since 2025
- Stella Day since 2025
- Zoe Saunders since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Craig Jonathan Osben since 2024
- Grace Pearson since 2026
- Sophie Alexander since 2025
- Stella Day since 2025
- Zoe Saunders since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Sumandeep Harris Chair since 2024
- Ryan Hanson since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153426
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 MAY 2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 MAY 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 06967378 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473 338966 · su@uos.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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