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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 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.

7 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

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 7General Charitable Purposes 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 6Education 5Business services 1

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£616k 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.

5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.4 in 2021

14 from 13 in 2023
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
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
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