The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Harper Adams University Students' Union

Registered charity 1157391 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Telford & Wrekin

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
2.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 8General Charitable Purposes 8

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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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£1.5m 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.6 in 2021

47 from 39 in 2022
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.harpersu.com
Emailstudentsunion@harper-adams.ac.uk
Phone01952 815468
AddressHarper Adams University, Edgmond, NEWPORT, TF10 8NB

Finances

£1,499,298 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£475,365£580,424
2022£1,392,786£1,450,992
2023£1,457,579£1,451,281
2024£1,558,170£1,517,597
2025£1,499,298£1,472,949

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING AN ORGANISATION TO REPRESENT THE MEMBERS; PROMOTING CO-OPERATION AMONGST ITS MEMBERS FOR SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES; MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY; REPRESENTING ITS MEMBERS AND FOSTERING GOOD RELATIONS WITHIN ITS MEMBERSHIP, EXTERNAL BODIES AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 09 Jun 2014 as amended on 20 Jan 2025

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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