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Registered charity · Milton Keynes

The Open University Students Association

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £2.2m (2025)
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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
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland and more
Website
www.oustudents.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Open University Students Association
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.2m£2.2m
  • 2024£2.4m£2.1m
  • 2023£2.3m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£2.9m
  • 2021£2.1m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.1.1 DEFENDING THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND OF OPEN ACCESS TO THE OPEN UNIVERSITY REGARDLESS OF ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES;4.1.2 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS;4.1.3 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THE OPEN UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; 4.1.4 ASSERTING THAT ALL STUDENTS STUDYING WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR VIEWS HEARD AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE OPEN UNIVERSITY; AND4.1.5 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.

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.

10 trustees on the board

1y median 0y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 3Health and social care 1Professional 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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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£2.2m 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.

10.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.0 in 2021

40 from 36 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
1183837
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JUN 2019AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06 AUG 2020 31 MAY 2022 24 NOV 2025
Companies House
Company number 12031028 · Active
Contact on the register
01908652026 · ousa@open.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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