The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Cambridge Students' Union

Registered charity 1189287 Registered since 2020

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

1
company-linked trustees

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 3Other services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across 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£1.6m 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 in 2021

27 from 25 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cambridgesu.co.uk
Emailenquiries@cambridgesu.co.uk
Phone0808 1641 222
AddressUniversity Centre, Granta Place, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1RU

Finances

£1,591,807 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£911,927£854,450
2022£1,247,409£1,204,078
2023£1,304,657£1,417,555
2024£1,488,765£1,493,531
2025£1,591,807£1,528,588

What it does

What

Education/trainingHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:2.1.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;2.1.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND2.1.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS; AND2.2 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IN PARTICULAR:2.2.1 PROMOTING ACCESS TO, AND SUCCESS AT, THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND ITS AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS; AND2.2.2 ENCOURAGING ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR APPLICANTS FROM BACKGROUNDS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE UNIVERSITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 MAR 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
26median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Cambridge Students' Union · 12512749 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/03/2020

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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