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Registered charity · Cambridge

Cambridge Students' Union

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.cambridgesu.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cambridge Students' Union
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£1.5m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.5m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2021£912k£854k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

12 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

6
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 12Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 12

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 7Education 3Professional 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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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£1.6m 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1189287
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 MAR 2020
Companies House
Company number 12512749 · Active
Contact on the register
0808 1641 222 · enquiries@cambridgesu.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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