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UNIPOL STUDENT HOMES

Registered charity 1063492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNIPOL, UNIPOL STUDENT HOMES LIMITED

The Company's objectives are the advancement of education by providing and managing accommodation and related services for educational institutions, their students and other persons associated with educational institutions, and to develop and foster excellence and expertise in this field.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£24.1m
Latest spending
£24.4m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £322,777 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily driven by increased staffing and utility costs. Although the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £3,712,953, it maintains a negative free reserves position with net current liabilities of £5,983,312, relying on property assets and loan facilities to manage working capital.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 7
“Seven higher paid employees (2024: eight) had benefits accruing under the defined benefit pension scheme.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: rent (91% of income)
“91% of the charity’s funds come from rent paid to it by students and this rental stream is central to the survival of the charity.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a range of £5,250K and £5,750K (held: £3.7m)
“The level of reserves required is likely to fall within a range of £5,250K and £5,750K over the medium term.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: University of Leeds - Payroll Management
“Expenditure £25,000 University of Leeds - Payroll Management”
“Income £24,072 LBU Subvention”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: LBU Subvention
“Expenditure £25,000 University of Leeds - Payroll Management”
“Income £24,072 LBU Subvention”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Leeds Student Homes Ltd
“The consolidated statement of financial activities includes the results of the charity’s wholly owned subsidiary Leeds Student Homes Ltd a dormant company that ceased trading on 31st July 2015.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LEEDS STUDENT HOMES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No specific intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided text, which consists only of a balance sheet showing net liabilities and standard micro-entity notes.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

136 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (54 freehold); recorded price paid £5.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£24.1m
Total spending
£24.4m
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
78

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£24.1m£24.4m
31/07/2024£23.0m£23.3m
31/07/2023£16.4m£17.6m
31/07/2022£15.7m£15.4m
31/07/2021£13.3m£13.0m

Common questions

Is UNIPOL STUDENT HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £322,777 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily driven by increased staffing and utility costs. Although the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £3,712,953, it maintains a negative free reserves position with net current liabilities of £5,983,312, relying on property assets and loan facilities to manage working capital. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND1£2k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED1£296

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH STUDENTS' UNION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIPOL STUDENT HOMES£24.1m—7unclear—no doubt
THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£4.8m—2unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD FY2025£4.4m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES FY2025£3.9m——unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE FY2025£7.5m—6within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.