FUSION UK
The charity resources and provides one-to-one services to local church communities that enables an understanding of university student culture and allows effective support of students from a Christian perspective.
Objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income surplus of £52,557 for the year, bringing total reserves to £314,120. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £248,348 are currently above the stated upper limit of the reserves policy. The charity is not audited but subject to an independent examination.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 35
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 40
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 5
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Trustees
- Hannah Millerchair
- Andrew Neil Gardner
- Jennifer Dudgeon
- John McGinley
- Prabhjot Kaur Johal
- Ramsey Martin Filippides
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £950k | £898k |
| 31/08/2024 | £703k | £693k |
| 31/08/2023 | £732k | £745k |
| 31/08/2022 | £790k | £903k |
| 31/08/2021 | £721k | £726k |
Common questions
Is FUSION UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income surplus of £52,557 for the year, bringing total reserves to £314,120. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £248,348 are currently above the stated upper limit of the reserves policy. The charity is not audited but subject to an independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds FUSION UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FUSION UK as a grant recipient include MAGNIFY FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LINCOLN ST SWITHIN, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WITH ALL SAINTS SPITALFIELDS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT PETER FARNBOROUGH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH HOLY TRINITY ULVERSTON.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNIFY FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £30k | Support churches to love, welcome and disciple students |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LINCOLN ST SWITHIN | FY2024 | £3k | Church Planting |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LINCOLN ST SWITHIN | FY2021 | £2k | Missionary support |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WITH ALL SAINTS SPITALFIELDS | FY2025 | £1k | |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LINCOLN ST SWITHIN | FY2025 | £1k | Missionary support |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT PETER FARNBOROUGH | FY2023 | £1k | |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH HOLY TRINITY ULVERSTON | FY2023 | £576 | Home Mission and Secular |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH HOLY TRINITY ULVERSTON | FY2021 | amount not stated | Home Mission and Secular |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mercers' Company | 04/07/2018 | £100k | Grant to Fusion UK |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD | 1 | £126k |
| FIELDSDENE TRUST | 1 | £62k |
| THE BLAGRAVE TRUST | 1 | £48k |
| THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £38k |
| THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC | 1 | £30k |
| CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME DE SION LIMITED | 1 | £15k |
| GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST | 1 | £12k |
| THE WORLD REIMAGINED LIMITED | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- FUSION MAIDSTONE
- FUSION ARTS LIMITED
- FUSION PLUS
- UNION FOUNDATION
- UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD UNION
- CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF SION (UK)
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUSION UK | £950k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| FUSION MAIDSTONE | £332k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FUSION ARTS LIMITED | £122k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FUSION PLUS | £140k | £39,500 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| UNION FOUNDATION | £1.6m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD UNION | £1.5m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |