FUSION UK

Registered charity 1073572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUSION, FUSION NATIONAL STUDENT INITIATIVE

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.

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Latest income

£950k

Latest spending

£898k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£950k

Total spending

£898k

Cost of raising funds

£11k

Reserves (reported)

£314k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Millerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Neil Gardner
Jennifer Dudgeon · trustee of 2 other charities
John McGinley · trustee of 1 other charity
Prabhjot Kaur Johal
Ramsey Martin Filippides · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 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	£0	Home Mission and Secular

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	04/07/2018	£100k	Grant to Fusion UK

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£38k
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE WORLD REIMAGINED LIMITED	1	£5k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	1	£5k
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNAFFILIATED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES	1	£3k
BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED	1	£3k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£3k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUSION MAIDSTONE.

FUSION MAIDSTONE income £332k
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED income £596k
FUSION21 FOUNDATION income £13.5m
Thurrock Christian Fellowship income £779k
FUSION ARTS LIMITED income £122k
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO income £399k

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 FY2025	£332k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED FY2025	£596k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FUSION21 FOUNDATION FY2025	£13.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Thurrock Christian Fellowship FY2025	£779k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FUSION ARTS LIMITED FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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