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LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1139314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS MET STUDENTS' UNION

We represent 26,000 students to the University; the local community and nationally. We provide safe social and cultural spaces for our members by running venues and an events hall. We also provide a free and independent Advice Service for students and we provide opportunities for participation and development through volunteering, societies and work opportunities.

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Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Union reported a surplus of £79,952 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted free reserves of £307,455. However, the total net assets are negative £2,010,236, primarily due to a pension scheme liability of £2,334,166. The trustees confirm the Union can continue operating for at least 12 months, relying on confirmed block grant funding and sufficient cash reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £307k)
“The target figure for unrestricted free reserves was 25% of this amount, which is £366,006 (2024: £420,206). The actual unrestricted free reserves shown in the accounts are £307,455 (2024: £355,514).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Leeds Beckett Students Union Trading Limited
“The Union’s wholly owned subsidiary, Leeds Beckett Students’ Union Trading Limited, was established for the purposes of conducting the non-mutual trading activities of the Union.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The subsidiary holds a debtor balance of £86,131 owed by group undertakings as of 30 June 2025, whereas no such amount was recorded in 2024.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£731k
Reserves (reported)
£307k
Employees
81

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 32.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£2.3m£2.2m
30/06/2024£2.3m£2.4m
30/06/2023£2.4m£2.5m
30/06/2022£2.2m£2.1m
30/06/2021£1.9m£1.7m

Common questions

Is LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Union reported a surplus of £79,952 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted free reserves of £307,455. However, the total net assets are negative £2,010,236, primarily due to a pension scheme liability of £2,334,166. The trustees confirm the Union can continue operating for at least 12 months, relying on confirmed block grant funding and sufficient cash reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

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
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED2£388

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION£2.3m——below—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£2.4m£70,000 - £79,9994unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£2.7m—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION FY2025£15.3m—5above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY SAINT DAVID STUDENTS’ UNION FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001above739684.0%noted

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