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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1139656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UBSU

Providing University of Bristol students with social, sporting and volunteering opportunities, advice, support and democratic representation.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£7.7m
Latest spending
£7.8m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the audit was performed in accordance with auditing standards, with the greatest risk of material impact identified as the override of controls by management. The auditor confirms that audit work was undertaken to state matters to the charitable company's members as required by law. No specific financial health metrics or reserves are disclosed in this excerpt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The document mentions reviewing regulatory correspondence with the Charity Commission, but does not state any specific incident, failure, or engagement that constitutes a serious governance flag under the defined rules.
“reviewing regulatory correspondence with the Charity Commission”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bristol SU (matched by registered charity number).

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): instagram

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

Total income
£7.7m
Total spending
£7.8m
Reserves (reported)
£317k
Employees
145

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 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 (50% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£7.7m£7.8m
30/06/2024£6.8m£6.7m
31/07/2023£6.7m£6.3m
31/07/2022£6.1m£5.9m
31/07/2021£3.9m£3.7m

Common questions

Is UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the audit was performed in accordance with auditing standards, with the greatest risk of material impact identified as the override of controls by management. The auditor confirms that audit work was undertaken to state matters to the charitable company's members as required by law. No specific financial health metrics or reserves are disclosed in this excerpt. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£2kPitsop and PHAB
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2013£10kKids Adventure Bristol
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2005£5kStudent Community Action

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£16k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL STUDENTS' UNION£7.7m—0unclear—no doubt
UNION OF BRUNEL STUDENTS FY2025£3.1m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£3.9m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£7.6m——below—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.