NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES

Registered charity 1140142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC050311 (OSCR)

The Charity is responsible for supporting the development of students' unions throughout the country to ensure they adequately serve their student membership.It's objectives are the promotion of students' unions for the benefit of the public including promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of students' unions and building the capacity of the students' union sector.

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Latest income

£3.9m

Latest spending

£3.2m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity group ended the year with a consolidated surplus of £640k and unrestricted reserves of £4.54m, which the trustees confirm is comfortably in excess of their policy target of six months' operating costs. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient funds to meet all obligations, although the going concern assessment identified risks regarding members' ability to pay contributions and revenue from the purchasing consortium.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s operating costs in unrestricted reserves (held: £4.5m)

“the policy was revised to target the consolidated Charity with holding six month’s operating costs in unrestricted reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £841k

“NUS Services recognises the net present value of its future deficit recovery contributions as a provision on the balance sheet. At the end of the 2024/25 financial year this represents a liability of £841,360.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Total income

£3.9m

Total spending

£3.2m

Cost of raising funds

£1.7m

Reserves (reported)

£4.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (67% 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: 42.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jennifer Taylorchair
ABBY WILSON
Graeme Kirkpatrick
Justine Pedussel
KIRSTY MORRISON
Kaynat Ahmad
Lewis Wilson
Lucy Hart
Manpreet Kaur Dhesi
Rebecca Turton
Samantha Omondi
Trish McGrath

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
30/06/2025	£3.9m	£3.2m
30/06/2024	£3.9m	£3.4m
30/06/2023	£3.8m	£3.8m
30/06/2022	£3.5m	£3.5m
30/06/2021	£1.1m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity group ended the year with a consolidated surplus of £640k and unrestricted reserves of £4.54m, which the trustees confirm is comfortably in excess of their policy target of six months' operating costs. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient funds to meet all obligations, although the going concern assessment identified risks regarding members' ability to pay contributions and revenue from the purchasing consortium. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

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 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£2k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED	1	£296

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION.

FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION income £941k
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £7.6m
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD income £4.4m
WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
ASTON STUDENTS' UNION income £3.7m
THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH STUDENTS' UNION income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES	£3.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£941k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£7.6m	£90,000 - £100,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD FY2025	£4.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	below	—	no doubt
WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£3.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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