UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1140278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UOESU

Taking care of the educational and social aspects of students life at the University of Essex. Working with local and regional groups to promote the excellent volunteering work that students carry out. encouraging health and well being through the coordination of a number of sporting and recreational activities.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free cash reserves amounted to £606,100, which is 104% of the 2024-25 target of £585,000. The charity reports a consolidated unrestricted deficit of £66,500 for the year, primarily driven by a reduction in core grant funding and lower commercial sales due to falling student numbers.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — University of Essex Students' Union (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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

• Mina Comezchair
• Alexander Christopher Davison
• Amol Vivek Joshi
• Chantel Louise Le Carpentier
• Charlotte Yallop
• Chloe Jeffery
• Emma Mhaya
• Hareem Rehan
• Merick Niyongabo
• Sarah Adenaike
• Serdar Atahan Rahoojo

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION income £1.5m
• UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED income £6.9m
• FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION income £941k
• UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX STUDENTS' UNION income £6.5m
• UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL STUDENTS' UNION income £7.7m
• GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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