BIRKBECK COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1142614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRKBECK STUDENTS' UNION AND BCSU

Students' Union - membership organisation, representation, advice, advocacy, counselling services, educational support activity, co-curricular workshops, peer groups, employability, social intercourse, promotion of research, surveying, policy development and advocacy & campaigning.

Objects

ObjectsThe objects of the Union are the advancement of education of Students at Birkbeck, University of London for the public benefit by:promoting the interests and welfare of Students at Birkbeck, University of London during their course of study and representing, supporting and advising Students;being the recognised representative channel between Students and Birkbeck, University of London and any other external bodies; andproviding social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of its Students.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,902 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reversing deficits from the previous two years. However, the total funds carried forward remain negative at £(25,638), indicating accumulated historical deficits. The charity remains dependent on University support and occupies University buildings, though it has recently repaid a significant loan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 17/06/2024, 17 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 28/06/2022, 28 days after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bhoomi Narula
• Camelia Purwanto
• ELLEN MARIE ORR
• Lauren Osgood
• Paddy Reilly
• Priyanuj Choudhury
• Suna Brockford
• Zainab Abdul-Obitayo

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE STUDENTS' UNION income £2.9m
• LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION income £2.3m
• UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER STUDENTS' UNION income £1.2m
• WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
• UNIVERSITY OF DERBY STUDENTS' UNION income £2.7m
• BUCKS STUDENTS' UNION income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

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