UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1143161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUARTS

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Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£4.2m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £49,477 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the trustees consider the union financially viable for the foreseeable future, citing the Education Act 1994 duty on the University to ensure financial viability and the expectation of continued support. Free reserves stood at £318,900, which is above the stated policy target of £300,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £100,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Three employees (2023: three) earned a gross of £60,000 - £100,000 during the year after applying the discretionary cost-of-living increase and pay progression.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 3

“Three employees (2023: three) earned a gross of £60,000 - £100,000 during the year after applying the discretionary cost-of-living increase and pay progression.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least £300,000 (held: £319k)

“In December 2021, Arts SU revised its reserves policy to require general (unrestricted) reserves of at least £300,000.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Yemi Gbajobi — Chief Executive (source)
Justina Cruickshank — Deputy Chief Executive – Operations and Services (source)
Martin Dodd — Deputy Chief Executive – Membership (source)
Nathalie Grigorenko — Interim Deputy Chief Executive – Membership (source)

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.

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

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

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£4.2m

Reserves (reported)

£601k

Employees

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 (88% 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

Andrew Morwood
Anzhi Xie
Aya Qaddourah
Ayon Ghosh
Daryl Elaine Stenvoll-Wells
Dawn Buchanan
Ellie Bindi Walsh-O'Neill
Jianing Lu
Parul Shukla
Summer Lam

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£4.1m	£4.2m
31/07/2024	£4.2m	£4.3m
31/07/2023	£4.1m	£4.1m
31/07/2022	£3.4m	£3.3m
31/07/2021	£3.2m	£2.9m

Common questions

Is UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £49,477 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, the trustees consider the union financially viable for the foreseeable future, citing the Education Act 1994 duty on the University to ensure financial viability and the expectation of continued support. Free reserves stood at £318,900, which is above the stated policy target of £300,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON STUDENTS' UNION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £100,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	31/07/2014	£127k	UAL (Universities of Arts London) Active
Sport England	30/10/2013	£8k	Expanding the sports community at UAL

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
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED	1	£6k

Charities like this

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

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS' UNION income £5.9m
READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £5.6m
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION income £2.5m
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION income £7.6m
SOUTH BANK STUDENTS' UNION LTD income £1.4m
U3A IN LONDON income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON STUDENTS' UNION	£4.1m	£60,000 - £100,000	3	above	—	no doubt
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£5.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£5.6m	more than £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025	£7.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SOUTH BANK STUDENTS' UNION LTD FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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