KEELE POSTGRADUATE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1143888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KPA

Postgraduate student representation and welfare / safeguarding at Keele University,Raising awareness and campaigning on postgraduate student issues both locally and nationally,Providing events and entertainment for postgraduate students at Keele University,Raising the profile of postgraduate education at Keele University,Fostering a sense of a postgraduate community at Keele University.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES ARE ESTABLISHED FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS DURING THEIR PROGRAMME OF STUDY AT KEELE UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 2.1 TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 2.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; 2.3 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH; AND 2.4 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £100,365, up from £83,765 in the previous year, supported by total income of £779,839. The filing notes that the annual grant from Keele University ensured the charity remained financially robust and that there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Ucheagwuchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Robert Adam Jackson
• Precious Aderibigbe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Ian Frederick Andrew Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Xihui Chen · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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