UNION OF KINGSTON STUDENTS
Registered charity 1144763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSTON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION, KUSU
The advancement of education of students at Kingston University for the public benefit by promoting their interests and welfare and representing, supporting and advising students, representing students' interests to the university, and providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussion and debate for the personal development of students.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30,500 for the year, with total income of £1,406,554 and expenditure of £1,376,054. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves in a deficit of £649,852, largely driven by a significant defined benefit pension scheme liability of £1,340,214.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: University block grant and other funding
“The charity receives a substantial part of its income by means of grant funding from the University of Kingston. The block grant amounted to £1,061,734” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Canon — Vice President (source)
- Christianna — Vice President (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): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£72k
Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Wandsworth
Income and spending
Common questions
Is UNION OF KINGSTON STUDENTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30,500 for the year, with total income of £1,406,554 and expenditure of £1,376,054. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves in a deficit of £649,852, largely driven by a significant defined benefit pension scheme liability of £1,340,214. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.
Who funds UNION OF KINGSTON STUDENTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name UNION OF KINGSTON STUDENTS as a grant recipient include BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED.
Known funders
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