UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX STUDENTS' UNION
Registered charity 1147242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provide educational services for students at a University
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the union reported a net expenditure of £114,542 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £739,633 to £625,091. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £385,703, which is above the stated reserves policy target of £374,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees’ whole benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was 1 (2024: 1).” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £374,000 (held: £386k)
“The reserves level of unrestricted funds is set at £374,000, with an absolute operating minimum set at £137,000.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lyds Knowles — Diversity, Access and Participation Officer (source)
- Annie McEntee — Wellbeing Officer (source)
- Ella Goodchild — Sports, Societies and Events Officer (source)
- Jyothi Hanumantha — Student Living and Sustainability Officer (source)
- Zarak Rais — International Students' Officer (source)
- Jay Lynch — Education and Employability Officer (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£3.1m
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (70% 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: 47.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Ella Goodchild
- Frances McEntee
- Jasmine Chilvers
- Jason Lenz
- Jay Lynch
- Lydia Knowles
- Olivia Lima
- Samuel Kilgour
- Thomas Mitchell
- Xiaolei Xu
- Zarak Rais
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the union reported a net expenditure of £114,542 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £739,633 to £625,091. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £385,703, which is above the stated reserves policy target of £374,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.
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