QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON STUDENTS' UNION LIMITED

Registered charity 1147786 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QMSU, QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON STUDENTS' UNION

The provision of support and services to students at Queen Mary University of London

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;4.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND4.3 PROVIDING 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.

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Latest income
£7.3m
Latest spending
£7.2m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that consolidated reserves stood at £425k, though the general reserve was in deficit of £71k. The Trustees note a continuing reliance on QMUL support but confirm sufficient funds to meet liabilities for the next 12 months with no material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 5
“The average full-time equivalent number of permanent staff during the period was 72 (2024:67).” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: QMSU Services Limited
“Income generated by QMSU Services Limited totalled £3.804m (2024: £3.756m).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £425k; policy: building an appropriate level of reserves on the basis of budgeting surpluses in the coming years of no less than £50k per year)
“The consolidated general reserve balance, however, was in deficit of £71k (2024: £121k in deficit).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Officer Trustees received remuneration of £218,533.
“Amounts charged in the accounts and paid to the six Officer Trustees during the year amounted to £218,533 (2024: £226,483).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: QMUL provides premises and support services valued at £580,062, recorded as income and expenditure.
“The estimated value of the premises and of the support services provided by QMUL totalled £580.062 (2024: £563,164). That amount is included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities as income as a grant, and as expenditure allocated to relevant charitable activities.” — page 6
“The estimated value of the premises and of the support services provided by QMUL totalled £580.062 (2024: £563,164).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: QMUL provides premises and support services valued at £580,062.
“The estimated value of the premises and of the support services provided by QMUL totalled £580.062 (2024: £563,164). That amount is included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities as income as a grant, and as expenditure allocated to relevant charitable activities.” — page 6
“The estimated value of the premises and of the support services provided by QMUL totalled £580.062 (2024: £563,164).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

Total income
£7.2m
Total spending
£7.2m
Cost of raising funds
£4.0m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
183

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (53% 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: 55.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£7.3m£7.2m
31/07/2024£7.9m£7.9m
31/07/2023£7.4m£7.4m
31/07/2022£6.1m£6.1m
31/07/2021£4.0m£4.0m

Common questions

Is QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON STUDENTS' UNION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that consolidated reserves stood at £425k, though the general reserve was in deficit of £71k. The Trustees note a continuing reliance on QMUL support but confirm sufficient funds to meet liabilities for the next 12 months with no material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/04/2025£7kTower Hamlets Summer Sports Camp
Sport England15/09/2014£10kPongathon University Challenge (PUC)
Sport England23/07/2014£179kGet Active

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SWIRE CHINESE LANGUAGE FOUNDATION1£10k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON STUDENTS' UNION LIMITED£7.3m—5below—no doubt
QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FOUNDATION FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
ST MARY'S STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£684k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DE BROME TRUST FY2025£435k—0below—no doubt
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FY2025£19.9m£190,000 - £194,999—unclear—no doubt
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£704k—0unclear—noted

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