ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION

Registered charity 1154402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. coordinate and manage non academic student activities2. primary representative of student body3. organizing functions and events4. coordinate and manage fundraising activities5. coordinate and manage budgets, sports clubs and societies

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:4.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;4.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS, THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 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.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,867 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £89,274. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient funds to meet all financial obligations and that the block grant for the following year has been agreed. The filing notes that the charity is dependent on the University for support but states there is no reason to believe this support will not continue.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08540244

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MURPHY, George Daniel — director, appointed 23/07/2026on trustee list
• MULHALL, Melissa — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
• FORSYTH, Charlotte, Dr — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
• POLONIC, Eduard — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
• SHEEHAN, Padraig — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
• WILSON, Arabella — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
• HORTON, Edward Andrew — director, appointed 20/09/2024on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Padraig Sheehanchair
• Arabella Wilson
• Charlotte Forsyth
• Eduard Polonic
• Edward Andrew Horton
• George Murphy
• Melissa Mulhall

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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