READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1158523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUSU

Latest income

£5.6m

Latest spending

£5.9m

Registered

2014

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£5.6m

Total spending

£5.9m

Cost of raising funds

£286k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

158

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Abdul Basit
Ashmit Singh
Debra Mary Soper · trustee of 1 other charity
Ellie Catrina Wiles
Emmanuel Olaoluwa ADEYEYE
Jack Edward Maddock
James Charles Hugh Beaver
Mike Phillips
Raymond Ellison
Salman Ali Agha
Tadiwanashe Brian Bonyongwa
Ysabela Ray Cabrera

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£5.6m	£5.9m
31/07/2024	£5.3m	£5.5m
31/07/2023	£5.1m	£5.2m
31/07/2022	£5.1m	£4.7m
31/07/2021	£3.4m	£3.1m

Common questions

Who funds READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION as a grant recipient include BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED	FY2024	£5k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED	FY2025	£1k