Staffordshire Students' Union

Registered charity 1173330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

Staffordshire Students' Union is the representative body for its students. A focus of its work is the provision of a range of services aimed at improving academic, social, cultural and sporting experiences, building a sense of community and belonging to the University and wider community. It provides advice and guidance on academic, financial, employment, housing and welfare issues.

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.9m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(82,306) for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds excluding pension liability of £854,997. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, citing continued support from the University of Staffordshire and sufficient cash holdings to ensure adequate cashflow for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 4 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £855k)
“The Reserves policy recognises that reserves are necessary to maintain the day-to-day operations of the Union for a period of up to 4 months, should anything disrupt Its Income sources. This would currently equate to approximately £428,000.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Staffordshire Students Union Enterprises Limited
“sole shareholder of Its trading subsidiory Staffordshire Students Union Enterprises limited (company reg 09849741).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.9m
Cost of raising funds
£92k
Reserves (reported)
£855k
Employees
99

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.8m£2.9m
31/07/2024£2.9m£3.0m
31/07/2023£3.0m£3.1m
31/07/2022£2.9m£2.9m
31/07/2021£2.0m£1.9m

Common questions

Is Staffordshire Students' Union financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(82,306) for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds excluding pension liability of £854,997. The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, citing continued support from the University of Staffordshire and sufficient cash holdings to ensure adequate cashflow for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

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
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST1£540k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED1£296

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Staffordshire Students' Union£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD FY2025£4.4m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£4.8m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£7.6m£90,000 - £100,0004unclear—no doubt
NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES FY2025£3.9m——unclear—no doubt

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