BANGOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1177930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANGOR SU, BUSU, UMPB, UNDEB BANGOR

The Union's objects are advancement of education of students at Bangor University for the public benefit by:-promoting the interests and welfare of students at Bangor University, representing, supporting and advising.-being the recognised representative channel between students and Bangor University and any other external bodies; and providing social, cultural, sporting, recreational activity.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT BANGOR UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT BANGOR UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND BANGOR UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BANGOR UNIVERSITY 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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Registered contact address: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,700 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a deficit of £128,774 in the prior year. Free and unrestricted reserves stood at £392,860, while total reserves were £455,885, which the trustees consider to be in a good position as they exceed the stated policy target of £250,000. The charity remains dependent on funding from Bangor University, which has indicated an intention to continue providing financial support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Bangor University Students' Union releases statement amid Reform debate row dailypost.co.uk · 10/02/2026

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Ann Smithchair
• Alicia Elizabeth Edwards
• Daniel Gibbens
• Daniels Lipatovs
• David Rhys Wilton
• Ebenezer Elias Mwema
• Eleanor Grace Lees · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harry George Samuel Polley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isaac Sheridan
• Ross Griffiths
• Samantha Jayne Gill
• Stef Finikin

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

Operates in: Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• BUCKS STUDENTS' UNION income £2.8m
• LANCASTER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £4.9m
• BIRKBECK COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION income £500k
• WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION income £7.6m
• READING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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