DERBY COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1179839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To represent its members and provide appropriate services, including welfare, advice and guidance, trips and activities and by organising the student representation system.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT DERBY COLLEGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT DERBY COLLEGE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND DERBY COLLEGE AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND3 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,788 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £51,609. The Trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Denton
• HEATHER KELLY
• MICHAEL JOHN FORD

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• UNIVERSITY OF DERBY STUDENTS' UNION income £2.7m
• UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER STUDENTS' UNION income £1.2m
• DURHAM STUDENTS' UNION income £2.6m
• UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENTS' UNION income £6.9m
• FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION income £941k
• Staffordshire Students' Union income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

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