LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1183556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREENWICH STUDENTS' UNION, KENT STUDENTS' UNION, KENT UNION, LASE STUDENTS' UNION

The advancement of education of students at the University of Kent for the public benefit by; promoting their interests and welfare and representing, supporting and advising students: representing student's interests to the University; and providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of students.

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Latest income
£12.4m
Latest spending
£12.3m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £523,020, while total net assets decreased slightly to £773,687 due to a reduction in restricted funds. The trustees report a challenging financial period influenced by inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, but note that the organization remains solvent with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Increase unrestricted reserves by 5% per annum (held: £523k)
“Increase unrestricted reserves by 5% per annum” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kent Union Trading Limited
“Kent Union has a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking, Kent Union Trading Limited (KUTL)” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£12.4m
Total spending
£12.3m
Reserves (reported)
£136k
Employees
337

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (67% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£12.4m£12.3m
31/07/2024£12.5m£12.6m
31/07/2023£11.4m£11.5m
31/07/2022£10.6m£10.4m
31/07/2021£7.7m£7.6m

Common questions

Is LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £523,020, while total net assets decreased slightly to £773,687 due to a reduction in restricted funds. The trustees report a challenging financial period influenced by inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, but note that the organization remains solvent with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

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
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED3£7k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP STUDENTS' UNION£12.4m——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH BANK STUDENTS' UNION LTD FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
UNION OF KINGSTON STUDENTS FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD FY2025£4.4m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
YORK ST JOHN STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£1.3mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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