LEEDS TRINITY STUDENTS UNION

Registered charity 1184182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LTSU

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY FORTHE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING ANDADVISING STUDENTS;BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS ANDLEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES;

Objects

1. TO ACT AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION, THE GOVERNORS, THE COLLEGE AND OTHER BODIES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS MEMBERS AND STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE AS A WHOLE.3. TO REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF ITS MEMBERS AND ACT AS A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION IN DEALING WITH THE COLLEGE AND OTHER BODIES.4. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ACTIVITIES.5. TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND CO-ORDINATE STUDENT CLUBS, SOCIETIES, SPORTS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

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 total funds increased from £261,081 to £274,543, with unrestricted reserves of £361,207 held at year-end. The trustees report that these reserves are currently above the charity's stated policy target, although upcoming projects are expected to reduce this level. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rosario Tomchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ammarah Pandor
• Charlotte Jowett-Walker
• Emily Timson
• James-Stuart Duffin
• Stephen Harrison-Mirfield

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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