BATH SPA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1189547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the interests and welfare of students at Bath Spa University by representing, supporting and advising students.Being the recognised representative channel between students, Bath Spa University and other external bodies.Providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of students.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £40,832 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £887,775 to £846,943. The trustees note that the union is dependent on the University's support, specifically a block grant of £1,255,198, but consider there is no reason to believe this support will not continue. Unrestricted reserves stood at £783,215, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Western Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Joe Wilsonchair
• Benjamin Edward Hooper
• Christopher John Ellicott
• Eve Molochko
• Evie Sarah Trembath
• Janine Pointon
• Madeline Simmons
• Ming Hui Ng
• My Tam Sunny Dao
• Robert Blake-Burke
• Russell James Steven Thomas

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE STUDENTS' UNION AT BU LTD.

• THE STUDENTS' UNION AT BU LTD income £4.2m
• UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION income £2.4m
• UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER STUDENTS' UNION income £4.8m
• GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD income £4.4m
• FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION income £941k
• UNIVERSITY OF BATH STUDENTS' UNION (BUSU) income £6.7m

Side by side with its peers

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