FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1193045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the interests and welfare of it's Students and representing, supporting and advising Students; Being the recognised representative channel between Students and the universities and other external bodies; Providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of its Students.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, CORNWALL, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF THOSE STUDENTS DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY, AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS, FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, CORNWALL, AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; ANDPROVIDING 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 generated a surplus of £28,828 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £940,574 against total costs of £911,746. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £449,734, which meets the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that grant income for the following year has been confirmed by both universities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin. 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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 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 (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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tobias Giles Hawkinschair
• Charlotte Daisy Kent
• Charlotte Rose Reynolds
• Jasmine Marie Taylor
• Kevin Ivor Werry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martha-Daisy Minnett
• Miriam Binsztok
• Natalie Elisa Barbara Martini
• Philip James Howard
• Poppy Louise Chapman
• Rhys William James Benny Wallis
• Siobhan Dearling

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• ASTON STUDENTS' UNION income £3.7m
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION income £7.6m
• UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION income £2.4m
• WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION income £9.2m
• TRINITY SAINT DAVID STUDENTS’ UNION income £1.2m
• NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES income £3.9m

Side by side with its peers

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