Health Sciences University Students' Union

Registered charity 1197125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AECC STUDENTS' UNION

Activities to support the student experience such as social and sporting events, academic enhancement and student advocacy.

Objects

THE UNION'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT AECC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT AECC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;3.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND AECC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND3.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSION 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 Students' Union ran at a loss of £42,334.63 for the year ended 31st July 2025, primarily due to utilizing excess reserves in line with policy. Total reserves decreased from £80,779.86 to £38,445.23, reflecting the deficit incurred. The trustees report that the institution received a 103% increase in annual subvention for the following year, indicating continued institutional support.

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 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• April Villareal
• Daniel Sullivan MChiro
• Iben Burkeland
• Nils Theuninck
• Patricia Kilkenny-Browne

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Southwark

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 HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION.

• UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION income £2.4m
• UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED income £6.9m
• ASTON STUDENTS' UNION income £3.7m
• TRINITY SAINT DAVID STUDENTS’ UNION income £1.2m
• GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD income £4.4m
• LANCASTER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION income £4.9m

Side by side with its peers

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