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UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION

Registered charity 1197170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION

The Unions objectives are the advancement of students at University by: Promoting interests and welfare of students during their course of study and representing, supporting and advising students; Being the recognised representative channel between students, the University and other external bodies; Providing social, cultural, sporting, recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £105k for the year, with total income of £2.44m against expenditure of £2.33m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £281,823, which falls within the stated policy range of £280,000 to £420,000. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing strong cash reserves and ongoing support from the University of Huddersfield.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £79,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 per annum: £70,000 - £79,999 4”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 4
“Employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 per annum: £70,000 - £79,999 4”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £280,000 - £420,000 (held: £282k)
“HSU determines that this level of funds is within the range £280,000 - £420,000. HSU will never hold reserves lower than the baseline in this range.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £1.1m
“The inclusion of the pension scheme liability has resulted in a negative pension fund of £1,073,250”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Huddersfield Students’ Union Lettings Ltd
“These financial statements consolidate the results, assets and liabilities of University of Huddersfield Students’ Union and its wholly owned trading subsidiary Huddersfield Students’ Union Lettings Ltd (HudLets)” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£114k
Reserves (reported)
£282k
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.4m£2.3m
31/07/2024£2.5m£2.5m
31/07/2023£2.5m£2.3m
31/07/2022£2.2m£2.2m

Common questions

Is UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £105k for the year, with total income of £2.44m against expenditure of £2.33m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £281,823, which falls within the stated policy range of £280,000 to £420,000. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing strong cash reserves and ongoing support from the University of Huddersfield. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £79,999 band, and 4 employees earned over £60,000.

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
QUINTIN HOGG TRUST1£540k
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SPORT LIMITED1£296

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD STUDENTS' UNION£2.4m£70,000 - £79,9994unclear—no doubt
FALMOUTH & EXETER STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£941k—0above—no doubt
WARWICK STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£9.2m——unclear—no doubt
GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD FY2025£4.4m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
UNION OF UEA STUDENTS LIMITED FY2025£6.9m——unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£2.7m—0unclear—no doubt

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