Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

For students at Newcastle University: providing sporting, social, cultural and recreational opportunites; protecting and promoting their interests including well-being and conditions of study; providing representation and guidance on welfare and other matters; promoting good relations between them and the general public; communicating on their behalf with the University and other bodies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 69.2% of total funds
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/07/23£6,515£6,929£-414£0£10,009£2990.51732,142
28/07/22£5,755£6,157£-402£0£10,416£4040.81531,860
28/07/21£4,057£3,981£76£0£10,823£3761.11243,490
28/07/20£5,076£5,315£-239£0£10,739£3040.71396,100
28/07/19£4,045£4,236£-191£0£10,982£2500.71097,593
29/07/18£4,314£4,249£65£0£11,170£1640.51090
30/07/17£3,795£3,981£-186£0£11,103£1420.4660
31/07/16£4,007£4,138£-131£0£11,282£290.1660
02/08/15£4,064£4,209£-145£12£11,446£-46-0.1630
03/08/14£3,457£3,767£-310£8£11,591£-163-0.5610
28/07/13£3,327£3,606£-279£8£11,901£-191-0.6570
31/07/12£3,276£3,630£-354£10£12,176£-249-0.8570
31/07/11£10,498£2,451£8,047£8£12,526£3761.8400

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

nusu.co.uk

adminmanager.union@ncl.ac.uk

01912393900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£12,000
Co-Operative Group£7,060
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£1,350
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to North East Solidarity and Teaching (N.E.S.T)
£2,833 21/10/2023
Our project offers a weekly programme with between two and five daily sessions of English lessons, sports clubs, trips, residentials, in school support, counselling, art classes and youth clubs.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Newcastle University Students' Union
£750 12/01/2023
Supporting a student led volunteer programme helping vulnerable young refugee and asylum seekers living in Tyne and Wear
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Nightline
£2,382 22/10/2022
Nightline is a confidential and anonymous listening and information service (open 8am–8pm each evening during term time) run by students for the benefit of students at Newcastle University.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Newcastle University Students' Union
£600 10/02/2022
Purchasing a piano and piano lessons
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Newcastle University First Responders
£1,845 23/10/2021
The Newcastle University First Responder initiative sees medical students provide a uniformed 999 response service across the city. We aim to buy uniforms for all our volunteers.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£12,000 28/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Redesdale Revitalises Volunteer Project
£5,300 04/06/2018
As part of a wider Heritage Lottery Funded project Revitalising Redesdale. Expand an environmental education project across Redesdale linking student volunteers from the University of Newcastle with disadvantaged groups in Tyneside and ....more
Sport England - Purchase of Firefly Dinghies for start sailing programme
£10,000 14/07/2015
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Purchase of Firefly Dinghies for start sailing programme'. This project is a Sailing & Yachting project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Semi-Competitive Sporting Opportunities
£89,714 10/12/2014
Funding under Sport England's University Sports Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Semi-Competitive Sporting Opportunities'. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger ....more
Sport England - NCL Active - The alternative sports programme
£124,596 03/05/2011
Funding under Sport England's Themed Round 4 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'NCL Active - The alternative sports programme'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-69
  • ADRIAN ALEXANDER DREWETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired,
  • ALEXANDRA DUGGAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • DAVID DONALD MILLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Operations Director
  • FRIDEY CORDINGLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications Director
  • HISHAM SALAMATHULLAH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • IAN JEREMY KITCHEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: General Manager And Consultant, Trustee
  • JASMINE BANKS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • LINMING SUN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • LUCY BOWER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • MX LEO DAVID Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
  • SARAH WINSHIP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant
  • SWATI SUBRAMANIAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Sabbatical Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2010, number: 1138091
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/2009, number: 06978707
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
KINGS WALK
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 8QB

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION SOCIETY ARE:3.1 THE FURTHERANCE AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:3.1.1 PROVIDING SPORTING, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY;3.1.2 PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS, THEIR WELFARE, DEVELOPMENT, WELL-BEING AND CONDITIONS OF STUDY;3.1.3 ACTING AS THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER BODIES;3.1.4 PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;3.1.5 PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THOSE OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND3.1.6 BY ANY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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