Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Pension deficit: -3
Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE STUDENTS' UNION

The Charity provides representational services, advice, support and services to students of the University of Hertfordshire. The charity provides a range of charitable services relating to social facilities, access to employment and volunteering opportunities as well as providing opportunities to participate in a range of cultural, sporting and other activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
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
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £987,346 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
There is a pension deficit of £1,378,397
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/07/23	£2,593	£2,604	£-12	£994	£-892	£-987	-4.5	53
31/07/22	£2,556	£2,553	£3	£894	£-880	£-948	-4.5	54
31/07/21	£1,463	£1,389	£74	£279	£-929	£-1,002	-8.7	35
31/07/20	£2,579	£2,450	£129	£820	£-555	£-630	-3.1	70
31/07/19	£4,134	£4,105	£29	£2,845	£-491	£-552	-1.6	120
31/07/18	£5,154	£5,313	£-159	£3,777	£-573	£-623	-1.4	144
31/07/17	£5,493	£5,485	£8	£4,282	£-468	£-510	-1.1	165
31/07/16	£5,705	£5,825	£-120	£4,618	£-527	£-572	-1.2	180
31/07/15	£5,928	£5,984	£-56	£306	£473	£421	0.8	145
31/07/14	£6,395	£6,318	£77	£791	£529	£478	0.9	159
31/07/13	£13,928	£13,885	£43	£8,009	£452	£400	0.3	164
31/07/12	£11,646	£11,534	£111	£5,569	£409	£390	0.4	150

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 111%
Reserves/Spending: -4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 13 years

www.hertfordshire.su

contact@hertfordshire.su

01707285000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

53 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Project Invert
£3,144	05/10/2016 16	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Project Invert. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 20-70

CHIZOBAM EZEKCHUKWU Appointed: 2024

HAMNAH BAIG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

OLURONKE OLUWALERE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

AKINYEMI DANIEL LAWAL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

DIVYA MAHESHWARAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

DR LUCY ATKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DR MAIRI WATSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

MANOJ NAGIREDDY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

RAJIV SUDAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

UMAR MOHAMAD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

ROBERT WALDER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: THE BOBATH CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, THE NATIONAL BOBATH CEREBRAL PALSY CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2011, number: 1143101
Registered at Companies House on 13/07/2011, number: 07703890

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

University of Hertfordshire
College Lane
Hatfield
AL10 9AB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE UNION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 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.

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