Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

NUS STUDENTS' UNION CHARITABLE SERVICES 

The Charity is responsible for supporting the development of students' unions throughout the country to ensure they adequately serve their student membership.It's objectives are the promotion of students' unions for the benefit of the public including promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of students' unions and building the capacity of the students' union sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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 issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 13 years

http://www.nusconnect.org.uk

boards@nus.org.uk

0300 303 8602

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 Volun-
teers
30/06/22£3,514£3,511£3£1,343£3,798£3,78913490
30/06/21£1,117£1,542£-425£0£357£3432.7420
30/06/20£3,672£2,826£846£0£782£5812.500
30/06/19£3,222£4,987£-1,765£0£-64£-288-0.700
30/06/18£6,394£5,200£1,195£0£1,718£1,4863.40100
30/06/17£4,517£4,648£-131£0£515£2790.700
30/06/16£4,203£4,347£-145£0£586£3320.9520
30/06/15£4,141£4,125£16£41£748£5571.6470
30/06/14£3,922£3,981£-59£25£734£5991.800
30/06/13£2,410£2,587£-177£84£736£6242.9490
29/06/12*£1,521£660£861£443£861£74613.650

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 198.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 38.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 58%
Liabilities/Income: 152%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 20 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
Friends Provident Foundation - National Union of Students-Invest for Change
£145,300 10/09/2019
We want to build on our progress with divestment, and the new impetus for zero carbon by 2025, to encourage and support universities to urgently move their endowments to impact investments and new ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NUS Students' Union Charitable Services
£19,805 11/07/2019
12
Towards externally verified research into the appetite among NUS member students for the provision of more sustainable food on campus.
Sport England - Education Delivery Support
£100,000 28/03/2018
18
Funding under Sport England's Education Delivery & Support funding programme for a Revenue project titled Education Delivery Support. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on ....more
J J Charitable Trust - Emission Impossible divest invest campaign.
£10,000 19/05/2017
Towards the second phase of "Emission Impossible", a Divest Invest campaign on the ethical and financial risks associated with universities' fossil fuels investments. By April 2018, nearly ....more
Mark Leonard Trust - Emission Impossible divest invest campaign
£7,000 09/05/2017
Towards the second phase of "Emission Impossible", a Divest Invest campaign on the ethical and financial risks associated with universities' fossil fuels investments. By April 2018, nearly ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-45
  • NEHAAL BAJWA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Nus Vice President Equality & Liberation
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2011, number: 1140142
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/01/2011, number: 07509468
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR12: 112 days late,
Main office

Ian King House
Snape Road
MACCLESFIELD
Cheshire
SK10 2NZ

Objectives

6. ObjectsThe objects are to further all charitable purposes, including (without limitation):6.1 the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and voluntary organisations including students’ unions;6.2 the promotion of good citizenship;6.3 the advancement of education of students; 6.4 the promotion for the benefit of the public of the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment; and6.5 the promotion of equality and diversity. 6.6 In this objects clause, “charitable purposes” means purposes which are charitable in every part of the United Kingdom. Nothing in this objects clause shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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