King's College London Students' Union

Analysis

King's College London Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05762196). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, King's College London Students' Union reported income of £12.5m and spending of £12.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8.9m to £12.5m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, King's College London Students' Union sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ryde School (£12.5m), St Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge (£12.6m) and The Collegiate School Bristol (£12.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, charitable activities 18% and trading 8.6%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £905k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 203 people.