Liverpool Guild of Students

Analysis

Liverpool Guild of Students is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07324992). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Liverpool Guild of Students reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £4.7m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Liverpool Guild of Students sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Absolutely Leisure (£4.5m), Cambridge in America (UK) Limited (£4.7m) and Coventry University Students' Union Limited (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 46%, donations and legacies 45%, trading 7.7% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 190 people.