University of Bristol Students' Union

Analysis

University of Bristol Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2011, 15 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 06977417). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, University of Bristol Students' Union reported income of £7.7m and spending of £7.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £7.7m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 57%. 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, University of Bristol 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 The Fellowship of the School of Economic Science (£7.7m), The Prior's Field School Trust Limited (£7.7m) and Aldwickbury School Trust Ltd (£7.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50%, charitable activities 47% and trading 2.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £317k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 145 people.