London Business School Student Association

Analysis

London Business School Student Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 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 07535015). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, London Business School Student Association reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.5m (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, London Business School Student Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The South of England Agricultural Society (£2.5m), The Cambridge Union Society (£2.5m) and Matchbox Day Nursery Limited (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 17%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £680k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.