Cardiff Met Students' Union

Analysis

Cardiff Met Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07003324). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Cardiff Met Students' Union reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.7m (+3.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cardiff Met Students' Union sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University of Wolverhampton Students’ Union (£1.7m), Aberystwyth University Students' Union (£1.7m) and St Albans School Woollam Trust (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 49%, charitable activities 43% and trading 7.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. It employed 28 people.