Aberystwyth University Students' Union

Analysis

Aberystwyth University Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dyfed. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Aberystwyth University Students' Union reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.7m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Aberystwyth University 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 Cardiff Met Students' Union (£1.7m), Birmingham City FC Foundation (£1.8m) and University of Wolverhampton Students’ Union (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, charitable activities 24% and trading 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £313k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £466k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.