Soas Students' Union

Analysis

Soas Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Soas Students' Union reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £641k to £1.3m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Soas Students' Union sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downside Abbey General Trust (£1.3m), Gaia House Trust (£1.3m) and Counties (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53% and charitable activities 41%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 38 people.

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.