Keele University Students' Union

Analysis

Keele University Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Keele University Students' Union reported income of £6.3m and spending of £6.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £6.3m (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Keele University 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Paul's Cathedral Choir School (£6.3m), Duke of Kent School (£6.3m) and The Doreen Bird Foundation (£6.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 59%, donations and legacies 32% and charitable activities 8.2%. Charitable activities took 30% of spending and raising funds 70%. It employed 98 people.