Staffordshire Students' Union

Analysis

Staffordshire Students' Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Staffordshire Students' Union reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.8m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 48%. 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, Staffordshire Students' Union 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 University of Salford Students' Union (£2.8m), Bucks Students' Union (£2.8m) and East London Advanced Technology Training (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 43%, trading 4.5% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £855k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 99 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.