University College Birmingham Students’ Union (The Guild of Students)

Analysis

University College Birmingham Students’ Union (The Guild of Students) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, University College Birmingham Students’ Union (The Guild of Students) reported income of £360k and spending of £372k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £168k to £360k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, University College Birmingham Students’ Union (The Guild of Students) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include English Bridge Education and Development (£359k), Richmond Bridge Club (£360k) and The Redesdale Hall Trust (£359k).