Cardiff University Students' Union

Promoting the interests and welfare of students at Cardiff University during their study and representing, supporting and advising students.Being the recognised representative channel between students and Cardiff University and other bodies.Providing social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of its students.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Cardiff

Area of benefit in its governing document: Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £14,039,688 and spent £13,108,936.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 135%, from £5,967,127 in the year to 31 July 2021 to £14,039,688 in the year to 31 July 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 93% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Cardiff University gave £2,004,004 in the year to 31 July 2025, 14% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 July 2025, the charity named 4 funders who gave £2,034,004 between them. £30,000 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £9,600, awarded in 2018.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

14 trustees run the charity.

• Elizabeth Louise McKenzieAppointed 1 January 2026
• Elizabeth Marie McLaughlinAppointed 1 July 2026
• Elliot Lloyd HowellsAppointed 15 December 2021
• Henry William WhittakerAppointed 1 July 2025
• Joshua Lloyd TandyAppointed 1 July 2025
• Lakshmi Ksheeraja SikhaAppointed 1 July 2026
• Lucy Ann MillerAppointed 1 July 2026
• Manal AggourAppointed 1 July 2026
• Margherita PuccinelliAppointed 1 July 2026
• Owain SionAppointed 1 July 2026
• Sanjiv VediAppointed 1 July 2026
• Sean Peter StrongAppointed 1 July 2025
• Sian DaviesAppointed 12 June 2024
• Tiasha RobertsAppointed 1 July 2026

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1137163

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

29 July 2010

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES 16 JUN 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 NOV 2013 as amended on 12 Dec 2019 as amended on 25 Jun 2025

Company number

07328777This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.cardiffstudents.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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