DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
DSU aims are to advance the education of the students of DMU for the public benefit by: Providing representation, advice and assistance Providing sporting, social, cultural and recreational opportunities and facilities Promoting and encouraging contact and co-operation between students; Advancing the welfare and physical and mental wellbeing of students;
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024
Total income:
£1,861,300
Donations and legacies | £1.50m | |
Charitable activities | £226.61k | |
Other trading activities | £120.85k | |
Investments | £7.88k | |
Other | £5.00k |
Total expenditure:
£1,811,031
Raising funds | £54.31k | |
Charitable activities | £1.76m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £54.31k | |
Charitable expenditure | £1.76m | |
Retained for future use | £50.27k |
People

32 Employee(s)
11 Trustee(s)
930 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£70k to £80k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Accommodation/housing
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
Governance
- 26 October 2010: Standard registration
- DSU (Working name)
- DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION LIMITED (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
11 Trustee(s)
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Ramish Ayub | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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Pravjoth Kaur Gill | Trustee | 30 October 2024 |
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Destiny Taurai Mena Mazaiwana | Trustee | 09 August 2024 |
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Adetutu Dorcas Fafore | Trustee | 09 August 2024 |
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Judith Olurankinse | Trustee | 01 July 2024 |
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Gurupriya Karasala | Trustee | 30 August 2023 |
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Rita Bullivant | Trustee | 07 August 2023 |
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Adejumoke Abosede Adewola | Trustee | 01 July 2023 |
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Beverley Shears | Trustee | 15 December 2021 |
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Geoff Kershaw | Trustee | 28 September 2021 |
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Philip Gilks | Trustee | 28 September 2021 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.32m | £1.67m | £1.94m | £1.85m | £1.86m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.24m | £1.71m | £1.83m | £1.79m | £1.81m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.54m | £1.52m | £1.39m | £1.38m | £1.50m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £76.17k | £26.85k | £75.15k | £121.85k | £120.85k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £632.92k | £80.29k | £465.16k | £336.69k | £226.61k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £1.25k | £53 | £1.51k | £5.29k | £7.88k | |
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Income - Other | £74.07k | £34.76k | £7.58k | £5.06k | £5.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.14m | £1.62m | £1.77m | £1.73m | £1.76m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £100.49k | £88.00k | £59.37k | £61.87k | £54.31k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £82.48k | £67.08k | £75.22k | £50.18k | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £36.74k | £14.68k | £45.20k | £30.88k | £43.24k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £764.14k | £825.97k | £744.79k | £664.43k | £678.21k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | -£945.04k | -£1.07m | -£889.30k | -£783.48k | -£875.84k | |
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Total liabilities | £143.51k | £108.66k | £124.12k | £79.67k | £92.29k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 July 2024 | 10 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2024 | 10 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 28 November 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | 28 November 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 07 November 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | 07 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 15 November 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | 15 November 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2020 | 30 November 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2020 | 30 November 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JULY 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/2014 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/08/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 DEC 2018 as amended on 01 Mar 2022 as amended on 07 Mar 2023
Charitable objects
THE UNION'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE: 4.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS OF DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: 4.1.1 PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS; 4.1.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODY; 4.1.3 PROVIDING SPORTING, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS SO AS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY; 4.1.4 PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CONTACT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS; AND 4.1.5 ADVANCING THE WELFARE AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING OF STUDENTS; 4.2 ALL SUCH OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW WHICH ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.?
Area of benefit
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Contact information
- Address:
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CAMPUS CENTRE BUILDING
MILL LANE
LEICESTER
LEICESTERSHIRE
LE2 7DR
- Phone:
- 0116 3664972
- Email:
- dsuinfo@dmu.ac.uk
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