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Winchester Students' Union

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Winchester Students' Union is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about Winchester Students' Union?

Reported income · year ending 2025-07-31
£1,485,434
Reported spending · year ending 2025-07-31
£1,686,056
Registered charity number
1208187
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Sparkford Road

Quick answer

Winchester Students' Union (number 1208187) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Winchester Students' Union do?

Winchester Students' Union provides independent educational advice & support and a broad range of extracurricular activities and volunteering opportunities to students of the University of Winchester; this includes an annual, diverse programme of campaigns designed to elect positive behavioura change and provide critical information for the welfare and interests of members and the wider community.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Winchester Students' Union

Answers Winchester Students' Union gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 July 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Winchester Students' Union's highest-paid staff paid?

Winchester Students' Union's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Winchester Students' Union's money come from?

Winchester Students' Union reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.1m (73%), donations and legacies £346k (23%), trading and fundraising events £42k (3%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£1.1m · 73%
  • Donations and legacies£346k · 23%
  • Trading and fundraising events£42k · 3%
  • Investments£8,975 · 1%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

Winchester Students' Union's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
15671477 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Hampshire

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups.

Reported activities: Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Winchester Students' Union registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for Winchester Students' Union yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Winchester Students' Union. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Winchester Students' Union a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Winchester Students' Union as a registered charity (number 1208187) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Winchester Students' Union's charity number?
Winchester Students' Union's charity number is 1208187. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1208187?
Search 1208187 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Winchester Students' Union do?
Winchester Students' Union provides independent educational advice & support and a broad range of extracurricular activities and volunteering opportunities to students of the University of Winchester; this includes an annual, diverse programme of campaigns designed to elect positive behavioura change and provide critical information for the welfare and interests of members and the wider community.
Does Winchester Students' Union have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Winchester Students' Union. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Winchester Students' Union?
Winchester Students' Union's website listed in our register data is https://www.winchesterstudents.co.uk/. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Winchester Students' Union's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Winchester Students' Union's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Winchester Students' Union's money come from?
Winchester Students' Union reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.1m (73%), donations and legacies £346k (23%), trading and fundraising events £42k (3%).
Are Winchester Students' Union's trustees paid?
Winchester Students' Union's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Winchester Students' Union registered as a charity?
Winchester Students' Union was entered on the register on 9 May 2024. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 15671477).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.