# THE CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1136030
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 20, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1136030


## Contact

- **Address:** CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY, 9A BRIDGE STREET, CAMBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** CB2 1UB
- **Phone:** 01223566421
- **Email:** info@cus.org
- **Website:** www.cus.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 THE GENERAL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (LISTED BELOW) ARE FOR THEBENEFIT OF CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY MEMBERS AND OF THE PUBLIC MOREGENERALLY. THE CHARITY'S PRIMARY OBJECT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OFEDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY:3.2.1 PROMOTING THE SKILL OF DEBATING AND THE CONSIDERATION OFMATTERS OF PUBLIC LIFE OR IMPORTANCE;3.2.2 HOSTING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,DEBATES ON TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE AND LECTURES GIVEN BY INDIVIDUALPERSONS OF DISTINCTION;3.2.3 PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING TO CAMBRIDGEUNION SOCIETY MEMBERS AND ALSO BY PROVIDING FOR THE TUITION OF OTHERSIN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING BY CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY MEMBERS;3.2.4 PROVIDING FOR THE ENTRANCE OF CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETYMEMBERS IN DEBATING COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS HELD BY THECHARITY, AND ALSO BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICTO COMPETE IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING;3.2.5 ASSISTING CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION WITH THEORGANISATION AND PROMOTION OF EVENTS AIMED AT WIDENING ACCESS TOCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION MOREGENERALLY;3.2.6 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE THE EXCHANGE OF IDEASAND PROVISION OF ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC TO THE CHARITY'S FACILITIES ANDEVENTS;3.3.2 PROVIDING WORKSHOPS FOR THE PUPILS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TOATTEND TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE PRACTICE OF DEBATING; AND3.3.3 ENABLING STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGEDBACKGROUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AIMED AT INCREASINGTHEIR CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND ASPIRATIONS."

**Activities:** Advance education by promoting debating, hosting educational events, training members and public in debating for debating competitions. Encourage the exchange of ideas and provide access by the public to the Charity's facilities and events; provide workshops for local school children to introduce them to debating and enable students and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to participate.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £2470951 | £2697171 | £10034881 | 7 |
| June 30, 2024 | £2362229 | £2476003 | £8828136 | 47 |
| June 30, 2023 | £563685 | £2463803 | £8935727 | 42 |
| June 30, 2022 | £2185278 | £2301435 | £9992728 | 48 |
| June 30, 2021 | £645315 | £994203 | £9339853 | 35 |



## Trustees

- Angela Broughton — appointed May 29, 2024
- DAVID NICHOLAS ROBINSON — appointed Dec. 5, 2017
- David Henry Branch — appointed July 12, 2016
- Dr Elisabeth Kendall — appointed Jan. 29, 2025
- Dr Gillian Tett OBE — appointed Jan. 29, 2025
- Jack Peters — appointed March 25, 2026
- Lord Stephen Graeme Parkinson OBE — appointed May 31, 2023
- Mohammad Abdurraheem Gani Comrie — appointed March 25, 2026
- Philip Sutton Harrison — appointed Dec. 15, 2022
- Professor Graham Virgo KC — appointed Jan. 29, 2025
- Rachel Green — appointed Nov. 30, 2017
- Sara Catherine Nathan OBE — appointed May 31, 2023