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Charlty numb•r: 1137J11
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UNION
{A company limited by guar¥nt••l
TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
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ADMINSTPA TIVE INFORMAIIOPI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Charltsble Stat
Tha company is Wi51ergJ a5 a (£rfnpwy ty guarantee and was sèt up by a
Memrantjum of ASS¢￿1￿¢￿.
chaiity numbei 1137811.
Univwsty of Lewler Sl¢JdeTrts' unl￿ also has intemal rgJulab"on5 OrR￿ Wkyoved by th• Board of
Twst8as and iegulaled by Ihg 9)¥emirKJ ol the Untv•rsity of lthe University) '
Cr)rd￿Ce wAth 1994 E￿￿￿tI)n Act ar*J the Chanty Ct*nm6wn.
R•glst•rnd Addr￿¥
Un1vets￿ ol Lewter Sl4vJonts' un￿￿. Pw¢y G•¥8uldivJ. Urwersty Ro*J. LeK*ster, Le￿$1￿*￿T￿,
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Board 01 Truste
P Bhatt lappyjinted 1 Juty 20231
A Oeeb (resigned 30 June 21Y23
N Farner (resigned 30 June 2023}
J Hyeit (appointed 1 Juty 20231
R Jenkins Iresign4d 30 Jun¢ 2023)
J M¢tX)nald lappoint&J 1 JU￿ 20221
H Pathan IresKJngd septernL￿r 20231
J Thomas lapp¢Mnted 1 JU￿ 20231
L Ruddock{reswJned 1 ju￿ 2023)
E*tÈmal Trustees
A B￿n {rBsigned June 2023)
J Bates lappoinied 2023
A Black (appointed Juty 21r231
S.Kno*4es I￿S￿n￿j June 2023
R Kc¢Jakandala lapp(mted AWJ 2023)
D Moore lapkxjinted July 20181
P Smth laprKJint8d Doc 20231
Independent Auditor
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UNIVERSITY OFLEICESTER STUDENTS. UNION
IA eon¥)any l•mfjt•d by ￿3[antsel
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR AND DEPiITY cH￿R
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 20Z3
It has be￿ a rwlNe yw kn Ihe hawr#J seen s(#i)e excelw 18v* of engag8rr*nl with our
eommunty and stakehokbw5. SupF>Jrttd by the pint thirrfJ gffjup betrfftn ur1v￿ty and the
Students. Union thè"sbtky ￿Mpus. p￿r￿￿ has assi¥ted in seèing many ofour semtss and p￿￿slor
bad( lo near p￿ pand￿￿ and ranpus wpeats tr) be rduming Ihe trwsy and vibwt
place we always remembered it to be.
In IAarth ofthis yèar. and afief6 yew5 *ilh ￿ CEO Gweth CbJhton Ihai was 5￿pINj do%
from hi5 role. Garelh the ble55ings and thanks ofthe b)ard lor ht5 5ervth. The Un￿n undertook
a wcrurtrnent pr￿sS at the ofthe 22-23 aca¢Jwnicyeai and apWn1￿ Lwn Davis lo the CEO ro￿.
We wish Liam the best of luck bok fornarf to SUPFiWtiNJ him as he le•Js the Union lo￿ard vhth
exeitsng of the future koks IdKe.
We were ￿e1￿hled lo see the res￿ of the 2023 NalN)nal Stud￿1 SuNey INSS} whKh. ￿￿Trg$t other
POS￿¥es, hi9hlvJhts LSU as a top 10 students, union Ai temis ol stJAents leeling that thèy are wel
repre￿￿J. This is lundam￿tal Io Ouf wr[￿e and the fitst rmrity wnthin our strategic plan. We will
ntinu• lo Pla￿ emphas￿ on Ihi5 7Aryk to engjre Ihat our memb•ts tonlinue to receiv• th• of
acadern￿ repr65entstion I￿ need.
It was ol Iwthef great ￿lS1￿￿￿? to see that the Universty receNed a Gold TEF (feathirrfj ExcelerKe
Frame•nrk} r?￿n9 wh￿h was h•awty aK1ed by the strengih of our student subryM"ssion as part of th
process. It is likely that Ihe Urwon won't r*ed to c1)m￿ete another submtssK)n until 2027 as per
strat8gK plan w* wll continu¢ io ￿7rk tovrdrds building a strong und8rstarMlirKJ of 5tudenl n8•Ys aThJ
rking with and in11uerory OUT partnws * the UnNer5ty in lin with our leamings ol thos•
requirements. When a￿ next to suppjrt submi5SWS to the ¢Jts Ioffice lor Students} our
on￿01r￿j wll sUp￿rt us wi pmwding e¥idertt wu1￿. Most impOrt￿ty it wll vs to
continue our W•￿11( as a ffjprw*alpie bD(ty as an effective UnTh a)d charilabb8 t•)dy.
Ong ol the more signFftsnt str*egK dV4etop￿￿ts in 2y24 twas to s￿re fundir9 from the Univérsty
that enables the intrc*Jucti(m of a syslem of pa*1 SI￿nt ￿preSentaths in thè forn of'Col18ge R•F6."
The introductK*n of four part b.me paKI siudent ryjresentabves will See ￿ added levd of
rep￿sentatIOn on key txojtti *YJrkThJ a5 wdl as supr¥)rring the of our other eknted
Financially the Unhjn has hil a number rf Iwgets aThJ despte 51arbr#J Ihe year with a b&￿et that
projected a deficitof£79.445 lexduding SuLds and pens￿ def￿fUndIry adjustments}fund&Jthrou
our ￿erVe$- we finished the year signrfKanUy aW wth a su￿lUS of £85.825 lexduL*ng SuLels and
pension defiut funding adjLL8lmentsl. the reS￿ts of SuLets *KJ the pertsKJn dth"t Changes *ere
taken into xcount th8 a sUr￿U$ of £44.400.Thi5 ts du• part to departrnental savKKJs
as well as in¢reased ￿ve15 of interest bwng actn*d from our r85gNe5. Nthv that 1he Union has
sucLessfvlty navi3ated itseifout of the prrA4wTr5 by the ￿dern& w investments wrykiro group
has been estat4k8hed to begin t1isDtssThs al￿1 the rTh)st effthe ￿.￿Sab"c￿ ofwr existiw reseNes.
Julia Bates
Chair ofthe Board of Trusteos
Arth￿ Rotrfwn
Deputy Ctsrofts Board of TA￿tee$
Students. Union Presvknl
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UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDEMTS. UNION
IA com￿nY lthilt•d ty guardrt••l
TRUSTEE'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 3)23
Tho Trustees Ivtho arealxj of thethaitylorthe rrtJrtM)ses ofthe Companies Act) pre￿1 their
nua ￿p(rt togethw th Iho audited finarv* statern8nts of UnNW5ity of Students, Union
IULSU} (the cfjrnpanyl for th8 year 31 Juty 2023. The TrLLStees confirm that the Annual Report
d fin?￿jaI slatemants of theo)mpany and Ihe group c*)rtyly with ts oJrr•nt statutory reqUi￿ents.
requirtments rf the c*mpany and the 9mup's goveming Llocum8nt and Ihe prowsions of Ihe
Slatorr*nt of Re(¥)mrnended Prattice, C￿tieS SORP {FRS 1021, 'A¢counting and Rep(xb'ng by
Ch*tses" efféctive 1 2019.
Report under cxjmpany law.
ULSU* tharitsble obitets
The •J¥aicement ofédu¢atKM olstudènts 4tthe UThvetsty lorthe Publ* Bendt ty..
pro￿￿)b￿J the inteffjsts and ¥&pifwe ofstudents al the Uni¥w5ty during Iheir Mur5eof stu(ty
8n<J t￿reSe￿Ing. supwJrb"rwJ a)d siudents".
other exiemal t¥xlies,' aNI
Prowding S￿la1, cuhural, SFthtiro and ￿er￿eati￿ &tr4it*S. and fonwns fv)r discthsth5 and
¢b*ofor the pewol of *s stwjorts.
ULSU is admm$t•red by its PA)ard ol Tr￿%18¢$ of up to gx sbjdents el*ted annualty by cross campus
s•crét balkntofthe ULSU mtmbership lavj aMfiAI time. ¢y'sabbatraf. Fosts ￿munerated as ￿￿tin*j
ty the 1994 EducatK)n Act and canrKJt exceed yew5 d￿at￿n for ea¢h I￿￿rI.. up to fve exlem
trusteos appoinled for tw lo e¥Jht yw {l*DlemB ol vptofr￿r years} by an apP￿nImerts and a
udent tP*at i5 app(xrted by iho amxrfnlrwts p*. and has no ￿ph￿Trent ary CaP￿ty wlh th•
Union.
The Board of Trustees me8ts al1&25t fryjr bmes a year to rwe repwts from indwKlual crffKw5. sul
commrtlees and Ihe Chief EX￿￿11¥e. to rv4i•¥ Ihe charitys rw1orn￿rtt and administration general
d to thide pcrfiw ar6irvJ.
All the tharity trustees ￿Ceive an inductK)n inlo their legal •Jrninbstrative restM)nsibliles, ￿•[¥
the essèthial trustee 9tjKla￿e from ￿ Chan"ty Cornmw>n. Alcess to additional trainin9 is also
pn)vidad thrruJlNyA the year.
The Sttyjent Ewuts"¥e Olfw5 are new to the e4)ard rrosl yew5. 9) ty ur¥Jerw a more intens
training p8ri0d that alkm lo fv￿lI bolh the¥"r twsiee dutie5 as as pwé portfolio ol ¥M>rk.
The traning stsrt5 durir¥J a harthver Peri￿J, imrnedi*dy wh)rto them ffijlty assuming offic*. This akns
to ensure they are fulty wre ol their rnles responsi￿"111*5 and can ￿rfOrnI th*r duti85 to the test
ol the"¢r *¥Kty.
ULSLfs govemance manwJ&nent.
The Finonu &AudItCoMn¥tt￿ m(YtitrA5 ULSiYsffinanual perfoThaTra. appraLses requests lor¢8pital
expenditu￿ and revi￿ our ￿MMer0a1 perform*Ke. The Commrttee atso re¥￿*￿5 the annul budyd.
The Ron￿n￿ratIOn & HR Comrnrtt•e txarnines issues rdaiing to ULSU eM￿oYees, ir*jl￿1rQ staff
Fol￿185, tha￿85 to pay and mattw5 relating lo gmpbye• w*llbeirYJ.
The Rl¥k Man49eff*n¢ rn¢)nit￿ ULSU'S rtsk profil?. risk marbagwmnc comphance
r•lev8nt *islation aTrJ suulli￿$ pr(yress in tsd(lirg Nlenbfi•Y areas of rtsk on the OTganisat¢on's iisk
regi¥ef.
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UNIVERSITh OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UN#Y4
IA company fim6tsd ty wJardrth•l
TRUSTEE'S REPORT {Con￿nU#d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
StnKtyr•. Govarnan(¥ & 1kn•o•ff•nt I¢￿￿n￿al
ULSU operates On denKxr#Trc pnnriple5, WAth pol* beirg wn by the six seknted trustees who
fonn the Exer#Jtive Commillee. Dtsri￿ the year. rnembws have the opportwity io h.ng forward idg85
thffjugh Union Council or three io t1￿ st￿*￿14&d tt￿nge. Nets￿[￿$ are based on
printsp￿s of d81iberati¥e and dired derrKrfxw. Th• Unw's Studenl Ideas syst•m also creates simpl¢
and Llire(l opporturuties lorstudents tosugJest ctsrso Njeas to Union Counol. Unton Counol aL8oh8ve
thè atmlrty to cal an aU4tud8nt on matter5 ofT*thits importa)c*, r8quIr￿.
SeThSor Leadershlp
The University of LeK4stef St￿lents. UniM employed a Ch￿lExe￿￿e Offiw ICEO}. Gareth Oughton.
man¥Jémantolth•owani63tion. The CEO ￿9fted in Mwch 2023subs8Want tO￿lth ￿ appJintmw)t
F￿0￿5 to recwii a SLxc*ssor was tKrt in p*e resu￿"ng in the sets￿0n a￿1 appJntrnent of Liam Davrs
who ojmrnenced hi5 ernptyTr￿t in September 20rJ. Klember of the Senh?r Mwa9ement T
Arnbala¥8nar Kurnaran {Dir￿￿￿ d Memtwship Swkncesl slepped uplo ddNer key CEO tasks until the
new CEO tojk up his r¥)sitson. The Senior Man&Jem&)t C>￿￿￿ted add￿On of Nicola
j￿aM Ith"rector of Fwmnce).
Tho Stratfrjic Lthdw5kMP To￿. made up of the UnK*)'s MaTr￿er￿ rr￿ monihty to OVer￿e the
Union's rtgular aeti¥ithes. ULSU also trnpbys a nlmber of rth.5tudent fvll line staff to rnan￿8 and
administefit5actiTrri￿4s. These staff rn¢mters areat3*untstye lo tsChiefExeartlvèt*￿ performan
of their ¢￿ie5.
Staff Pay
Th¢ unu￿ a pay in 22r23 Ihat eama into on 1# A￿j￿1 2023. 11 ￿ hcwl th•t tr*$
will resolve sorne issues we have had around stall and to ensure that we a￿ offering
rA)mpetfts"¥e rales of pay In an onwn9 [￿St oflNirvJ
R•lationshlp wlth Unlw•fsrty of L¢¥c•sl•r
The reLqtionship the Uni¥￿sity and ULSU r& establBhed in the R•3ulat￿ffi$ ol the University
and detailed in ULSU RU￿ appro¥ed by t(*lh orgaThsaD"or6. ULSU r¢ceiv¢s a Bk)ck Grnnl from the
Univer5ty, and leases rnost ofthe Percy Gee B￿l&'n9 by the UnNersity. Ublibes are also paid by
the UnNergty. This Tr)n-rn¢y￿1ary surwrt is ￿trn$￿ to the Ida￿nsh￿ bgknn the Univwsty and
ULSU. An &slwnat&1 io ULSU for this free servK•d attOmM￿lation has been indud*d in the
acwwts. ¥a￿e￿ at £229.440.
The￿ 1$ no reason to bdieve th* substantial financA￿ supF#>tfrom Ihe Unwwsity will continuefortho
foreseeal)le fulure as ou#in&l in Ihe 1W Act.
Risk Mamgement
Our Risk Managernent sUtt4Mmit￿ of Trusteè Bo*d is r&pc￿S1￿ lor lh* o¥tyvie* of rtsk
manaJernènt and ddtgates that authrrrity to the $￿Ky marosement and 5taN te•ns via Ihe CEO. The
mosl sb3nrfKwi ri$ks and a brief surnmwy ofthwr m••Jenwt is listed below.
Stsff & officer turrrfy4er- we have a larye Thjmbw of kn"rrfJ their rdes as the labwr
mathst lurched baek into actw after the paTrJemic. We have r￿Mple1ed a pay r*4i*•• h85 rgsulted
in a rnore compebty've remunerabon offer moving forwards. We have *50 C￿Mttled to rthfierting the Staff
benefits more broadty ￿ the CAynirg year. Due lo the natu￿ of Ihe Sttjdents, Unions. up to 6 sabbatiral
oificers lake up 7 year cnntr&ts can iruease prE5sure ueated by hKJh turrw. Tlws year's offK
han¢J)verand Inducti￿ was much rnorethoTough tw prev1)u￿y had been the case and ￿ ho￿ Ihis W￿11
have sel a nvw hi￿ bar aThJ wll help to reduce fv impaL# of offKtr tuffA)ver.
. Our legacy pe￿￿)n ￿lgatiOnS a¢kninkstered Ihrough the Students un￿ Superannualtitin Sch&ne
ISUSSI Se￿ us paying Signifi￿nt $Lrn5 to lund the SUSS, 5ySterni¢ defiJL Whi1518 large number ofother
students. uniofis ffind thèmsefves in thi4 pos￿"¢n rt d¢es not rntyate the general ¢)verall risk assc¢i8
¥￿th this pension defi¢il. We have begun vKJrk t*4hKh wll c¥)nbnue into 2Y24 in ev￿uatiftg a number of
Klenlffied 0￿.or6 to d&risk tyJrcJJrmt It)sIti(￿ ￿1th reg*d toour patbupation in thè SUSS.
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UNIVERSITY OF LeicEsTER STUDEMTV UNION
IA¢omp¥ny by gu•r•nts•
TRUSTEE'S REPORTI¢4￿￿TruedI
FOR THE YEAR eNDED 31 JULY 2023
Structuv•. Go¥•rnanc• 8 Manawmnt 1e4>nlift￿dD
Du¢ to the n*U￿ ol our ￿m￿r$ that some of ow W risk5 Ind￿te organised ￿tMty t
otojrs under our barfftr. We slpwt over 250 student gmups in $dI￿rgan￿￿e<l acbvrtw. These
adivty levels varythro￿hcxAtheYwand b•ts*8ngrwps in drffemt years. Th•se acts"vrties
are a rnixturè bets￿ rwJuL4r or annud fv of a(1￿1t￿ *livitBs that happ￿ in response to
chaNJiThJ local, nab¢mal or intemational iSSl￿5. We aware ol our dulles to SUPFQrt freèdom of
sP￿h as well &% ottrdu1￿S to woterl (he*￿11)elf¥ ofstudents ￿da5 I•3￿atIOn tn this8reathafW85.
* ￿11 have to be oflKMt this inw Lwr a5xxi*d marwenL
As a tharity ￿ld) woages wrth its mombets wmarity in the Spa￿ the Union m￿8t respcffid to
risks posed by chawing guKla)c8I￿n the dwity Ix)mmtss*m in temls ofthe use olsc*d medo. We
T￿11 revi•v¢w Fdi¢y as r¢quired arHI need t¢ prtyid• siaff. offieèts irtksiees Tmth tra?niTrJ.
Wo conb.nue to operate in ￿ enviroTh))￿ w•the￿ *t are he8w.ty ￿liant on a yngle SOU￿ of fvnding.
As this funding s(￿ree rnmains the Vnivergty ihe of fvnding being rem(Ned Is 1ry•4. Wth the
Universrty being reouif&1 to have a students. un￿n Edwation ACL However. fvnding
will bedewtht theIrfi￿a￿lal pwftTharttand indudtng th¢ r8¢TUitmentofinlemalThial slud8nts.
Overall. the risks aswryated wilh arty k*Jtenbal fvnding c¥ts rem8irts b)w and are offset further by our
strory reserves positK)n. We afe c4)nb"r•Jry and our ablty to thb)p ow I
comrnerrAa income Str￿￿.
The Sludents. Unhm is affilated tothe Nab)nal Unth olstudents INUS UK) aThJ NUS Charity. Affiliation
to these orgaThsaltons enables th? StLthnts' un￿ to 5h¥e th•ir nabonal Oicy ¢J8ts"sth8, ir¢)ut into
natK)nal ￿mp3￿ni￿ prionbes as as benefil from the SUPFQrt serV￿S provided to member
organisa1￿$. Suth Sup[￿ inthde officer tr•"ning prOgr￿lT*S a￿1 staff nehthing
Opportuni￿$. NUS Charity aso provide support to uni)ns in the e￿1 of ￿1$ or pr&sslPR issue5. Thè
CQ8t ol Ihese affilialions in 2022r23 was £22.gXI.
NUS UK- £18.(￿0
NUS Chty- £4.XKI
As a vlues.led oTrJantSatN￿. the st￿lents. UnKJn (¢Jwates a ol suppliers we wefer not to Ilo
business or tske(•Mrnero￿ twkn.rgs from. This lisl 15 th.redy informed by d￿￿10n and d¢bate
Irtyn [￿l￿"Cal leaders ofthe ¢yganisalt(m. rM)SgtAe. lo (kn business Wmilarty éthtsl
organ6ats"or& 4th0 are dear ab$￿ their elhiral 9roundirg. Accordinyy, tlws infOffl￿ relationships we
have w*th ongoiry crynmerr3al arraThJements have ￿*th wular 5uppIiw5 as our princyal
prOrno￿On0l g(KKIs sup￿￿. Further s* ￿11 be l*n in Ihe comw¥J year to strerythan dih'genre
r8garding stren9therin9 SLppty thain to ensure SUPF4iers are athvdy ctynb* mtyJ8m
slavery, take wsibve environment￿ aL*on and are c4>mrnrtied to EDI.
()Jrpuwposé is déar in ourtsY61ilutth. Tr K% dO￿ted tothe e￿￿tL)nal interests tA
of its Mernbgr5' arKI wll 59ek at all lirne5 to..
Ensurg th*lhg divew ofts mem￿r$￿1p is that •Jual Xcess is avalW￿ to
l Membws of whatever ¢NrfJin Of o￿n18t
Pursu• its aims and obiecbves independent of *y(¥)￿le41 partyor rel9lOU5 9roup
Pursue equal opp(￿lUnrtleS by t&ir4J FwtNe ￿1n Iw tof¥rilit*ti Part￿Ipation of
group￿ dIS￿MInal*d 4ainst by society.
Thg Twslges thi5 matter. in coniunLYion wih the guidance (J)nta¥￿ in th• Chaiity
Commissons general 9uthnce on putAi¢ benefit and have c¥)nduded that as a wistered ehaty and
Students Unicx). ourworkt1ire(IIy Supports benefits thes1vd￿ts Wiste￿ lo study at Ihe Univetsty
Ldce5ter. In pl￿ni)g Our￿￿, ￿ tel￿Ve Ihat the primary 9￿$ (rf *1 wr ￿MI￿$ are h.nked to wr
tfjre aifft5 and thwefrye dired b¥￿1 of our mawr*>w Stud￿ts.
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IA company1knSt•d bygu•rnTh
TRUSTEE'S REPORT1¢onllnved)
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 JULY 2023
Alms, ObleGtlv¢• &ActIwili￿ (conllnwdl
Mlsslon..
To repTr$￿t ￿ wnw*er slLkJerts in w*ievirg Ihth"i pc￿114.
Vlslort..
By 2026. sI￿l￿ts *ill see w a5 an empwiwwj. that effe￿NdY remtnts thoir
interests.
Our asyralths am abjut •nhants"NJ St￿j0n￿. Ow thès• aspirth.ons is
nde1￿.n￿d by our values..
We are led by students. We t4ie¥e stuthts makethe beslthi8K)nsat*JAwhat impa￿$ Ihem.
W• f•mow barrknrn. The full diversty Sh(¥J￿ be Suppor1￿ by evtyhir¥J ￿ (b.
W• arn proudty radieal. We &e bokl. innthfatrt and th*l￿ge ihe status quo.
icPriorities & Our Work
Strateglc Themè
- Stud•nts L•adlfig Edu¢•don
65°A ol stsjdents will agree the Union
effe￿lYety represthts th*"r
inlerests
In 2022r21123
75% ol slvdents *ill ￿k￿ded positNety to Ihe
NSS question on the Union effect￿￿Y repfesents"NJ
students acadern￿ inler85ts
2020
Priority 1
-Trantyfovn4ng Siudents Educath
In 202Z12023 tA•...
We will prOd￿e an wnual impa(*
report ayoss Ihe Irfwe ofthis plan.
d*monstra*'NJ how the voic
has been enhanc￿ by the of
student represenlatives
PuNish*J ovrfirst impxt rwt to *1 sludents, that
el￿￿ the charges t￿U9h1 about by
representatives ar w instrtutional level.
We se¢ured lunding lor 2￿21 lo enploy 3 students
to act as'colege Reps whsch will significanuy hèlp
us to devd this area of fvJnd8menlal M)
Ran a pikTrt $Ch￿e ￿thin 3 sthooLs where stsff and
represents￿ agf8ed a jO￿t ￿tKIn ￿an for tenr
one and
We *ill ¢Jeve&)p studenl-led ¥tsK)ns
lor the fu￿re ol eduCa￿n wthin eath
to shape the leamThJ Oriu￿re
ner￿(￿ rf sludents.
Prlorlty 2
- An Inclus￿ Currk¢rtum
202212023 wo...
We will b￿1￿ a case for a l*erat
rriculurn. refftecting on thg dNg
of programmes and the best
enwronment in thich I1v￿r$e
students Can leam.
We will u￿lertake a mEmbar4•d
Devekjped a oJ￿1urn consultant project.
¥the￿Y 90% eslablBhed outLxpm85
ty year-end
Goal
2026
UrKlertoc* research to idBnbfy 5tudènts' on
assessmwt nthdrsy 8t a k)cal levd and
p￿ented fIThJ1r￿ to the Unr¥ersty
By
2026
SO Students shapethe
so they fully supFort st￿Yent
Pag$ 7

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS UNM)N
(A¢￿ Ilmknd bygwranthll
TRUSTEE'S REPORT leontinu￿)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Airrw. ObJ¢¢ti¥•s & A¢ll¥fj* IMntlrn*dl
202¥2023 TM...
Tran$f•nnln
Sttmlents Educa11on
Our Go•1
We wll develop student4ed
By 2026
annua prtyJram revi**
sche1￿5 for ar2dernic
Secur*J a ￿mIal rtAe kjr the Un￿rt in the
Unive(sty's annu￿ prcgram rewew prctess
stu¢ent wrillen submissA)ns lo the
Teachin
Ex￿llenCe
We will create capaoty to (leve
edueatK)nal support by
thè Un￿n to th• P0S￿radUate
r￿arch communi
Our Goal
By 2026
klentifial I￿￿Je1S of besi pTrcbtè in the sector and
identif*J OppOrtun￿e$ for a￿￿tIOn to (¥Jr exisiirrfJ
representative nKJdd. We hope to feed into
nèxi
tars
vwnarte and
resentat￿n review.r
In 202212023...
- Wibrani s￿dent CorrwTwnllies
Over 60% of students *ill have
been a member of at ￿51 one
9rovp durirg ts"I b.me ai Leic4ster
em
Leice51er
present
hallenge
one
By 2026
numbers
re2
202212023 T**...
- Ch•nplonlng Intemallonal Studwrt
en
We will enha1￿* ￿"knred suw)rt
anij fundw for n3￿n* and
Ilural srfieties in b￿a￿en1
their feach and their a￿.Ity to host
ula slK)wca5e event5
We ￿11 devdop an Internat￿￿
students stralegy ￿lch bu4ds
Stro￿ neI￿rkS and gapr￿ lo
keep up Mih UnN
recruitment groy
Our Goal
8y2026
Devebped talk1r￿ trainiry, *èding to In excess of
20% irscrease in SLKc£ssful lundirs apF4Kath)tiS
Our G&•1
By 2026
Urn5ericrf)k In￿Mat￿31 SlLKJè"ni'researth to
esiablish basdine ol intemational stud￿1
Pri￿￿ty 2
- 0gllv•rl On Stud•nts' Intsrnsts
will trnsur• tach stud•nt'$
Inter85ts are represent￿ in
actN
the Un
We wll d￿eknP a tiwed sludent
group de¥dor￿n￿l prrN3r
and commrttee rnentoriry
scheme. to assist with le￿¥51¥P
nb.nu
In 2022r1023 w*...
streamlin￿ sooety search funct￿nality on our
website arrtl made il eas*r forsludents to find
that inter&1 them s
Deveh)peé a pilot scheme forten student grcwJps-
lthe ot¥'ective has been chw(J to Assouat￿s
PrDJraml
By 2026
Our Go•1
By 2026
Pajfr 8

IA compny lkntt•d ty guardbth•l
TrUSTEE'S REPC*T Icwtinuod) F(Xl
ThE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY>)23
Alms. Obje￿1¥0• &Actl¥ilies
Prlorlty 3
-Mak
A Powerful Lo¢al
Sludent vdunleers have a
tvJul¥. Mh%*rful Imp￿ in
(x)nwnunty
202212023 w•...
Estsblish a free mi¢ro-wJlunteering programrne to
enabk students who ￿￿ted to actsvely ctsitribute
to th*r ￿31 c<)mmunity wAih the linit6d time they
have. We $￿Ired additr&nd fundirvJ lo recruit
volUnte￿n
coordinator.
Undertcok a stakeholder mappng exercise with
k)cJ decision makers and rolenti& pwtners in the
communty, to tyu1￿ our Unders￿)dIng and
supwi problem sofving ofthe issues most
rnmonty farjng our member5
By
2026
DeV￿P o)mmunty or9￿151n9
Ca￿rtY. to efjsu￿ students have
opp(Klunitias to hamess th&f S￿lES
d wort with thal patheis to so
woblw)s f* by *1 L*￿sIer
c4tize
By
2026
202Z12023 **...
~ A F￿ver Student Ltre
Le￿Ster 3trJdents' Well￿r0 will
track cornparabty lo the WaThrtk-
Edinburgh Menthi Wdb&"r4J Scale
for 1&24 year c4ds nat￿￿1
e3
core
By
2026
Èrric
ssociale
nsis
Pilority 1
- L•adlng The Flgm Agabnm S•xual
Vlolen¢e
Wewill hold meeliNJs wlh
stakeholders Irorn Ic¢al aultsknes
to inffluence sleps n8eded to
enhan¢e Siu¢Jent safety in the
ht-time ectjnom
We VAII Se0J￿ ¢Jed[￿ted fvThJiThJ to
enha￿2 the Fanye ol suFq)ort
opth)ns avalablèkn ￿r￿1vorS of
sexual vder
X12Ztt023 ¥M...
Ow
Undert(N)k a slakeh(Ader mawng exwD5e V¢ith
nvJhl a￿￿mY s8rvr* provK5ers and
licensing aulhoritw, to identify key pwtnets in
buikJirKJ out reach
By
2026
Mapred exsts.rg provistors and undertook
earch lo idenlrfy gaps ￿ prDViSion
By
2026
Prityity 2
. A Cha lon For Students. Ri
We wll devebp the Alfvice Sern"
to improve awa￿ne$S of stu¢Jents'
rights wth regard lo Crfs. CM
pk)yment law and ten
frarneworks
We wll devebjp a comwth8nsNe,
studant-le(I reviv* ofLwL•nts
and dISuk￿lnary proce￿ on
eaffws
In 202212023 TN•...
Undertcc& ￿e8rd1 to e5t*ish the k¥el of
unsjerslandi￿J amonost sludents when il cornes to
their rvJhls as employees. tenants. lewners and
By
ZOZ6
Undertook sedor-wide researth into exarryl•s of
best pradice regarding UnK)n ￿n￿lants aThJ
discirAinary prwew. We supported the
UnNevsty in a numberof the4rovm
ses in this area too.
By
2026
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(A ¢omppny lknffted by 9wrnrts•l
TRUSTEE'S REPORT Icontlnued} Frxi
THE YEAR EP&IED 31 JULY1023
Alms, ObJeetiv•¥ & Aeli¥ili•s{¢¢ntlnwdl
Priority 3
- A Flnanclalty Acc•8slbl•
rlen¢e
We ￿11 produce a CrAWby-
College o)st of tsviTrJ guide for
Slu¢knt& In orderkn t¥g*t SUFPOrt
where it's most needed
We will eStabl￿h a tryA forthe
secior to berthmark the Cosf of
Unryerslty￿￿e￿ ￿)rTY￿ad81￿)n.
orthr to a far W of
metits lora
202V2023 tA•...
Our Go•1
By 2026
LaurKthd a reseaTthed ts)si ￿ INirKJ wide
for all sdKd5 thin the Coll•Je ol Scwl
S(J"ew. Arts 8 Humanities
Our Goal
By 2026
Published in*th finwry81 researth into the
erats.onal costs of halls, lo develop students,
und¥slaThJirwJ of Ih*r vdue for Tr￿neY
Finanelal Revlew
ULSU'S gross In0￿ from dl Sour￿ tots1￿5 £2.359.9)3 12022.. £1m9.1281. Total
expenditure was £2.183.9￿{2O22.. £1.513,1981 reSU￿"T￿j in a suiplus for year of £17S.￿312￿22.'
£315.930 surplus), irrnirrfJ ULSLfs total r*S￿e9 to £1.018.876 {2022: É974.4761. 01 thi5. £713,818
12022.. £687.5gJl were uwwestrid•J lthJs aTrJ É305.05812022." £286.8861 r•strided.
Whilst thè Union has t￿n11n￿l to benth from the rwnition and suwjrt ofth? Univwsty. The annual
bloth g￿nI vtas £1.225.411. uby¢ased from £￿7.5￿ ￿ 2022. Tkwo was ¥d(￿b￿aL 9[ar￿￿e1¥¥d
IN project funding, t55.￿{2022: £7.WI.
The Unh)ns tradin9 Subs￿1•Y gew*ed a Iradry suwpkts <rf £173.453 (2￿￿". £142,945) wlwch is 9ift
aid&J to the Lhwon.
The Univetsity ol Le•￿Ier Stud￿ls'union TraliThJ Ltd l*Jk15 a m ￿+￿1￿h1p in &￿d￿l Union Lgtbngs
Limrted. Theeompany is wi*red asa charitabk c4mpany limrted by guarantee. 50% ofthenet incorne
and assets of thè o)rnpany ha¥• bow irK4udod ii thos• fmarK4a #al￿rts.
Page 10

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDEIITS UP•ON
IA ¢omp•ny Ilrnknd ty guarnnts•l
TRUSTEE'S REPORT {eontlnued)
FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31 JULY 2023
The Vr￿on aims io generate rnlurrts on the cash it ￿)Its in the bank at any si¥en poinL Th purpose
to yield the best finantial rt￿rn wilhin Ihe knl of rtsk ttsisAlar•d •bie- trH"s th can then te
Spent M the d￿11￿$
Dglivery of wr m ser¥w is met bkxk gwt furylirvj r￿ed Ircffi the Urivwsity, Ihtt
rnmercia ￿nt and any tommtira* patr•rships in for acttss lo our rMnbÈrs. Inl￿Me
gener*d on ￿ ￿vaSta￿ reserves should not reouirnd kn Sup￿ thii*s ofthe VnKJn.
The ￿lI01n$krnU$t thrysbe ideth WKI rrn&fall7h*hintsatw*ablè stAt•(Ibytho FinoM*
Befor¢ #nyfvnds ore inwested tre fAreclLYrf Fir￿ mL* wepweara5hlkyAftoenswe tr￿lthe lth
has enough cash to meettsthiThJ captsl wUirwn￿ts. Any fwds requirwj in ts thrl tenn may
thgn be invested short.term ¢Jepogts arrfl any fvpds not n*Jed in the medium-bng terni can fvn te
invested wisety in fon9er4em) investments logenerate a 9reater wekl. Fund5 not needed for short
Opera￿l￿al ntèds Can bederwted reptdabbe ir6trtutws. provid￿ that the •Jro8d rtsk ratin95 oThJ
limits are adherÈd to. Dewjsrfs shoukl atr*ays be split betweerl UK b* I￿titU1￿1nS wih drffèwt
b8nkin9 lie•ns•s. to redLTh ￿ nsk frryn msb"lUtKK￿ f￿.￿rn.
Where possib￿& the unl￿ s¢eks to divw5ify slhryrt.twm b￿kng ￿88s. to
Lrce th• èxposureof reserves from the f*furè of arby b*k.
In ordwto ynw•t¢ awtwrtirn.lunLts reqwrKI in the mry ￿ irNast•d in
d•posits vthich off•r a hwjher wdd. Fund5 may a150 bp investgd in othWfin*￿al r*thlu(ts,
11 15 Thportant tlwt the Urion ean gan xcess to its funds. urm need artse,. therefore
inveslmenl prodLKts used must forfund vlthdrawals thatrj)verah*￿ r¥rfJeolllm•srA•s h Lyder
to enable thi5.
Unlon polldes wodudiNJ in ¢•rtoin organtsalttts TA￿Ad bo tak•n onto O¢%¥Jmt. tAt*n
rxJr*idwing investments.
To c¢n$d¢r OPFrfunities for lth.￿j fuThts. the trust¢es hw¢ eSt￿lished •n
Invgstment WrykiThJ Gmup Io l￿￿￿￿_0p￿￿Iurll￿s to ￿￿T(VIe th? relum on
eash we hokl in Ihe bank.
Th• UIMtin airn5 lo hokl 6 I￿nthS ￿￿e5 in free roserves. F4u5 £25.000 0f￿raIlr￿j in the curnnt
year. Thts %wuld e￿ble an ordth ¥mding ¢J¢y*m ofthe oryanis*ion event ri was necessary.
Aftèr makiThJ 4>prvwiate wquiries. the Inffjtees Iwe a rnasonth expecl*w that the compary has
adequate restyJrces to o)nthnu¢ in op•rational exlsterte forlheforeseeai* firture. Foithi$ reason they
eonts"nugtoadoptthg goin9 conc￿1 basis in preparing thefinancial slatgmgnts. FLther¢J*iLs warthrmj
the kn.on of the gcing c4YKem basis (an ￿ l(4Ji¢J in the AccoJnb"r¥J Polbcies.
The Boartt ofTruste6s (thfir1￿ lh* ULSU h* ￿ furAts b) meet al ts
Prye11

UNIVERStrY OF LEICESTER STUDEIITS. UNION
IA Umtt•d by 9uar¥rt••l
TRUSTEES REPORT l¢onllnued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
Audilor
the Cornwi* Act 2CQ6 8 re5r4Jiw wot¥>sir4J ts 1eaprK)inlm￿t Croppw LLP as AuLlior will
be put to the mwnbws.
TTh8t••¥' R•8pon•lblllll••
Tho Twstees (who arn akn di1￿￿￿9 of UnNw5ity of L•ic•slw SttKlents' iAThon ts Ihe puryM)ses of
rnpany Iwwl ar• resrKJNt4e for prepai•)g th• Tnjstee's. report and the fin￿[￿￿1 statements in
ynpany law the Trustees mu4 oppn)ve the￿n￿l￿1 statern￿ts unths Ihw sati%fiwJ thottl
ve a true and lair ol Ihe stste of affair5 of the tharitabkn LxNnpwry and Ihe group arKI of th
incomirg resowces and appltcalK•n0f￿fce$. IndUd￿gthe Ino)mean¢J eXpendrtu￿. ofthechari1￿le
p fry that pernd. In w•parirg I1￿?f￿￿K4aI stat￿￿ts. tho Trustees reqUI￿d to..
' select 5uit*le awJuniry ap￿1h¢M
obseNe the m8lf#)ds ar￿ winoptes h) th• Ch*ths SW.
mak• jud￿ents and ￿'mat¢S aroreasonable and wue*iL
' slale applKatAe UK AC4)￿￿*r￿J bew fo￿A￿d. 5uWed to matw*l
departures dk8dos•d and explair￿0 in Ihèfinaneial st*eme￿,.
prepare thefirkarttial staemnts on thè c£*nc4m basts unless it is Ywpioprfate to prnsume
that tht tharilalkn grwp WAI 0)ntin￿l in oper*w￿.
ewain Ihe ¢h*itsl)k cornpary and thè 9roup* and d￿ck)Se the reasonablt acujraty at
any bme the financial FQSrfN)n of ihe thaitalA8 grDWJ •rtab￿ Ihem to ènsure that the fjnantsal
statame￿$ complyvthh th& compan￿ Ad2006. Thty aro atso r*￿n￿blO f￿safe9uWd&w the ass•ts
of the chantoble corwny an¢J the and lor r&3$Onab￿ steps for ts prevenb.on and
So far as eath Tfttslee k8 a•oe. thwe is M r￿eY￿1 wAIrt ffifornwti.on ofwhth tr* than1ab￿ grolp
authtoris unawar•. Art￿￿alty. each Tntsts• has Tak￿ ￿1 tr* ne4xsary sw Ihal they ￿ht kn ha
tsken es a Tnjstee in order to make th￿nSe￿tt of thnt autht informalon needed Its
eslab115h that Ihe thantalle grfJJp's ￿dior is ol thal wthyrna￿n.
by S￿n 415A ofthè C￿Pan*S fv£t 2CQ6.
Thos rwwas 4)prnwd tyth&Fth￿ ￿TnI%￿a5 on 2024 and s19r￿￿ t￿ll￿behal1 ty.
A Roblmo
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INDEPENDENT ALKJITOR'S REPORT TOTHEIAEIIBERS 1>
UN
ERSITY OFLEICESTER STUDENTS, iNON
op11￿
W8 have audrted the finan¢>al S￿￿Ments of UnNer5ty of Leicester Studwts. lthe.chw1￿9
Company'l and its sub$idiari•s (The fyoup") for Ihts ￿ar •ndèd 31 Juty 2023 which compnsè th•
Consolidated Statemenl of Financial Acbvil*S. the consol￿aled Parent Charity Balance Sheets.
Consolidated Staternent of Cash Fknv5 nole5 to lh8 ffin￿al statwnents, indudirwJ a surnM￿ ol
9gnif￿ant ￿coUntin9 0￿Je￿. The finarKd rewrling framw•A)Tk th* h&s been appl￿ in their
preparation is applicable law and Unrted Kingdom AccwnbThJ Slan¢Jwds, irKludiry Finanual Reporting
Standard 102 The FinarKi* RerMylir*J StsThJar(l a￿￿¥ble in the UK Repubbc of Ireknd IUnii¢d
KingdcKn G￿ra1￿ Accepted At￿UntiNj Pr￿ice).
Inouropinion th• f￿anCia statofTVts:
give atrue and fair vie* ofth• state of the 9￿￿.$ the tharitstrAe o)nyanls affairs as at
31 July 2023 and of Ihe group's in(ome and expeThYiture. lor Ihe yearthen endgj".
have been prDp8rty prepar•J in x(ordarKe wlh United Kw¥J(bm Generalty Awlted
Accounting Pr￿t￿￿,. and
ha￿ baon prapar*l in Mlh tsrw4uiremwts of lh* c¢rfnrw￿ Ad 2￿6 I
Chanbes Act X)11.
Basis for opinion
We have been appointed awjbtors Comp￿185 A(* and secath 1S1 ofthe Charibes A(a
2011 and Trport in ￿C0￿C￿ wth ItrKisekts.
We conduded our •Jdrt in awOrdan￿ ￿ Interna￿nal Standard5 on Audth"ng (UK} (ISA6 {VKII and
ap￿￿ble law. C*Jr resFonsi￿l1tse$ undw thw standards ￿ fvrther d￿ribed in the Audil¢*s
swJn&bilities for the audrt ofthe fmancial statwnents sec*on Of￿￿r report. We are independent of
group and partrtt tharitablè t4)rnp?￿y in acrA)rd￿ce wth the elhKal requI￿rn9￿ts that are felevant to
our auditofthefinanoal slatThnts in the. UK. ind￿1￿j Ihe FRCS Ethical Swdard and ￿ havefu￿111
our Oiher ethtsl re5ponsibil*t* in wxordw wlh these requirements. W¢ bel￿4 that Ihe audit
Iden￿ ￿ ho￿ 9blain￿ 15 SLffiwit ￿ apwopriaie to prDv*Je a bw5 for our opinion.
Conclwion5 wolafing to 9o•ng
In aud￿n￿ thtrfinancial statements. ￿haVe￿)nd￿tell IhatthelrLtste8s' wof the c%Ir￿rn bas
of ￿£1)Untir9 in the preparati￿ of lh8 Stat￿￿ts is 4Jprwriale.
Based on the we ha¥e pert￿M￿. h*e r*)1 maknial urLertainlies rdabng ki
evenls or conditwts thaL iniJvi¢JJally or cc41&*vety. nw cast ¢ksubt ￿ the gro*Jp's or
charrtable ¢4)Mp￿lS ab.lity to (g>nbnutr as a going Cl)￿ of at knt tsvdve months fmm
vth4n the finantsal statsmènts are aU￿riSe￿I lor iss￿.
r r8sponsib1l￿"eS and the ￿pL￿bIl￿e$ ofth8 tr￿st￿S *ith ￿ to going corK*m arn describ
in the ￿￿ant sect*)n$ ofth￿ rerK*L
Ottwr lnlomiatlon
The otherinfomialKsn c£¥npris•s I￿ information induded in the TnKst••'s Res￿Other ihanthe financrdl
statements and our auditorfs rèrKJrt therem. The trl￿ *e ￿sPOrts1￿8 for Ihe other informatwjn
onlained within Ih8Truslee'5 Re￿)rt. Cxjr Opmbm ¢)n Ihefjn￿¢1￿ ststelrwts does rol c¥Jver the oth
inlomiatA)n aThJ. except to the extent e*￿Y staed n ow report not exF¥ess ary
fomi of aSSU￿C6 cOndus￿n Ih8r80n.
Our r•S￿n￿bil￿ is to ￿￿j other and. 47 so. thg othw
Infomiat￿ft is malenally in(wtsistént the finart01 ststements or oJr k[￿0)& obtained in the
L¥)ur5e ol the audit or otherv*ise appears to te m*wialy rn￿51318d. 11 ￿entity s￿h material
Inconsist￿lyeS LV appa￿nI material rn￿￿entS, we arE requiregj to determine whether th￿ gives
rise to a rnalerial rnYsststem8nl in ￿ financi* Stat￿￿1tS Ihemskn. ff. bas&1 on Ihe wvk we have
perfomi•d, we C>)nd￿j& Ihat Ihare 15 a Materi￿ Miss￿¢[￿￿ of this Olher infonnaiw. we are requirgj
to Ihat fxt.
W• hav• Trjllwng to rwrt in Ihis rwJwd.
P•J$ 13

INOEPENDEWT AUDITO*S REPORTTOThEMEIIBERS I
Oplnl•tys oth•r m•tt•rJ pr•s¢rib•d by th• Companin A¢t 2006
Inour opinbjn. based on Ihe un¢Jertaken in Iha ciwJrse of the a￿11..
the ￿fOrmalKIn 9iven in Ihe Trusltses. ReporL indudes tlw ￿r•ClO￿. RepKJrt prepar*J for
the purposes ol law. for the ffinancial year for the finwctal Statem￿ wt
prepared is congstent Mih the finwoa sts¢ements.' PAI
the Oir&Xors' Rewl i￿u￿•[l wilhin Ihe Twstees. R•port has b•zn prepwed in actsJrdanc•
wth fequirem8nts.
M•tl•rs on Tlthlch w• ar• r•qulr•d to r•port by •xc•pkn
In the light ol kft￿e understwdin9 of th• gr￿P the tharilable oynpany and Iheir
environrnèni Ob￿Ined in Ih? ¢xJurse of the aud( we have thnbfied material misststements in the
Dyectors. Report inrluded T*thhin Tn&st••s' R•port.
We have Mthing to rwt in ￿spe￿ of the f￿1(All￿j malt•ts th• Comparw89 21Th and th•
Charil*s Acl 2011 wuires us to report to )￿U rf. in our opinicffj".
adequate and svffici•nt acc4untiwJ f•>)rd5 been kept ty ts thanlabk cthipa)y, or
retums athquate fN our audit have not beèn from trfand￿ not visrtwj ty us". or
and ￿lUN￿.. or
rta'n disck)surtt oftrust¢¢s' Wu[￿r￿￿)n by l*war• notmadt., or
RMpoMibilili•* of In￿10•￿
As explained more hjty in thtr Ststèmant ol Trusteès. ￿p￿61￿l￿e$ set out ¢)n paw 20. the ttystees
(who are alsothe f1iretlors of the thaiilablè company lorlhe purr*)ses olcx*mpany lawl a￿ res￿nsIble
lor the preparation of the finaKial siaternents and fol being ￿1sfie¢l that they giv• a tru• and fair vi*w,
and for such intemal ujntrol as thetrustees determino is necessary toenabk the prepwation of financ¥a
statamenls Ihat are1￿ frrKn materia M￿la￿L to fr￿0 or error.
In prepafing the finanoa statwwnts, trLLSte8s a￿ lor assessing the gr￿P.S and
chantable ethI)p￿￿S ability ￿ conbnu• as a gJir¥J ￿nCem. disdosiNJ. as ap[l￿b￿, rnattws r￿3￿]
to g¢*ng concem and usirrfd thè goir*J tsjnwn basis of &L))untirwJ vnkss the trttst•èS either intend to
IK4UKlat• th¢group or parent (x)mpany orto ¢8as¢ opwatw. or have no wlistyc a￿rnative
but to do $0.
Audiio¢$ r¢$ponslblllileslor the audbt of thv finlln¢l•l St•tsn￿nts
r objectives a￿ to oblw"n r￿$(¥1ab1e assurarK* about wthelher the fin¥Kaal stat￿ents as a Wh￿Ie
are free from material misstslwnenL *fielher ¢Jue ￿ fra￿j orwror. to issue an au¢Jrtoffs ￿t￿rt that
Nieludtt our opinion. Rea$￿￿)1e assvwce is a ku.gh level ofa5suran￿, Ixrt is not a9uarantee th81
audilo)ndurted in ar￿dance whth ISAS IUKI ￿11 aws deted a material M￿trie￿￿nt when rt ex￿ts.
Misstatem￿ts can w5e fiom frw¢J or error and are wnsidwed matenal rf. indtVkJu8lly or in the
aggregale. they ¢ould reasonably be ex[￿led to Ihe deci5#xs of wrs tsken
the ba51$ ofthe5e finawal stalwnwts.
Th• •xtent to ¥thl¢h t￿ •utht ¢onslder¢d ￿Pable of d•t•¢tlrwJ Irf¢gul•rtt*s. In¢ludlng fr•ud
Irregubni*s. indudxfy fr￿￿. arn inst**e5 of r￿￿43Y￿rIl￿c￿ v*ith I￿ wktsons. We tjesig)
procedur6S ty) line wrth (NJr rtsponsI￿1rt￿. ouUir%d ab)ve. to t1etect mateiial misstsiements in reSp￿t
irrwlarities, induding fwd. The •xl•it to whith (￿r procedu￿ ar• cap&Ye of d•tecting
irTeguL2ntios. ithir¥J fraud ts t18tsiknl bekw.
The group requiwd to ¢)JryJty wih boih c(mpany la* ￿ chanty W and. based on our
knowledge of rts ￿*¥￿"e$. * ￿entstsj the legal requirement to ac£ount for
restricted funds is of key swJnrftarte.
We gained ￿ undersiarhyingofhtrwthegrouprxrfnplied ¥*ith rts a￿1 few￿tOry framemyk.
including the wu1￿ment to propety acujunt regn'ded funds 1hrOu￿ di5cussA)ns wlh
ma￿￿ement and a mbvwof the ￿c￿ment￿j [￿￿186. WOC4dures
Page 14

INDEPENDENT AuDIT0￿s REPORT TOTHE MEMBERS C
UNIVE
DENTS, LNON
¢ontin
Tho *#Jfi t•￿. is •X￿rIgnc￿j in th• a￿Jit of dwri¢Ks, CW5kJer￿I ts gro4)'$
susceptibilty to matena mKsStatement fr•JJ may o¢>)Jr. (Xx ￿r￿￿je[￿k>fts incknle
th• risk of managèm￿1 override.
Our appfoach was ts ehÉ£k Ihat au restrKth1 iminw ￿ propgrfy id8ntrfled separalely
aec*>unitd for and to ensure thal onty valkl ald apN0pr1a￿ •yndittKe was tharged lo
resi￿¢d funds. i￿LKIe￿ adjusknents ¥ThJ unusual tr4rtsaCtK￿$.
There we inherent lirnrfati(ms in the wjdrt ryoc•durns de5uib•a aL¥)¥e wwj. ts further r￿0ved rth.
Jmplian(8 ￿ laws 15 frryn the pJents refiecled in fina￿￿81
statern￿ts. the less t•c{￿le of L Th? rsk of dete¢tiffj a material
rniSStatenwt due to fraud is h¥Jherthan the risk ol not dete¢*r9 cffie resu￿"r9 errry. as may
involve deliberate concealm&* by, ftw exaMple. I￿Y or intenb(Thl rnisrepresentatK*￿. or through
couuwon.
A furthw tJescriplK)n of tyjr re5Fon5thlrfI￿ kn the •wJit of the finarKd Stthn￿ts 15 ILx*d w Ihe
FIn￿Tha1 Reporkng cO￿¢1'S at." v*Mw.I
. This dewption fryr
part of OUT auditorfs r•porL
i1￿ of th• audll report
This report ts m&Jè solaty to th¢ Chariiab* Cthmpany's mernbets in accordance wrth Chaptsr 3 of Part
16 of the Compank45 Aet 2006. Our 8￿rt has been un¢J&tsken. so that we might slate to the
chaiitabfe ccfftpany's m•mt•rthos• mattsrs w• *• requir&J to state to I￿rn in an auditorfs rewrt and
for no other puwè. To the fiblle5t ￿ertI ptrnitted by l•*. we ¢h r#)t acwt or assume resp)n5its"hty
to anyo￿ Ol￿r than ChwtaL* Crynpany Charrtabl• Cthmpary's m8mbern f¢r vjr wjit
. forthis r8WJrt orforlh& opir*)ns wè ha¥• I0￿e￿.
Steph•) Arttlernon (s￿￿￿ Statukwy ￿￿j￿l*)
Forand on beh*f 01K￿X Cwupper LLP
Chartertd AcLovntants
1S>155 London Ro•J
Hem•l Htmpslead
Herffordshi￿ HP3 9SQ
Date.. 8th Aprfl 2024
P￿15

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTY LINION
IA eompany Urnil•d by w•iants•l
GROUP STATEMENT OF FW4ANCIAL AcfMTIES TrKORPORATIMG WCOME APK)
EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY
2fj22
FuDd$
2022 as
INCOME FROM
CHARITABLE
ACTMTIES:
DonatKvts and Iy*oS
c￿b¥ and s￿1¢tio5
1.510.551
1,510.551
I87.￿2 487,942
. 1.136.940
409,488
Cllher trathng arb￿￿0&
242.507
242,507
196.188
Inv•stment In￿M
117.545
117.545
958
TOTAL INCOAIE
1871￿7
EXPENOITURE
Raising lunds
69.OS4
469.770 2 114 846
53,243
1.459.955
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
1714 1x1
469 770 2 183 gx)
1.S13198
NET
157.431
18.172
17*603
315,930
OTHER RECOGIIISED
GAINSIILOSSES)
Aduarial gawis1(￿sSe5I on
defin￿ b￿n￿l
NET MOVEMEiir wi
FUNDS
15
18.1
247,829
RECONCLIATIOM OF
FUNDS
As previously rwrted
Prior 41j￿t￿*nl
776272
(88.682>
286.886 1.063.158
(88.682)
T¢)tal brouthl
687.
286.886
974 476
726.647
TOTAL FUNDS CARRED
FORWARD
15
713.818
30S.W 1.018.876
974.476
All inojme and •xp•r*Jilure drnfrvm oJntilKlWWJ opwation5.
P•3• 16

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTY UIVAJN
(A wnpany Ilrnlt•d by gu•rnrtB•)
GROUP BALAMCE SHEET
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2W23
lrnlion numb•r07303101
FIXED ASSErs
T•ngknle?5sets
I￿estm￿￿ Inlolnt ￿nbJ16S
. Share ol gross assets
. Shale of gross habi1ti85
10
1S9.110
.285
(44.839)
878.ff23
Is7.￿)
Share ofnet assets
11
0.446
I.￿.556
977.577
CURRENT AsseTS
13
Cash at ba￿ WKI in IWKI
1.9n385
I.￿7.457
CREDITORS: amowts faI￿n9 thJe*ilhkn
one
14
(79,446)
{149,122)
MET CURRENT ASSErs
1.891939
1.748.335
TOTALASSEfs LESS CURRENT LIA8ILmES
IW.495
1725.912
18
{1.944.6191
(1.7S1.4&8)
IET ASSErs
1.016.878
, 974.476
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
15
286.896
Unrastric￿1 fimds
General fund5
Des•3nated
15
1278.981
1.162.045
{1.751,4%1
1.162,045
11.944.619)
713,818
687.$9)
TOTALCHARITY FUNDS
1.018.876
974.476
he fi￿￿al
slees on
16b)42
ned on thw"r
A Roblnson
Tru•ty•
P40 17

UNIVERSln OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UI•ON
(A ¢omp•ny Urnlt•d by gv•Thntse)
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 JULY 3)23
Islrnllon r￿Mb•fIlT￿Ijl4M
2022 a•
r•Btsièd
FIXED ASSETS
TarvJible ￿ets
10
11
159.110
IS6.￿9
159.112
156.911
CURREMT ASSETS
13
79,167
1.￿.527
25.381
1.￿.367
Cash at b0rf4
1.&33.748
CREDITORS: amounts f4￿ng (bje
lèyear
14
(7&756}
185.4151
IIET CURRENT ASSETS
1M9I938
1.748.333
2.053.050
1.905.244
ned peryon sthwne I1*￿Y
18
(1.944.619)
{1.751.436)
NET ASSETWILthWLmES)
1[￿.431
153,
THE FUNOS OFThE CtrIAIIITY
Restrthd fun
15
Urw•5tsidedfvnds
Gen8ral lunds
D&&gnat•J luthts
15
.947
1.162.045
{1.944.6191
456.313
1.162.045
{1.751.4&1
11%.6271
1133.078)
TOTAL CHARITY FWIDS
10&431
153.808
StateM￿t of financial activit￿ a)d rdateLI rK)i•s as rt N8par&J grow> ￿X)u￿B. The dwrrfab
t￿Mpa￿S defi¢>tfor the year *rdS £134.C6212022.. £250.112 Su￿￿$1.
es 16to4ZapwDbryd wd*thYis￿ft*l￿￿tyIh8 8o¥d trfTnts*es
on beh*l. W.
A ftobIn￿Tr
TnMI••
18

UNIVERSITYOF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UPION
IA Com￿nY limfad ty g￿lartI•l
GROUP STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
R THE YEAR ENOED
1 JULY 2023
%>23
22
¢￿h flry*$ fron￿(to) 0￿ratIng *U¥ltl•s
Net cash provided bylluwj irbl op8ratirg •*ib85
17
10&143
54,455
Cash I1￿5 from in¥•slinp aelivikn:
Inte￿t ￿1ved
Purchase oflangitye fix&Y wets
Proce&Js on disro)sal oltwJ"ble assets
Netu•h (used inypro¥lded by In¥•slln9 a¢￿¥1110
27.767
2231
{53,748) 1164,2421
17.986
{25.981) 1144.0251
Chang• in and cash •qul¥al•nts Inth• y•¥
Cash and cash eqtswal•nts bmught foThYad
82.162
1.￿8.367
189,5701
1.897.937
Cash and ¢ash •qulv*nts ¢arrlod fr>rwwd
I,8￿.529 1.808.367
Page 19

UNIVERsifi OF LEICESTER STUDElnS' UNI(IN
IA e+)m￿nY linit•d ty guaRnlttl
NOTES TOTHE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
ACCOUNTING P(XICIES
Charity
Vniversity of Leicester St￿nts. un￿ s a private rKorr¢yat&J Charrt￿le (¥mpany {uJmpany
registef number073031011 lirntted byguararrtee, inmrporated in Er¥JI￿d ￿11 Wales. Its reyister•d
office ard Pri￿1paI pl￿￿Ofb￿yness 15 VnivwsityofLwce51erStudpts' un￿￿, PerLy Gee Building.
Universty Road. Lth￿ter. LWceSterth"￿. LE1 7RH. The dwtsbl• rsmpary 15 aLso at
the Charity CommissK)n a tharity nurnbef of 1137811.
The rnain aims ofthe Uni¥wsity ofLeKestw st￿1￿￿. are the athancament of the sludtnts
at the un*iwsity lorlhe bernfiL
B3515 of preparallon of financlal slat•Thn15
Accountlnq COn￿ntIon
The financial statemerts ol Ihe chanty. wh.ch is a public be￿ enbty untlef FRS 102. have been
prepared in *c¥)rdance ¥￿th thè CPAriliès SORP IFRS 102} 'Ac￿￿ntiftg Repcffts"ng by
Cha¥itiès.. Statement of R•)Jmm8nded Pr*ttt apPI￿abl• to tha￿.￿$ p￿pan￿j Ih&r aoyjvnts
in a¢￿Idance ￿1h the FinarKd Re[￿rtI￿4 Sthdwd applic*le in the UK * Repu￿￿ of Irèland
IFRS 1021 leffect￿e 1 JanU￿20191,. Finwoal Repoiting st￿dar￿ 102 The Finanrial RepJrtirrfJ
Stsndart1 applicat4e in Ihe UK aThJ RepublK of Ireland. and the Chanl*s Act 2011. The f￿ar0
slatem•nts havè prtpartd undér the histonea ctht ctinveri￿. wth Ihe exceplxsn ol
investyrwts *thi¢* we at m•ket val￿.
The ffinancial stalements are prepared in steding. ¥thich i5thé fUnd￿)nal oJrrtr• of tharitmble
(¥)mpany. Klonelary arrKwnts in these ststern￿ts we roU￿j to Ih? ￿orest £.
Univer5ty ol L8Kesler Students. UThon rne8ts th• d•finItiC￿ of a b•ndrt ￿lity ur#Jtt FRS
102. As3ds and liablibes a￿ In￿.011Y r￿n￿ed at INst0￿1 ry)st or IT￿$3Cl￿n value
otheTh¥ise stated in the relevant a(x>)unbn9
The financial stat￿leftts ol ltrethantsble c¥Jmpany aret￿1￿)hdated in theseknnrial slalements
of Univwsity of Lwcester Students. Union and these firwKial slaterwts ￿ availabl? from thg
registered offi¢e.
asls of corwlldallon
The Ststernent of Fina￿la1 BalawKe she￿ cOn5d￿ale th• slat•nents of
the charitablè eornpany *d rfs SU￿diary undertakiffJ. rnguNs are wnsorthte(l ￿ a line by
linè basis, all intra-gmup tra￿*lOnS balartts wilh th• subsK*ary are eliminated L
consdidatK)n. Jo￿1 v￿bJr•S assl￿1* afe staknj at the grtyjp's share of nel assets. lo the
extent this is impairtd. a)d the gw's shwe of Ihe net Sha￿ of the prcthts or ￿￿e$ of the
joint venlures associales is induded tn lh8 Statement Lrf Financial Ath"¥iti"es usin9 eq￿ty
aewjnting basis. thè finaxia statonents arè maje up to 31 July 2023.
No separate S&iiunent dFinanoal Acb"ts has W we$￿j trthetsilabkn c(ffipany
as pemlitted by seclion 408 OF the CompanLes Act 2006 as rt group ￿Counts and thtr
c*aritable company's indivK1ual balwce sheet shows the thantable companls rnovemenl in
l￿dS in theffinwoal year.
Golng concern
has adequate resources to c{￿￿"n￿ in opernts.onal ex6ten¢e lor the foresee3￿e fU￿re. For Ihis
reason they conbnue to ad(4)t Ihe gong concem in prepann9 the 5tatern8nts.
Company status
Thecharrtabkrompany i5limrtedbygu*ante8. In lhe8￿)iO1th&Chaft￿b￿C￿rnpany bth"ro*wid
up. ￿ Ik*41ty in rwol thè guarant•0 is Iwnited to £1 w m8mb8r ofthe tharitabl8 COmp￿v.
Pag• 20

UNIVERSITY OF LEicesTER STVOENTS, UNION
IA¢ompaDy knit￿bY9￿¥?n*•I
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
leontiftu•dl FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POUCIES l¢¢xrtlnu•d)
Fundln9 a¢counling
Ggneral funds are un￿11￿#¢d fund5 avaibble for use * trle I￿5￿￿10￿ ofthe TnJstee5 in
fUrthernn￿ ol the 9ew81 obj￿11¥8 Lrfthe th*blè Lxmnpaiy ¥thith have rw)t be8n d&s￿nated
for olher purp¢)se5.
thjnors or **ich have ratsed by the charrtable c4)mpany for pa￿"raJI8r purtKws. The (wts of
raising and adMinist￿ng such funts arech*ged ￿￿n$t the speufic fund. The wm use of ea{*
restricted fund i$ Set the notes to Ihefinan(aal stat￿￿ts.
Income
All inwme Is recognwl On￿ the th*itatye ctynpany has entrue￿ tt> w¢o)me. it 1$ poboble
that the ineome wll be rec￿ed and Ihe arrwnt of incune can be m•asured rel￿bly.
Donated seNces orfa01￿.es are rerxtynis&1 vthen ￿ charTrta￿e company has ojntrol overthe rtem,
any cx)ThJitKJns 35soaal8d wth the donated item have be￿ rrrt th8 recthpt oftt0rwl￿ b•n•frt from
the use (rfthe chty of the probable and that W￿r￿)MIt ber*fit can be measured rdiably.
value of Ihe gfft lo the tharifable rxynpafty whKh 6 the anKWt the chariiable ¢xMnpany thrjuld have
b88n willing to pay tooblwn seThi￿ OT faolibes of equtv*nt benefii on thè open market"
a corresFondirvJ wnount is kn reiryntsed ￿ eXpe￿Irt￿re in the peTr)d of rewpt.
Other Income ts rec4)9niset1 in ihe period in T*hKh rt is r•c•b¥￿t a)d 10 the OXI￿1 the goods h
been prowded or ￿ Ltrnpletion o1tr* 5er¥ieè.
rt•mt r•c•lnbl•
Interest on lund5 hdd on de￿5￿ is ind￿Jed rThable * Ihe arKMml can be mea5ur*J
rdiably ty thè charilabie c¢rnpany', this 15 rb)nn81ty upon ThXificatKJn of Ihe Wbtwt paid or payab
by the B￿k.
Grnnts
The r8cuffent bkxk gI￿t Ihe Univw5ty dLwcester. The 15 u￿rted tt> lh8
inc4)rne and expen¢ffiire ￿lUnt in the year to it rd8ies.
Projed suptx)rt g￿ts *e prcyect based and YK4ude tyants are ￿e￿al￿e from Ihe Univetsity
of L&cesler and other fvrnlir¥J ix)digs.
Govemrnant grants are rerA]gnised at the fair value ofth• asset recer¥ed or reC41vab￿ %bthen thè
Ys reasonaN8 aSsurar￿ Ihat the g￿1 ￿?11 be mtrt and Ihe 9r3nt will be reeéived.
Exp•ndltur•
Expendrtvre is recognised On￿th¥e isaltyalwconsirt￿ obligation totransfef benefit
a thtfd party, it rs Pr(￿atrI* Ihat a transferof t￿n￿ts ￿11 be rwir&tl in $ètt￿m&￿t and.
the amunl ofth• oblKJatthi cw be rf*asured rdobty. Expenditur• isdassrf*d by activity. Thet))sis
of each xtNty are rn￿1e up oItt￿ lotsl of dwect o)sts and Shar￿ costs. indLKIwy SUp￿rt o)sts
Involved in uThJert*iNJ exh ￿Nity.
Direcl costs atln'butatle to a siThJle ¥twity 8wÈ alk)caigJ dire(* * th•t setivity. Shar¢d r)xs
contribuie to rrwg than one *fvity and OJ5ts {irthiThJ govemance o)stsl ￿1¢h are r
attribula￿e to a sirvJle a(*vity are apFthic*￿d IIKW ￿1vItieS on 8 basis ry)nsistent w*th
Central staff (osls afe alkK* on the basi5 cl lime d￿reCIation thorge5 alk)caed on
the W￿"on ol the use.
Page 21

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UNION
IA company Ilmit•d ty gts>tht•¢l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS
l¢ontlnu•dl FOR The YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
1. ACCOUNnMG POUCIES leontinu•d}
Tanglble Ilxed a55•ts and deprnelatlo
Tangible fix•d assets are Inrtially recorded at aThJ SL*wuenty m8a5ured at c￿$t. net of
depT￿l*lon any provtsion lor imroinnenl. T*91￿& assets o)thg than £1,C(Q a
caprtal￿ed all other exp￿￿1￿1￿ is ch¥ged to the slaleTh*nl of fin￿cial acti¥itie5 in the y•ar
inoJrrBd.
Depreciat￿ is provthd al rates cakuL8ted to ￿)le off Ihe c4)st of fixwj assets. kn55 Ih¢ir eslknatgd
rtsidual value. over thwr expeded usdul I￿￿ on the folomng bases".
F￿lU￿$ tr•Apment
20%. 33% ofcost
Irweslments
Thè thariiabl8 company's fix￿ assèt inveslments afe Wal￿1 at C¥JSl wfich is the TTuststs' best
estwnate offairvalue. as these a￿ f&￿ity 8thab￿ and a ￿"ètle markel value not regJi
a5C8rtanatde.
(i}
SubsKlrwy undwtskrys
Investmenls in subsKtsies are valued att￿1 kn wovtsbn fr*1Mpan￿1.
ASscrfj*￿ und&l&iigs
Investrnonts in associates ar• vahAI alL￿$t kns pro￿￿ impa•Thw
Investments in thepknt arevdL*d f0rimpwrTn￿I.
Impalrni•nt of fixtrd aM•ts
An assessment is made al rewbrvj dale Ilwe ind￿￿on$ that a fixed •ss•t mty
be irnpaired or Ihal an lmpa1m￿rrt loss pm*)usly rewnisgj has fvlly or partialy revewd. W suth
Ind￿t￿n$ the chan"tab18 company 85timates th• recth•rabY• amtyJnt ol thè asset.
Shtsrtfalls betsveen the carryN)g valueaffixed assets ar￿ th•lrrxJ)Ver*￿e amowts, b•ng figher of
f8ir value less (osts to sell and ¥aK*4n4Jse. we reco3Th5ed a5 impaimwt k755es. Impaiwment105￿$
arè reDJgni$8d ￿ ststeffontofffinanci￿ *Mties.
RecogThsed irnpainnent k)ss•5 are rv4etsed rf. and onty rf, thé reasors for the lmwrry￿ftt l¢)ss have
c￿￿8(1 to ¥pty. R•ver5als of impainnent k)sses ** wnksed in s1atwn￿I offfin￿￿81 acb"viti8s. On
I￿erS81 ol ￿ impaim*nt kAs. th• depfetlaknn ts adI￿(￿j tr) al￿￿71e the ass•fs f?￿ed ￿nYing
arnouni I￿9 any i•sMJual val￿) over rts r*nainiNJ useful lrfe.
Stocks ar• stat8d at the ky*wofc•st and •stimai•J sdliTrJ p￿e less costs to c4*Trpknte and sdl. C(%t
compnses of dired materiaL8.
At e&h reporting ¢Jate. the ctwilthe t£¥nwy assessts 7*thether stOL*s are Tmp8wed OT rf any
irnpairrwt loss fwniS￿ in pricw perK#Js has revwsed. Any excess ofthe carying amount of stock
over ts estimated selling pnce less (x)sts kn ￿M[￿de and sdl is recojntsed 8$ an Impam￿l knss in
staternent of finaThcial ￿tivitIes.
fln•ncl•l InstruThrf•
The chatilab￿ ttsnpany onty has financial assets and firtart￿ Irabl￿"e$ of a kiThJ lh* qualty as basic
fman¢i* instruments ond are Th)t ￿r￿l¢kn￿ to be ofa finaroal naturè. Bxfinartd inslDJmeMs ara
initialty rec4wised at tranSa(*"c￿ valu• and Subsequ￿ measur￿1 at ihw s8tll￿ ¥￿U•.
Pag?

UNIVERsiff OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UNIC*I
IA Imft•d ty gwnl¢¢l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEirfs {conOnwdl
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2022
1. ACCOUNTING POUCIES Iconllnuedl
Trade and otherdebtots which are rec8v*Jk within ornyearandvthth do c4instrtute a
transa￿ltin are inthlty measured atthètrarts*i•)n piKe. Tra1e andolher¢Jebtors and afflo￿ts owed
by group undertakings aresubsèquenty measur8(J at an*)rtI￿ cost. bwng th• transactK¥) pvkeless
any amounts settled and i￿￿￿￿ent Irtsses.
Cash and cash equlvalonts
Cash cash equivalenis irtlu(les TrJn*s on s￿rt4¢MI dep)s￿ts at Ihè bank and Olher
short.lerrn liquid Inve5trr￿ts *ilh ryvJin81 m*uit* tsfthw monihs or less.
LlabllitE•s and provislons
LiatM.1￿es are rea)gnised Ihwe i& ￿ c*lgation at thè sheet dato #s • resLlI of a past
evenL rt is probab￿ that a transferof ecL)rKJrn¢ benefil *ill be required in se100m￿L and Ihe ￿Unt
ofthe settl￿eThI can be eslimated rÈli*y. Liabilrties a￿ rwnL8ed at Ihe &Tr￿jn1thattheCh￿"tab1?
)ryany anti¢ipatgs r(wll pay ￿Set￿ethe d¢Morth*￿1xmI it has ￿ed •s•Jv￿c•I payments
lor the 9￿15 or servKes It must prrmde.
Sludents. Unlon Superannuati4)n Sth¢rr
The Union partrJWes in ￿ Siudwts, Unw syl￿a￿)n Stheme (SUSSI. a be[￿rt
schemethth 6 eX1￿￿￿nder1 ar#J oulofthe S￿e Serx)r#1 Pwbsion. The fund is valwl
at l&q51e¥ery three years by a prolesw*quakfvJ I[￿ntaLlu￿Y *ith the ratesolojntr1bu￿L¥l
payable beir¥J detwminwl ty th8 twstees ￿ Ihe a¢fv•> d1hB wxuay.
market v4ue rl the SthTh's xsets wa5 £IC6.697.IXJO %Mlh wets ￿PreSenty￿J 44% of the
value of benefft¥ that h&1 to Thember5 after alkiw'TrJ ts exp￿ fij¢U￿ in(xea5es in 98mirpJs.
The d*it L¥¥JoiThJ £136.645.IlXI.
The 2022 vahjaiw recomnwtsj a Th￿)nIh￿ wwrwnent by exh wbcipathng Union
intended lo dear ts orgjing fvrnth"n9 dtht PJKliw¥J in 2037, ipj 5% e￿h ￿T. The sd*m•
opeTate5 asa poded *￿ger[*￿ knith ¢))nlributK)n5 ￿ at3￿nITalty￿rwI rale. Asa¢x>nsequent•.
no Share ofthe ￿nd￿￿ng ￿ets and kna1*'l￿"esc￿ be (*r•Xly all11b￿ed lo the UnDn.
UThder FRS 1W2. b%fiere a sdwe pwb"opates in a muth"-rybyerdthwJ tenefit stheme that
is in defirit and Iheerryjbyer has entered into ￿ ￿rew￿l9￿￿Trd the deficjlthe enltty shJl rwr428
alobilty for the conln"buthX6 Payetde thal w15e frryn the wjrewnwrt. A5t1￿￿1*nent until 2037.
a dIS￿UnIr3te of4.VA has be￿ awlie(l in detenrmnirgthe n8tFWB58ntvakEoflhecwtrbution5 rnadtr
the WKJO.
UnI￿r¥I11•S SUper￿ny￿11￿n Scheme
Th¢ Unb)n ￿[￿ripat&S in Universities Supewnualw)n Sch￿. The a5s9ts 91 th• sthem¢ arè hokl
in a separale tnJ5tee-admink%t•rad fvnd. Bec2w of ￿ MlrtU￿ naturè ofthe scheme, the ass8ts are
rLoI allributed to individual unions a schern*e rg)ntritrMJl*Jn rate i8 set. The is ther810
exrx)sed to actuarial risks asscoated wlh other unions. •mthees and 15 Unab￿ to idenb.fy ts share
of th? untsrtytThJ a55ets and liats"libes of the xkneme on a consistwt aTrJ reasonat4e basis. As
required by Sectson 28 ofFRS 102"Employee b?￿fil5". Ihg UThon therdwe accounts lortheschem¢
as if it were a defined contribU￿n stherne. A5 a re5uM, the amunt charged to the profit and 1055
account ￿p￿sents the ￿)nIn￿￿KIn$ payab￿ to s¢*eme. SirrR the Unicm has enter&Y into an
agreemenl Ilhe Recovery Plan) Ihat ¢Jetermines wnpk)yer w•thin Ihe scheme vril fund thg
overal deficrf. the UnKJn reC￿ntse$ a k"at41ty for Ihe cmtrilwtK￿5 ptyable that arise from t
a9￿￿OnI (to th• eXt￿t that they to the dthi) •xp•nses b8irKJ rwn15ed
lfvough the pr(th h)ss acwunt.
approvad NEST sthemè. Thè annu* cgnlllb￿ns paYth￿ xfjeharged lo tho 6tst￿n￿l offinENwl
8(*vitye5.
Page 23

UNIVERSITYOF LEKESTER STUOEKfs UNION
IAeornpany Ilnthd by gUrnt••l
NOTES TOTHE FINANc￿L STATeMENTS{eoniknu•d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 JULY 2023
1. AccouimNG POLICIES {¢ondm*dl
Taxation
No provis￿ for corwjrakn tax ha* ljeen made as the Cknarrtab￿ c¥)mpany is exerw from
corporation taxonits income ga1nstothe￿￿th*these a￿appI*JtOts ch*itabltractiwti8s.
The ron-tharilable subsHYkaries will be subpct to C(wporntion TaxOn￿Y rmofits notgrft aidèd totho
Employe• ben•ffts
The rmts olshort.term wloye• bOn￿S *• rwtse(l as a lithlity expe￿e.
The cosl ol ary unu88d l*&Jay rec4)gris*1 in I￿ period in whth
Termination benefits are rec4)Jnised imme¢JiaWy a5 #n exper6e Wh￿ the C￿paTry 15
dernonstrabty i¥mmrtted to 14miiriatè *nploym•nt of ￿ ￿p￿Ye6 or to pmvid• tarmination
benefits.
Crltteal ace4￿l￿n9 esllmateB and ar￿and JUdgert￿
Thè charity makes estirnates and asgJrrPti￿ mwKemiry the future and a¢kno￿edge5 Ihat the
r*su￿ng acoJuntThJ 8stimale5 ¥AI. by d8fiThtirm, sehjr￿ equ81 to r*led actual
r•suMs. The 85bmates and 859JmptK￿s Ihat ha¥e a rsk OfCa￿1n9 a m8¢erial adjus1m￿t
to the can￿n9 amunts of assets and liabilths wthin Ihe n￿t financ4al yew are disc{w￿ bel¢M'.
The¢harity has eTrIe￿￿ into a l￿￿rn￿ tt> FKOVKle deficit fvndin9 lothe Students. Union
supwannuab.on Pengcm sCh￿t and the Unwyt*s S￿rann￿at￿n SchW￿e, of wthKh
it is a ￿)ntribu￿.n9 emk4oyer.
UnderFRS 102, thè fair value of Ihe cg>mmth8th is rwnis8d. The L8lcuLation ol thè tsir
value ol the t4)mmth*t is subj'ed to an assumoion ol discount rattr. This discthint
rate is deterrnined by fdereftce to market ydds at the rewth.ng date on high qualty
C￿r￿Tate t*Jnds. Thecommthent ￿￿ded in the balarKe theet at Ihe balance sheel date
£1.944,61912022.. £1.751.4361.
li1} DonalNJn Offarah￿e5 by Univww rA LeK85ter
In a(xordance ￿ the Chanbes SORP FRS 102. th8 Union and its l￿fIng s¢Jbstrfkqry has
Val￿ the benefit it receNes lryjm oc¢upyir¥J lac11￿"e$ by the Lh)iversity on a rent-
lill SupportLXWS
klany ofthe o)sts rojrred by the Uny)n suth a5 Swrt slaff tThts and servKe costs a
shwed tse￿n a(*"wties. Tr• Union's 15 to *ktate these ￿sts the basis of
assessed cornsurnptK>n.
INCOAIE FROIA DONATIONS AMD LEGACES
funds
2022
Donatths and Univer5ty ¢knts
1.281,111
229,440
1.510,551
7.SLKI
229.440
1,136.940
229.440
1.510.551
Total donatws and legaws
Pag• 24

uNiveRSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UNION
{A company 11mll￿ by gv•r•rrte*l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
eontinu•d
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 JULY 2023
OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
The Universty ol Lwcester stUd￿r$ Union (Awns 100% of Ihe issu•J Sha￿ capital of its
subsidiary, Unw•rsty of Lthoster Students. Un•Jn TradiwJ Ltd. a ojmpany wl*th is inctsrporated
in England and Wales lo)mpany number tr28215(Al. ￿ rv•stered office of Universty of
Leicester Stud¢Thts' Untiw Traj1￿ Ltd ts the same a5 Univerw olLeKester St(Klwrf5 Unton. T
sub*"diary pat*cipates in tradThJ acbwbes fekb"r4J to the tharita￿e ¢xynpany. Its taxable profits
are donated io the ¢harit*kn ￿np￿y. A 5umm¥ry of the subsidiary's results are
ststrment ol lThc•m•
242.507
{22,99B)
196.188
114.2511
Cost ofsth5
Gross profll
219,509
181,937
(46,0561
(38,W21
Profft b•lor• and *ft•r taxallon forthè financlal ￿•r
173.453
142.945
DIstritr￿l*)n to pa￿1 undtr grft awj
173,453
R•*utt for tt•• fin•n¢hl y•¥
Thè netassets of UnNerslty ofLwL*Stw Sludents. Ltd * 31 2023 WnOLmts
£212022.. È2 net as5etsl.
COME FROM WVESnlENTS
Totsl
funds
2023
Totsl
fvnds
2022
2023
sha￿ crfj¢int Ventu￿
8ank interast r￿¥￿¢
89.778
27.767
89.778
27.767
65.718
2.231
117.545
117.545
67.949
Page 25

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. LWIOM
(A ¢ompany Ilmlt•d by gu*•i
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {Mnllnued
DED 31 JULY 2023
ANALYSIS OF EXPEMDtruRE BY EXPENorruRE TYPE
2023
2023
2023
Univer5ty of L￿eSt¥
Students. Unkn T￿li￿J
Ltd
44.111
24.￿ 69.054
53.243
Costs of ralslry
44.111
24.943 69,054
53.243
441.329
83.578
12.709
7.574
152.222 436,451
74.657
165.809
59,537
Wellare
Carnpaign5 and
comrnunicafr'ons
Societies & d
sr%)￿ grant
148,139
295.1L
10.142
20.925
97.C*AS 255,346
157.409
738.758 1.(￿.789 738.665
32.642 32.642
2.140
26,753
TrariThJ
968.152
51.350
1.1Tr5,344 2.114.846 1.459.955
1.012263
51.350
1.120287 2.183.9J) 1.513.198
Page 26

UNIVERSITY OF LE￿ESTeR STUOEIITS UlmN
IAeryahy limlled by guarwthl
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Icontlnwd)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE BY ACTMTIES
Cértan cthi overhead suppjrt ￿$ts have been rt*kx*d to the vainjs act1w1￿5 as not•d
the xccxJnthrvJ ￿. The effe￿ of thts ￿￿*￿t￿)n on the expenditu￿ headir*J
shown here..
thrn¢ty
2023
¢05ts
2023
Totsl
2023
T•ial
2022
413,977
1Y2283 ￿6,￿1 436.451
165.809
165.809
98.537
255.346 255,346 157.409
518.011 1.054.789
n8.665
32.642
2.140
26,753
1,131.449 2,114.846 1.459.955
Weware
so¢￿e$ & dubs
Peer
Tmning
53&778
32.642
.397
2022
Staff o)sts
586.925 471.221
51.351
26,961
229.440 229,440
15.689
15.708
24,469
25.302
61,979 1234.5531
.131
5,714
1,442
Insur
NUS SubscriplK>n
Pension Scheme Fun¢SwwJ
MarketsThJ c£6ts
Stationery and tele[A￿￿e
Bank charges
Clher supwrt c£6ts
Loss on tJispos* thfLx8d ass•ts
2.120
124.820
148.959
1.131.449 e08.172
P•)0 27

UNfiERSITY OF LeicESTER STUDENTS. UNION
(A company Ilmkndby guaranle•l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEP4TS {conllnuod)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
IET INCOMEIIEXPENDrruREI
This is stated aft•r th¥girg
2022
t)8PMtsation oltAngibl8 fixed a55*s:
51,351
26,961
Fo8s payabl•in rnswd ofboth audit aThl nDrwthtS8r¥Th5 as fokms."
18.4KKI
35,900
18,400
STAFF COSTS
Staff costs 7Awe as i)kns:
2D22
Wag*s and salarios
Sw'al security
her penSIc￿ (¥>sls
851,821
64.765
51.568
735,545
61,829
49.187
.154
846.561
Th• avera3• number ofpetsons •mpkny•J ty th8c¢mpany during th• )*arwas as knlkth3'.
2423
Full time
Sludents stal
27
13
No 0ry4oyees roc•wed OIn￿re than £￿.(KA7 durirvj the (wenlof PW ￿.
DI￿tOr of Membership Seryrces. 01￿(￿r ol Finance and the ch￿ Ex￿u￿"ve Officer. Durng the
ygar. key rnanaJemenl personnel recoved refflun8rat￿n (M￿UdIrQ ern￿Oy•￿ nab.onal insurance
ojntributionsl ol£M.263 (2022.. È289,1271.
Page 28

UNIVERStTY OF LEICESTER STUDENTY UNION
{A ¢omp4ny Ilmll•d by gU￿nI•¥I
NOTES TOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMEMTS Ic¢>ntinu•d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION
Totsl
2023
Tot•1
TRVSTEE NAME
H Pathan {￿t￿nt￿j 1 Juty 2ff221
R Jènkins {resigned 30 Junt 2023)
J Mct)onald lappjinted 1 ju￿ 2￿)
N IresvJned 30 Juna 2023)
A Robirtson lapwinted 1 Juty 20221
A Deeb (resigned 30 June 2023)
K Wagener Irtrsignod 30 JUM 2022)
M Kanikanti (res￿ned 30 June 2022)
G Henton {resigned 30 ju￿ 2022)
Total
24.289
23.118
24.289
22,432
24.289
1.114
24,174
1.114
3.715
22,289
23,454
1,114
21.228
20.432
20.432
140.849
146,269
The￿ noother lnjst￿￿for theyear{2022'. £nil}. Eyltl2022". Eightltn*te8s receN8d
re1mbur5ern￿i ol 0xp•￿*S wi relaion totra¥81 subsksteThx totalng £2,18212022'. £2,945).
1th TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Flxtunts
•gulprn8nt
Group and Charlty
At 1 August 2tr
A(bJib¢y
424.552
53.748
{1.6831
At 31 JU￿ 2WJ
476.617
At 1 A￿9￿1 2Y22
Charge for Ihe ye
Etirninaterj on thsp)sal
267.643
51.351
{1,4871
At 31 Juty 2UIJ
317.507
At 31 20ZJ
159,110
At 31 Juty 2￿22
156,9C6
Pw29

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDEiifs' UP4ON
IA e(ryany by gu¥¥r*el
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEiifs (Conlin￿dI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
11. FIXED ASSET WVESTMENTS
In¥••tm•nts
In lolnl
nture
Gm
Shar• olnot a55•ts
At 1 Au9USt 2022
Shar• of profit
820.e68
89,778
At 31 Jdy 2023
910,446
GROUP
2023
CHARITY
2023
2022
2022
UnNersrty ofLeKe*r SbJdents' Tra1•w Lbj
12. PRINCIPAL SU8SIOIARIES JoIKr VEIITURES ANO ASSOCIATES
a. Prlndpal 8ubsldlarf•6
Uthlvttrslty ofL•l¢•st•r Ststhnts. Ilnkn Tfadlng Lld
Subsidw naTr*
Ur*¥or5ity d LeKesler SDJthts' UThon Tradin9
028215C6
ffioltyo￿￿d subsKIwy
B*is of conlrol
Equty shwthokjry %
b. Prlnclpaljolnt
The Un￿e￿ty of Le¢ester Sludents. Union Trn(JirvJ Ltd. has a 50% jcxnt ownw5hip in fv entity
Student Union Ldlings kn"mrted. a charty which is Wistw￿j in England and Wales.
Thè n*ure ofthè I￿￿ne$S is Ihatofastud*ni18tbThJ5 and its rwJtsier¢d okn is Fwst FI￿1
Campus ￿tTe Buildin9. Mill Lar￿, LeK*stsr, L￿eSterSt￿e LE2 7DR.
Student UnKbn LetbThJ5 Lirniied 111￿1[¥j as Suletsl 15 a 0jm￿Y lirnit￿ by guaranlee ar#Y is
there1￿ hel¢J as an Investment in UnNersty of Le￿Ier Students. Un￿n TradirtrJ Lld atrml value.
refiecting its recoverablevalueto UnNerstyof Leicesler Students. Tr•Jiry Ltd and Iherefore
parent uThJertakn'ThJ. Unww5ity of LeKester StUd￿ts. Unw.
The group consbtutes 50% 01 Ihe iy•mer5hp. the￿f￿ the 9roup's share of inoJm• ts £742.794
12022." £729.7461 and Sha￿ of expenditu￿ is £653.01612022". £664.0281. The group's sharg of
Ihè total assets is £9SS,28512022.. £878.K231 aThJ tol* 01 £44.83912022.' £57,955).

UNiveRSITY OF LEICESTER STUIJENTS. UNION
lirrited by yrJi*el
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEIITS Iconlln
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
13. DEBTORS
Trade dèbto
Amounts bygmup undthithr
Other deb1ry5
12.582
9.975
2.347
2.522
37,971
67.754
82.913
79,167
25.381
1Q CREDITORS: Arn￿nts ￿li￿a
du• wlthln one
2022
18.895
17,073
18.895
16.563
595
13.783
Arnounts owed to group undwI*￿5
Other taxaticfj and soc4al securrty
Other Cfeditows
Ac£wals and defwred
16.065
15.
14.724
41.Ir24
116,320
54,245
149.122
75,756
85,415
GROUP
2023
2022
O•f•rr•d Incom•
Deferred in￿￿e at 1 ALVJUSt
Resources deferred ￿ring Ihey
19).8321
{5.(￿)
Deferred In￿ne at 31

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUOENTS. UNION
(A ¢ompany Ihntted by guarnnt*l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (c￿￿0n￿ld)
YEA
ENDED 31 JULY 2023
1& STAT&MEKf OF FUNDS
Balane• al
ane• ai
31 July
R¢sMthd fipr
Clubs and Sooeties
P••r Ment￿Ing F￿d
RFU DeV•lOp￿nI
279,803
485.942
1469.770)
295.975
3.2KI
5.793
3.793
286,886
487,942
1469,7701
305,058
Unrestriew fundB
Gènèral reserves
Shares of net In￿m$
from joint VWthir•
456.313 1.781.783
(1.652.150) 1129.633)
456.313
820.668
89.778
910.446
1,276.981 1.871.￿1
(1.652,1501 (129.6331 1.366.759
D•slgnat•d fu
LSP fund
Capital and strat•gK woiects
fund
Pension R•sèp4è
27S,000
887.045
275.CKIDI
404.633 1,291,678
1.751,436
{589,3911
193.183
1.944.619
1193.1831
129.633 1652,9411
Total fund*
974.476 2.359.9)3
(2.315.103)
1.018.876
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UNJVERSWTY OF LeicESTER S7UDENTY UNKJM
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Iconllnued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
IS. STATEMENT OF FUNDS {conlIn￿dI
Group- wlor ￿al las ￿$t*l¢d
Balanco at
B•lane• at
1 Augus¢ IrK41n• Exwndllur• Trankn 31 J￿V
2022
R••trl¢l¢d
Clubs and soaets.es
Peef Mentwng FuThJ
RFIJ D•velopmenl FuThJ
2￿.197 409.488
{388.8821
12.140)
279.803
3,290
3.793
268.420 409.488
{391.0221
286.88
Unrestricted fund*
G•neral re5erv•s
Shwes ofnet incorne
from lo￿t ventsjre
445.566 1,353.922
11.343.175)
456,313
754.950
65.718
820.668
I.2￿.516 1,419,640
11,343,175)
1.276,981
LSP fund
Capil81 aThl $trate9ic Wol￿S
nd
Pension RèséTh•
275.(KKI
0.599
275.000
887.045
1115541
166,452
11.917,8881
(742.289)
11.7S1.436)
1589,391)
152.898
T+)tal fvnds
726.647 1.829,128
11,581.2991
974,476
P4è

U141VERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENT¥ UNKXI
140TES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS (¢i>nlknwd>
R £NDEO
1 JULY 2023
15. STATEMENT OF FUNDS ¢conlIn￿d>
Balanc• at
Balan¢• al
l August ExPenth￿rn Trnnthra 31 Juty
2023
Restrictsdf￿dS
Clubs and Societi'es
Peer Mentoring Fund
RFU Dov8lopmènt Fthd
279,803 485.942
1469.770)
295,975
3,290
5.793
286.886 487.942
1469.7701
305.058
General reseThes
456.313 1,781.783
11.652.149) (129.633) 456,313
456.313 1.781.783
11.652.149) 1129.6331
456.313
IYe81onal¢d lunds
LSP fund
275.(KMI
887.045
1275.CWI
404,633 1,291,678
Capit81 and strates¥c proieds
fund
Pension Reserye
1.751,436
1589.3911
193.183
1.944,619
1193,183)
129,633 1652,941}
To&* fvnds
153,808 2.269.725
{2.315,1tr2)
108.431
P￿e 34

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. IINION
IA company limii•d by quarnnt••l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEmE1￿s {cothtinwd)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
1& STATEMENT OF FUNDS Iconllnu•dl
Charlty- prkn y•ar (as mtai•dl
Balanc• al
8alanc• at
31 Juty
2022
Clubs and Souebes
Peer Mentorin9 Fund
RFU Development Fund
259.197 409.488
{388.882)
12.140}
279.803
3,2
268.420 409.488
P91.0221
286.886
u￿rnstr1d*d fwid¥
General re5er¥es
445.666 1.3Crf).579
11.289.932)
456,313
445.666 1.XKI.579
11.289.932)
456,313
Deslon•*d funds
LSP fvnd
275.IK
Capital and straiegc projects ￿,9￿9
fund
Pension Reser¥t
275,OCW)
887.045
(13,5541
11.917.888)
1742,2891
166.452
11.751.436)
1589,3911
152.898
Totsl fvnds
128,2031 1,710.C*7
{1,528.056)
153.808
Pa9e 35

IA company limiled by gw•r4nt••l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEhE*￿s Ic(*itirA
FOR THEYEAR e140ED 31 JULY 21
15. STATEMENTOF FUNDS Ic4>nlln￿dl
The restrlct•d funds r•lat• to:
The Clubs and Sooebes Funds wresent ba1￿c*S l*ld fof sp8thL and vAw•
the ultimate eontrd vest wih Ihe un￿n.
Union and Univwsty ag￿e￿ trj li parb)ership to devekw a uriversity41i(Je peer
menkning 5cheTh. The prDieLa wll b8 M￿￿28£1 as part ofthe overall bfjluntser $uFy>M prtstAts.
the Universrty have •Jreed fvndiNJ of £nil lo support this $ch￿e.
RFU 0￿ek)W￿nt fund rdatss b W￿r0e$ receN&J &y the Ije¥ek)pr￿ of wby at the
Lknrverw.
LSP designatK)n lundiw rewes￿ts a y•gs c•n¥n*rial grart C4)nlributiorts. •) IwJhtofthelosses
m•Je by the associate c(mpwy at
PensKJn designated funding relales tofurrtjs seiasit18 forfuturewnth"bulKJns towards thestheme.
in light ofthe revaluatrjn and the knry*m chal1erye5f￿I by the sctsrre.
tal and slrat8gic desvj1￿ I￿￿1¥d r￿laIr￿￿j fimds desYJnated for
*)v•sth*nt in sIr*•g￿ projtts retstiThJ to the knng.tewm th•k)prn•nt d Ihè Un￿￿n afttr taking
unt ol ts required funthr¥J ￿ed￿j to orthrly v#iThl the Unb)n in Ih? w¢nt of tho
9anisati￿ ce85iry lo operale in the futu￿ in the I￿ht ofthe ￿r￿j IIE s￿.
Tran
A Ir•nsfer has bétn m* frryn the LSP f*n*d fvnd to genw#l r¢sgrvg5 ¥5 this lund 1$ no
longer relev￿t. Reserves in Ihe evenl of the operab.l￿ bw.ng wcKAd up are now hdd the
C•t4 and 51ratw projects fwKI.
Page 36

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS. UNK)N
IA Com￿nY Ilmitsd by gurnteel
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMElffS {￿n￿W*d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
1& ANALYSIS OF NET AsseTS BETWEEN FUNDS
R•strlthd GBn•r¥l DMlgnated P•n8ion
Totsl
nds
rwrv• fvnd$
2023
23
2023
2023
Tary•￿e fix•J assets
Fix8J asw *wes&merts
Current assets
credito￿ 4u• wilhin one y•ar
pens￿ sch￿￿ h"aL¥"lit*¥
159.110
159,110
910,446
1,973.385
179.4461
11.944.619) {1,W.6191
910.446
Xfj.058 535,759
179.4461
1.132,568
305.058 1,366.759
1291.678 11,944.6191 1018.876
Gr*￿p- ￿tY)￿r la
w••tstodl
Total
funds
2022
lunds
funds
20
funds r•¥erve
2022
2022
Tar01b￿ fixed a5Sats
FIX￿ 85881 ￿¥¢strI￿nts
Current assets
¢￿[11t)r3 dut ￿th1fi ￿ year
Pe￿1￿n scheme liabilrty
9.281
147.628
156,909
620,668
1,897.457
1149.1221
11.751.436111,751.4361
.886 $96.154
1149.122}
1.014.417
286,886 1.276.981
1.162,04511.751.4361
974.476
Chailty- ￿￿1¥nI yo*
R•strict•d General fi•sign•l•d Penslon
funds
funds
lunds
2023
23
2023
Tol•l
funds
2023
2D23
Taryt48 fixed assets
159,110
159.110
Current assets
C￿art0￿$ Que within one ye¥
Ptnsion 5cherne Iwbilty
1.132.568
1.￿,694
(75.7561
{1,944,619111.944.6191
175.7561
>)5.OS8 456.314
1291,67811.944.6191
108.431
Charlty- prfor yur I
fvnd$
resery• fvnd$
2022
2022
2022
2022
Tangibleffix•J assets
Fixej asset imlest￿Trts
Currenl as$8ts
Cr•ditots du• within on• year
Pension scheme liat¥lty
9.281
147.628
156.909
1.014.417
1.833.748
185.4151
11.751.436111.7S1.4361
185,4151
2a6.886 456,313
1.162.04S 11,751,436)
153,808
Page 37

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS, UMON
IA ¢¢mpany limiild guartrthèl
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Ictithtinu•d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
17. RECONCILIATION OF NET IAOVEMENT IN FUNDS TO NET CASH FL(Yrt FROM
OPERATING ACTMTIES
2022
Net ino)npJlexperK1rtu￿I frN the yew
la5 per Stst*￿t of Finanoal Athwbesl
175.EO3
315,930
Adlustm•ntfrr.
Depwatw)n
DeprerialK
Intr￿&{De¢re&Sfjl in defvi fvnthng
{Profiiyk)5s on the 50kn cl fixed 05S•ts
Interest rwed
Decrease in 51o¢ks
De¢reasellincyease} in debtors
(DeCreas￿Increase in vdrtCV5
Net In￿m0 Irtyn v8ntures and awxiaies
51.351
26.%1
61.980
1234.5531
16.6371
12,2311
{27.7671
6,232
169,6761
{89,7781
(55.0391
75.fA4
{65,7181
N•t eash provld•d byllusad inl ¢wrntlng xU¥lll•s
11X.143
$4.4S5
1& PENSION COMMIThIENTS
S￿dIn￿, unit￿ Sup￿nnuallOn 5el*m•
The Un￿n participates in the Studenfs unl￿ superannuat¥￿ SchTh. K* • dèfined benefit
$the￿ wthose membership cor6sl of enp*ee5 rf students. unions and rdated bod
throughout the ujunty. eenefiLs in resp￿ d Servi￿ up to 30 Sepitrnter 2003 we *wed on
Yinal s*ary" basB. benefits in res￿of$ervI￿ from l Ortot*r 2003 *c4uifKJ on aCareeT
Avor￿e Rgvaugd E8miThJs ICAREI basis. With èffert from 30 Septertser 2011 the Sch•n&
dr£•(I lo futu￿ ac47ud.
The rrnst [￿ent valualion of the Sthtmè Th tarried as at 30 June 2￿22 and S￿We￿ thal
the markgt vglue of the Sthemes assets ￿￿5 £106,700.rm *yth these assots representing 44%
of the vaue of tendts that haj to M￿terS after for exp￿t￿ ftjtrwe ir￿se$
in e￿1￿5. The def￿(( on an ongtsmg fundiNJ ba*s affthinted to £i36.￿o.(￿￿.
Thé assumplions*thth ha¥etsmosls*JnffjKanl8ffect up)n the rosums OfthèV￿uat￿￿ 8rethos8
rdating to the rate ol f8lum on Invastr￿ts and thè fatès of Nierèase in Salar￿ Fersi)ns.
The ossumpthty) * Xl &rnt 2022:.
. Thscount rnto". Ba￿ of Ersknd gih ￿1vè + 1.5% pa. thanging ¢)ver a terrn of 13 years
to gihs cJJNe + 0.25% pa.
. Pgnsion increases.. A m(xJel of eath •ll¢MrvJ br insw*s' pritiThJ of diffèrent
caps and tdl*s.
Th¢ 2022 v￿a￿n ￿CoM￿K18d o t0nl1trt￿ r8ouw•nonl by exh PthcpalAig
Employer expressed in monelary Iwm5 inteThJed to d8ar ongJ"t¥J frjnding ¢Jefi¢it by 1 May
2037 and wll increase by at kast 5% each year.
￿ntrIbut￿)n& akn indude ￿ alky•AYA for cost of the onwrvj adrninislrativa and
operalKJna expenses of running the Stheme of £5.038 pa. SU￿uSes or ¢Jefiots which aris8 at
I￿￿Te valuatKJns wll aLw impact on the UnDn5 fulute 0)ntrI￿1￿)n uxnmitrTth. h arjdition lo the
above contrtJutKJrts. the UnKJn also pays ts Sha￿ ofthe ￿¥Y tothe P￿￿.￿ Protect
Fund.
Pap38

UWIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENTS UNION
IA ¢oMp￿Y 1Smlt•d by &waAnt••l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEiifs (Conlln￿d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
18. peNSION COMMITIAENTS {¢onllnu•d)
The th'a￿.11ty wovwjed lor in Lrf the SUSS defKa iThye￿ lo £1.873.72312022.'
£1.662.754) at 31 Juty 2023.
2023
Balance briwht
Unwindin9 oft1isc%)Jnt aWi&J
Charw n a55umpbDns in y•ar
1.e62.754
61,979
148,990
1.873.723
Uhiv•rsiti•• Sup•rannu*ion IUSS)
The l*est avail*)￿￿ynpI￿ ¥aluatti)n oflhe Retirement Ir￿ 8uik18ri5 asal 31 March
2020 Ilhg valualKJn date}. was ryJt ugrg the proiprted [￿rt mthxj.
Since the institut*?n eannot rts Sha￿ of USS Rth"r￿ent If￿rne &JihJer (deffil￿d benefrt)
ass8ts and liabilitie5, the foIbM.r￿ (h5ck)sure5 rE￿ those oknant for thos8 assets and liabililies
as a vknc4è.
The 2020 valuabon ￿a$ the gxlh valuatKM for Ihe $th￿e u￿ler the sctrwe-sp￿r￿ funthr
ime IntrOd￿&d by th• AfA 2(XM. which schemes to have suffic*nt arrtl
appropriate assets to ojver th￿r techn￿ k¥DvtsKJns. At thev*Uat￿n date. the value ofthe asse
ollhe sch*me was £eé.5 bith.on andthe ¥a￿e olthesd*m•s te¢hrticafpro¥isi)ns wa$ £80.6 bitlion
indicab'ng a shorffal 01 £14.1 billK)n a fvrKliry ralK> of 83%.
The ¢(￿panY p¥ts"opates in the skny perts￿n scheme. The stalf ￿$ts (note 4} shrms
the per6iOna￿Q Salary whmch indudes th8 ernPty￿ sa* eknment. The company
Contribut￿ rale payabk 1$ wrrently 21.6% 01 pens￿ble S￿￿eS, wfN"th ￿￿ease$ tts 21.4 from
1 April 2024.
As at 31 Juty 2023 th• Union m•nbw5 pwlts"patirwJ in the scheme.
The total pthsbjn cosl lexdudirwj 1h8 salary wifice elwnent. tharrtJes ¥i a5surnpbo￿ lor
calculating the pension s¢lvn8 k¥trflty an¢J defiiyt fundiNJ ¢J)ntnbut￿￿1 for the gjmpany was
£23,87512022 £22.8571
At 31 July 2023the liability pmvidthj in res￿ of ￿ USS pwsw)n deficit arrKJunttyJ to £70.W
12¢Y22.. £88.6821. A dÈfitAi w plan was put in as p&t ol the 2tr20 valuation. which
require5 paymen¢ of 6.2% of salaries over the period 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2024, at whtth
point the rate Mll increase to 6.3%. The 2W23 defmit recovery lth"&"ty Tell￿ this plan. The liability
figures have been prOd￿d using the folkyM"rrfJ assumpbors:
- Qswunt r* 4.7%12tr22.' 3.8%)
. PenSiona￿e salwy S% fc*the yew to 2024 and 2% thweafter121Y22: 2.1%)
The d)aritabk cfjmpany u¥ntrit￿ to ￿ dèffined cA)nthb￿.cffj St*￿￿$..
The total rxjntributb)r￿ to The NUS Aw Pen5k)n Sckne duriryj the year amcunte(I to
£5.07012022.. t4,6871. At thè yearend. Ihe chan"table cx)mpany 0*4ed £Nil12022". £Ndl.
The total contritrtrtik￿5 Fowl to Tl* NO￿81 Empknyment SavirrfJs Twst {NESTI during the year
amounted to £24.404{2022." £22.0141. Alth•yearend. thethantatAe Lxjmpany £Nil12ff22:
£Nill.
Page 39

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDEIITS. UPION
{A company Ilnlt•d by gu¥ant¢•l
NOTES TO THE FINANCtAL STATEMENTS 1coniln￿d)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Company
Unl¥wW Of L•l¢e¥lor Stud•nts' Unlon Trndlng Ltd
The wthc41y owmay subsdpry. Univw5ity of L•ceslw st￿l￿ts. Tr*lirwJ Ltd. is i￿1￿19d
thin the cortsok"dated accl￿nts.
Univwsty of L￿esIer Siudents. Unw)n Trndir4J Lttl gift aKb8d £173.453 yew12tr22.'
£142.9451.
univ￿S1ty of Stud•nts' Un￿n Tfadiro Ltd irLx>mè exp￿ditUre goes throLgh the
thari¢able c£rfnpanls bank ￿￿j￿t and aso Ihe ch8rita￿ o)mpany has recharged for the use
of slaff arnountin9 to È44,111 {2022." ￿8,4231. At the year end. UnivéNty of LaK*ster Students.
Un￿n TNlirg Ltd was owed £16.980 {2022.. £5951 by the thwhtable coM￿Y.
Group and ¢(xwny
Unlv•rnRy d L•k•st•r
Th¢ majority of the Siudent UrMYs' fundir#J is from Ihe Unr4u• Lrf L&c6Ster. tAth¢th i
a fdated paty a5 Ihe Studert pwirKiFd actsvit￿ inbth provIdw￿ to its Student
Thv Student Untsi Yec•ves a bktk ￿t from th• univ￿ ol Letester £1.225.411 (2022..
t￿.(￿4)). AdditKJnal grants a￿ prov￿￿ by the UnNwsrty lor sUp[￿rt of £55.70012022:
£7.500).
t*Jring Ihe year I￿gr¢￿P madè Sa￿ of £8.2n12022.. È17.778) 10 Ihè Univ•tsity ol L*cester
made purchases of £18.3¥2 {2022.. £11.371) frrmn ihe Uru¥ersrty of Leicester.
At the yearend. the group ¢>￿1 £6.896 from the Ur¥¥w5ty ofLeic4sler12022.. £4.905 was
to the UnNerW ol Leicesterl.
In adtJib"on. the Studenl Union Ocalp￿ its buikling on a rent-lree basts. This is under an inlom)al
e4nss subjttito Iha Student Union mwnta"nir*J thè b￿ldIrvJ in a stste(4 repair. As a
b estimated v￿ue tts Ihé Unp)n fot the free ser¥ic&J a¢rtYnrrtsJatw)n has been indud&J
a￿ounts. This has been •£229,440{2022' £229.440}ba5¢d ￿ markelPriCeSWrthin
Siudent Unlon Lettlngs Lknlied
During the yew ts 9roup made s*$ of È13,633 12022: £10.3481 to SbJd￿I Lettin95
mited.
Other related paiti85 arB the Sabbabcal ￿r￿TS T￿￿te8$ as ¢Jetaikd in tre Truslees. reFQrt.
DetsiLs ol wurwalKJn rerxNed by thèse 1ndN￿u* are in ThJt• 9. R￿Unerat￿n rf key
man4enwt Pers￿ ￿ S1hJ￿ in ThJt• 8.
Pag8 40

UNNERsiff OF LEICESTER STUDEIITY UNION
{A company Ilm6t•d by guarantMI
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {¢ontlnuedl
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
PRIOR YEAR ADJUSThIENT
In yew5 Ihe Un￿n has been tpthh the￿￿lTern￿OfCh8[1I￿5 SORP 2019
IFRS 1021 in respect of Ihe Irealrnent of rts meMb￿ship of Universrt*s Superannuation Scheme
{USSl. a multi*rnpbyer t1efinwJ pe￿￿)￿ st*On￿ that has a defKrt lun￿￿9 4raemeni Sn
place. As a rtsull thè UnK*n's aceountsng polity on Ihe ￿n￿"On crf USS has be￿ changed. The
comparativefbwresforthè ￿ended 31 Juty 2022 have reststèd in line v*ith the policy.
The thanges maje have set ovt bekm.
B￿a￿e Sh88t
SOFA
T¢*1
R¢5talèm￿t0fop￿in9 resewvgs at 1 A￿j[* 2021
for USS pensw liatslty
Adluslm•nts for the year •nd•d 31 Juty 21122
USS liability rTW)vem•* in y•w
20,581
20.581
68.101
Effed on kmryearn resums
68.101
20.581
Pwje 41

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDENT> I￿￿oN
IA tompany limltsd by guarant••l
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {eontinu•dl
FOR THE YEAR EMDED 31 JULY 2022
21. COMPARATNE GROUP STATEME1￿ OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 JULY 2022
fvnds
fvnds
2022
INCOME FROM:
Donats"cths le9ac*5
charitabSeadJv￿.eS
1.136.910
1.1%,940
Cllher tradirKJ &b¥ibes
. 196.188
1*188
Inve51rnents'.
Share ofioint We￿re ￿t nrx
Interest ￿Ved
65,718
2.231
18.
65,718
2,231
18.563
TOTAL
1,419,640 409.488 1.829,128
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raslng
53.243
53.243
1.W.933 391,022 1.459,955
TOTAL EXPEIUTURE
1.122.176 391.022 1.513,198
T INCOMEI{EXPENDITURE)
297.464 18.4e6
315.YJO
OTHER RECOGNISED GAIN¥LOSSES)
A¢tuwfal gairfh)ssesl on dthne¢l be￿fil
sch8m8s
168,1011
{68.101}
NET thIOVEMENT IN FU1¥
229.%3 18.466
247.829
Toial funds brougtht l(Thard
458.227 268,420
726.647
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
687.W 286,886
974.476
Pag• 42