# SOAS STUDENTS' UNION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1150717
- **Other names:** SOAS SU
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 6, 2013
- **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=1150717


## Contact

- **Address:** SOAS STUDENTS' UNION, THORNHAUGH STREET, RUSSELL SQ, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1H 0XG
- **Phone:** 02078984996
- **Email:** su@soas.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://soasunion.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE UNION'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.1 PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES DURING THEIRCOURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS;3.2 BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND3.3 PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.

**Activities:** SOAS Students' Union is the representative organisation for the UK Higher Education Institution The School of Oriental And African Studies, University of London. The Union's aims are to improve the education of students within SOAS, by liaising with the institution, offering advice, running extra-curricular sport and societies, and operating other social and pastoral services.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Camden
- Islington



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | £1244886 | £1417898 | £-128169 | 42 |
| July 31, 2023 | £1296297 | £1372813 | £44843 | 48 |
| July 31, 2022 | £1035033 | £1097886 | £121359 | 45 |
| July 31, 2021 | £640540 | £642229 | £184212 | 49 |
| July 31, 2020 | £1121301 | £1331176 | £185901 | 49 |



## Trustees

- **Samuel Hardy** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2025
- Ashoka Phillips — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Aysh Ahmed Chaudhry — appointed Feb. 9, 2024
- Elizabeth Wright — appointed Feb. 20, 2024
- James Graham Bremner — appointed June 21, 2024
- Kathryn Christopher — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Prajwal Trivedi — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Safia Aminah Shaikh — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- Sir Martin Best Harris — appointed Feb. 20, 2024
- Zaid Anas Altikriti — appointed July 1, 2025