# SOAS STUDENTS&#x27; UNION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1150717


## Contact

- **Address:** SOAS STUDENTS&#x27; UNION, THORNHAUGH STREET, RUSSELL SQ, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1H 0XG
- **Phone:** 020 7898 4996
- **Email:** su@soas.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://soasunion.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE UNION&#x27;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&#x27; Union is the representative organisation for the UK Higher Education Institution The School of Oriental And African Studies, University of London. The Union&#x27;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



## Geography

- Camden
- Islington





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Samuel Hardy** | Chair | July 1, 2025 |
| Ashoka Phillips |  | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Aysh Ahmed Chaudhry |  | Feb. 9, 2024 |
| Elizabeth Wright |  | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| James Graham Bremner |  | June 21, 2024 |
| Prajwal Trivedi |  | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Sir Martin Best Harris |  | Feb. 20, 2024 |
| Zaid Anas Altikriti |  | July 1, 2025 |




