LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
Cash
£318K
-14.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
+3.8% vs 2024
Employees
81
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION 2014-10-21 → present
- LEEDS MET STUDENTS' UNION 2009-12-14 → 2014-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,269,068 | £2,275,124 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£103,602 | £79,952 | |
| Cash | £370,936 | £317,865 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £243,977 | £187,067 | |
| Net assets | -£2,090,187 | -£2,010,236 | |
| Equity | -£2,090,187 | -£2,010,236 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 81 | |
| Wages | £1,443,700 | £1,229,268 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.6% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 430.9% | 412.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.36x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board approved a surplus budget for 2025-26 in May 2025 and based on the information at the time, agreed that they were content to confirm that the Union has sufficient funds to meet its annual obligations for the year 2025-26.”
Group structure
- LEEDS BECKETT STUDENTS' UNION · parent
- Leeds Beckett Students Union Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024/25, Leeds Beckett Students' Union moved from a period of strategic renewal into a year of focused delivery and embedding. Having established a new four-year plan, we have worked hard to translate our vision into action-building on our commitment to community organising and ensuring that our operations are sustainable, aligned, and impactful.”
- “The financial challenges highlighted last year remain a defining feature of the higher education environment. However, the difficult choices we made in 2023/24, including the staffing restructure, have placed us on firmer ground. In 2024/25 we have started to see the benefits of those decisions, with a more sustainable operating model, improved alignment across our teams, and a shared sense of purpose driving our work.”
- “This year also marked the Union becoming an accredited Real Living Wage Employer, ensuring fair pay for all employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 88 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHORT, Jacqui Marie | Secretary | 2025-07-18 | — | — |
| AL-SAMMARRAIE, Faisal Nihad Saleh | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 1996 | Iraqi |
| ASHFAK, Bilaal | Director | 2024-09-10 | Dec 2003 | British |
| DOWSON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2022-09-13 | May 1985 | British |
| ELSEROUGI, Islam Mohamed Kamel Saadeldin | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 2002 | Egyptian |
| JAIN, Manan | Director | 2025-12-02 | Feb 2006 | Indian |
| LAPISH, Louise Kirsty | Director | 2022-09-13 | Mar 1978 | British |
| MYHILL, Kathryn | Director | 2025-03-24 | Feb 1988 | British |
| O'DWYER, Luke John Patrick | Director | 2025-12-02 | Jun 2004 | British |
| PERERA, Amindha Sebastian Lenam | Director | 2026-02-10 | Jan 1993 | Sri Lankan |
| RILEY, Ian Paul | Director | 2023-10-12 | Apr 1971 | British |
| SHILTON GODWIN, Peter David | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 88 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZAM, Joanne | Secretary | 2021-08-31 | 2022-09-11 |
| GOLDTHORPE, Nicola Katherine | Secretary | 2009-12-14 | 2021-08-30 |
| MACKENZIE, Neil | Secretary | 2022-08-24 | 2025-07-18 |
| ALCORN, David Ryan | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| ANDREWS, Madeleine Ruth | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| BAARS, Victoria | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2010-06-30 |
| BALME, Jessica | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2013-06-30 |
| BARRETT-IQBAL, Shahla | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2023-06-30 |
| BAYNE, Natasha Stephanie | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-12-02 |
| BERGANTINOS, Coleen Andrea | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2021-06-30 |
| BHATIA, Harsh | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| BHATTI, Eleazar Javed | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2015-06-30 |
| BIRKIN, Carley | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| BRANKIN, Channing | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| BRIGGS, Peter Graham | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2017-06-30 |
| BRUNO, Rachele | Director | 2023-12-05 | 2024-06-30 |
| CARRIER, Jessica | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| CHALLENGER, Liam | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2011-06-30 |
| CHAUDHARY, Meghna | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| CLOUGH, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| COAKLEY, Lewis Adam | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2010-06-30 |
| COLES, Chloe Elizabeth | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| COOK, Amy | Director | 2010-10-07 | 2012-06-30 |
| COOPER, Millie | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| COOPER-BLACK, Carolyn Anne | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2018-06-30 |
| CROOKS, Anna | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| DARROCH, Megan | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2023-05-26 |
| DENT, Samuel Rhys | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2016-06-30 |
| DEV, Dhruv | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| DODDS, Nicole Jane | Director | 2021-10-26 | 2023-06-30 |
| DOWSON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-09-12 |
| EVEREST, Katherine Alice | Director | 2020-04-07 | 2024-12-31 |
| GIBSON, Jo | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| GILLBORN, Sarah | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| GODKIN, Kelly-Anne | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| GRANTHAM, Millie | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| GURUNG, Biraj | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2017-05-08 |
| HARRIS, Ryan Peter, Lord | Director | 2020-10-27 | 2021-01-10 |
| HARRISON, Andrew Russell | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2021-06-30 |
| HARRISON, Jack Derek | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| HARVEY, Helen | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| HASSAN, Abdi Mohamed | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2017-04-04 |
| HIND, Charles Anthony | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| HOGG, Paul George | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2021-02-16 |
| IPYANA, Jawanza Ruhani | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| IQBAL, Shehar Banu | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2021-04-23 |
| ITSE, Olayemi Maryanne | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2023-06-30 |
| JAYASEELAN, Harish | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| JHUMUN, Brian | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2018-04-10 |
| JOHNSON, Joanne | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| JOHNSTON, Nicola | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2014-03-31 |
| KEARNEY, Megan Victoria | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| KHURSHID, Hiba | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2013-11-22 |
| KIDSTON, Emma | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2019-06-30 |
| LAWRENSON, Grace Elizabeth | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| MACDONALD, Lucy | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-11-18 |
| MALPASS-CLARK, Joshua | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| MARYAM, Maryam | Director | 2021-10-26 | 2022-06-30 |
| MCDOUGALL, Ben | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2010-06-30 |
| MCHUGH, Scott | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2010-06-30 |
| MOORE, Eleanor Diane Hinch | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2022-09-12 |
| MULHOLLAND, Declan Gerard John | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2016-06-30 |
| MURRAY, Joseph | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| O'BRIEN, Alexander Peter | Director | 2022-09-13 | 2023-06-30 |
| ODUSUSI, Blessing Eniola | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| OKYERE, Frank | Director | 2023-12-05 | 2024-06-30 |
| OZOYA, Silas | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| PALMER, Jayne Lynsey | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2021-06-30 |
| PEREIRA, Barbara Sofia Morais Rosa | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| PERRY, James | Director | 2010-08-09 | 2011-06-30 |
| PINNOCK, Ashleigh Nicole | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| QUINN, Matthew Troy | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2012-08-23 |
| RALPH, Brandon | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2014-06-30 |
| RALPH, Brandon | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2015-06-30 |
| RANJHA, Yasser Mehdi | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| RHODEN-CAMPBELL, Kay | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Oliver David | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| RICHER, Nicole | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| RIVIS, Vivienne Mary | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2012-11-16 |
| ROBINSON, Megan Jade | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| ROSE, Saffron Allanah | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| ROSS, Stephen John | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| RYAN, Jack | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| SAKA, Azeez Oluwatosin | Director | 2022-04-05 | 2023-06-30 |
| SEWELL, Ro, Mx | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| SHARMA, Lokesh | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-04-25 |
| SHIRE, Ahmed Abdi Aziz Ali | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| SIMWAKA, Mphango | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2022-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 285 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+0.3%
£2,269,068 £2,275,124
-
Cash
-14.3%
£370,936 £317,865
-
Net assets
+3.8%
-£2,090,187 -£2,010,236
-
Employees
+1.3%
80 81
-
Wages
-14.9%
£1,443,700 £1,229,268
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers