THE STUDENTS' UNION AT BU LTD

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Griffin Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE STUDENTS' UNION AT BU LTD · parent
   1. SUBU Trading Ltd (Formerly Feelprime Limited) 100% · UK · The running of the nightclub for students of Bournemouth University.

Significant events

• “SUBU has been awarded Best Students' Union in the South West in the 2025 WhatUni Student Choice awards, which is the second consecutive year achieving this success.”
• “Our performance in the National Student Survey has also increased, with student satisfaction with SUBU improving by 3.9 points to 76.2%.”
• “At 1,884 participants, this year's Speak Week initiatives achieved our highest response level in recent history, representing a 14% increase in participants from the previous year and a 246% increase since 2022.”
• “The team have expanded the initiative and opened a Community Garden in May 2025, to offer an additional means for student community to access food.”
• “This year's Full-Time Officers elections saw 28 impressive candidates campaigning, with 1,655 students (12.5% of SUBU's members) casting a remarkable 6,089 votes to elect their Officers for 2025-26.”
• “This year's Freshers' digital campaign saw our Instagram account reach increase by 38% when compared to last year.”
• “We have seen engagement on our Tik Tok channel grow by over 300% this year.”
• “We have refreshed SUBU's visual identity to ensure it remains relevant and engaging for students.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -14.1%

  £687,264 → £590,189

• Net assets

  -189.3%

  -£45,990 → -£133,046

• Employees

  -18.6%

  215 → 175

• Wages

  +0.6%

  £1,695,094 → £1,705,326

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