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Description
We give grants for course fees and essential study costs to OU students who are in financial difficulty and unable to receive financial assistance from government and university sources.
Also known as
- The Open University Students' Educational Trust
- Ouset
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
MK7 6BE
Website
oustudents.com/support-and-advice/ouset
Latest income
£811,304 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 285189 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Open University Students' Educational Trust
GB-CHC-285189Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Colleges and universities
B21
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Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200 -
Education
ED -
Education
ED» Higher educationED103 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Defined Groups
206 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301
Scale of operation
- National
The Open University Students' Educational Trust
GB-CHC-285189Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1982-08-13 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-07-31 | 84,931 | 43,377 |
| 2005-07-31 | 99,722 | 52,551 |
| 2006-07-31 | 54,985 | 83,096 |
| 2007-07-31 | 200,703 | 101,185 |
| 2008-07-31 | 87,071 | 109,924 |
| 2009-07-31 | 133,942 | 63,543 |
| 2010-07-31 | 296,370 | 62,882 |
| 2011-07-31 | 232,393 | 238,318 |
| 2012-07-31 | 174,787 | 74,406 |
| 2013-07-31 | 106,613 | 79,864 |
| 2014-07-31 | 204,517 | 119,369 |
| 2015-07-31 | 725,929 | 125,525 |
| 2016-07-31 | 159,560 | 133,783 |
| 2017-07-31 | 47,238 | 272,220 |
| 2018-07-31 | 82,561 | 325,239 |
| 2019-07-31 | 230,361 | 338,962 |
| 2020-07-31 | 76,638 | 158,450 |
| 2021-07-31 | 121,562 | 179,383 |
| 2022-07-31 | 492,470 | 323,481 |
| 2023-07-31 | 811,304 | 134,488 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 7 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Open University Students' Educational Trust
GB-CHC-285189Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 135.7 | |
| Legacies | 660.0 | |
| Endowments | - | |
| Donations and legacies | 795.6 | |
| Income from charitable activities | - | |
| Income from other trading activities | - | |
| Income from investments | 15.7 | |
| Other income | - | |
| Total | 811.3 | 492.5 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | |
| Spending on raising funds | - | |
| Grants to institutions | - | |
| Other charitable activities | 134.5 | |
| Charitable activities | 134.5 | |
| Other spending | - | |
| Total | 134.5 | 323.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 676.8 | 169.0 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | |
| Investment assets | - | |
| - | ||
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 1,000.0 | |
| Cash | 240.1 | |
| Other current assets | 450.7 | |
| 1,690.8 | ||
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (24.3) | |
| Net current assets | 1,666.6 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,666.6 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | |
| Net assets | 1,666.6 | |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | |
| Restricted funds | - | |
| Unrestricted funds | 1,666.6 | |
| 1,666.6 | ||
The Open University Students' Educational Trust
GB-CHC-285189Income from government
Back to contentsAccording to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
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