Annual Budgeting

Each year, all student groups must complete an annual budget for the next academic year.  This helps you think about the progress of your CSP, what activities you envisage doing in the following year, and how you will develop or change.  Writing an annual budget demonstrates that your CSP is planning and managing finances well and can be used as evidence of this when applying for other sources of income.  Annual budgets also aid the next committee as guidelines for their expenditure.

Alongside budgeting, the Union provides grant funding. An annual budget is a requirement to be eligible for grant funding.

Ready to start? Open the budgeting tool. Make sure to read the training first!

Key Dates 2026

Below are the key dates for 2025. Please note the timetable is subject to change at the discretion of the Annual Budgeting Committee. For this reason please pay attention to your emails during this period.