Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

COLLEGE OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 

THE EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS; RESEARCH WORK, AND THE ASSOCIATED PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, WELFARE, AND CATERING SERVICES IN A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 49 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £131,853,000 available, equivalent to 114 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,112,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£13,943£13,920£23£402£239,002£131,853113.715620
30/06/22£11,411£12,436£-1,025£353£237,733£132,202127.61520
30/06/21£8,979£11,110£-2,131£140£240,143£134,911145.71620
30/06/20£10,497£10,572£-75£1,318£224,361£130,807148.51650
30/06/19£10,531£12,133£-1,602£1,161£231,570£132,026130.61670
30/06/18£10,576£10,456£120£1,291£233,030£133,180152.81690
30/06/17£9,938£10,273£-335£1,223£227,398£131,755153.91630
30/06/16£10,157£9,647£510£1,142£219,694£130,727162.61470
30/06/15£12,634£9,682£2,952£1,909£216,403£118,226146.51550
30/06/14£11,688£9,389£2,299£2,160£208,059£115,7801481450
30/06/13£11,192£8,559£2,633£1,425£198,614£114,879161.11390
30/06/12£9,390£7,988£1,401£968£190,806£117,040175.81020
30/06/11£8,828£7,850£978£1,069£191,233£118,636181.31040

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 201%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 113.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.corpus.cam.ac.uk

bursar@corpus.cam.ac.uk

01223338000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 156 employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (49)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 42/49 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2010, number: 1137453
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1RH

Objectives

TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT A COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, LEARNING AND RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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