Finance Score: -11
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

TRINITY HALL CAMBRIDGE 

The College is an institution of higher education. Its purposes are the advancement of education, religion, learning and research. The College admits undergraduate and graduate students matriculated in the University of Cambridge. It provides financial and other support to those of its members who require it in order to achieve its purposes, and supports teaching and research in the University.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 66 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £282,120,000 available, equivalent to 160 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £3,780,000
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£24,209£21,159£3,050£4,819£388,853£282,1201602240
30/06/22£27,983£22,259£5,724£4,223£367,966£268,852144.92170
30/06/21£13,234£18,817£-5,583£4,172£357,869£258,365164.81990
30/06/20£16,028£17,443£-1,415£5,436£312,974£232,335159.81700
30/06/19£17,325£17,568£-243£3,459£320,529£237,655162.32230
30/06/18£15,099£15,873£-774£1,635£311,357£232,644175.92280
30/06/17£12,656£14,775£-2,119£656£276,220£206,722167.92140
30/06/16£12,089£12,613£-524£2,000£247,541£190,686181.42070
30/06/15£23,126£21,270£1,856£2,069£243,144£188,125106.12030
30/06/14£11,309£12,313£-1,003£1,658£219,467£169,181164.92040
30/06/13£10,732£10,939£-207£1,517£205,439£160,959176.61990
30/06/12£10,609£11,680£-1,071£1,552£190,045£153,052157.21950
30/06/11£9,325£11,398£-2,073£1,582£210,745£132,9831401750

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 74.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 27.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 337%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 160 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk

info@trinhall.cam.ac.uk

01223332500

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
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
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 224 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (66)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 61/66 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2010, number: 1137458
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

TRINITY HALL
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1TJ

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION , RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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