Finance Score: -13
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

CHURCHILL COLLEGE 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:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £134,643,000 available, equivalent to 72 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £2,398,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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£21,578£22,372£-794£5,997£196,176£134,64372.23940
30/06/22£17,411£20,456£-3,045£2,762£185,606£129,33575.93390
30/06/21£12,622£17,160£-4,538£3,258£196,055£138,09896.63590
30/06/20£22,446£21,766£680£495£178,470£129,38171.34580
30/06/19£23,566£22,347£1,219£423£181,280£131,66370.72670
30/06/18£22,303£20,388£1,915£7,811£173,998£126,71774.62550
30/06/17£20,039£20,545£-506£7,399£164,845£121,85471.22640
30/06/16£20,493£18,873£1,620£6,445£152,566£107,29868.22540
30/06/15£19,268£18,823£445£4,447£147,564£103,06665.72610
30/06/14£18,623£17,811£812£4,629£141,175£100,72967.92460
30/06/13£17,787£16,774£1,013£5,380£127,337£94,06467.32000
30/06/12£15,996£15,626£370£5,023£117,598£89,70768.92040
30/06/11£14,349£14,329£20£4,331£117,483£90,54075.82140

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 48.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 26.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 139%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 72.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.chu.cam.ac.uk

bursar@chu.cam.ac.uk

01223 336000

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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?
  • 394 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 17/19 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2010, number: 1137476
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

CHURCHILL COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0DS

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.B) TO PROVIDE A COLLEGE WHEREIN MEMBERS OF OUR UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MAY WORK FOR DEGREES IN THAT UNIVERSITY, OR MAY CARRY OUT POST-GRADUATE STUDIES OR OTHER SPECIAL STUDIES AT CAMBRIDGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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