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Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE 

To advance education, religion, learning and research by the provision of a college in the University of Cambridge.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £74,083,906 available, equivalent to 66 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £3,255,077
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
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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£13,334£13,460£-126£2,646£133,734£74,084661680
30/06/22£12,938£12,556£383£2,280£134,110£74,61271.31640
30/06/21£9,757£10,263£-507£1,956£135,810£72,57184.91680
30/06/20£11,865£10,112£1,753£2,037£125,423£69,22782.21640
30/06/19£13,732£10,417£3,315£1,945£121,639£65,52775.51600
30/06/18£14,125£9,517£4,608£1,865£116,268£64,97781.91560
30/06/17£14,226£9,339£4,887£1,824£111,178£64,30882.61580
30/06/16£10,685£8,747£1,938£1,928£103,380£60,82083.41560
30/06/15£9,150£8,271£879£1,891£96,866£42,66461.91430
30/06/14£9,206£7,902£1,305£1,758£91,810£41,54763.11440
30/06/13£7,426£7,553£-127£1,681£88,217£42,59167.71470
30/06/12£7,382£7,040£343£1,603£82,801£43,19873.61470
30/06/11£7,239£6,921£318£1,497£81,180£44,17476.61470
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 60%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 66 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

www.sel.cam.ac.uk

bursar@sel.cam.ac.uk

01223335892

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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?
  • 168 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/2010, number: 1137517
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

SELWYN COLLEGE
GRANGE ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
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Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH BY THE PROVISION OF A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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