Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs high: -5

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOUNDED IN HONOUR OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED MARY THE VIRGIN

Gonville and Caius College is a place of education, religion, learning and research in the University of Cambridge. The College provides, in conjunction with the University of Cambridge, an education for some 800 students that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard. This education develops students academically and prepares them to play full and effective roles in society

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
There is a pension deficit of £6,541,000
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
30/06/23	£20,056	£24,903	£-4,847	£777	£383,225	£283,928	136.8	169
30/06/22	£23,197	£26,288	£-3,091	£668	£382,330	£284,476	129.9	161
30/06/21	£17,845	£22,535	£-4,690	£696	£377,604	£285,130	151.8	164
30/06/20	£17,423	£16,469	£954	£1,098	£341,927	£262,405	191.2	164
30/06/19	£19,365	£19,226	£139	£1,364	£340,619	£261,029	162.9	163
30/06/18	£18,727	£16,855	£1,872	£1,227	£337,917	£261,389	186.1	170
30/06/17	£17,679	£17,564	£116	£1,491	£323,741	£253,906	173.5	152
30/06/16	£21,137	£15,919	£5,218	£1,377	£307,617	£244,557	184.4	148
30/06/15	£13,916	£15,360	£-1,445	£2,192	£204,524	£142,411	111.3	145
30/06/14	£12,405	£14,576	£-2,171	£1,871	£179,566	£125,717	103.5	142
30/06/13	£11,937	£13,695	£-1,759	£1,430	£170,057	£120,459	105.5	142
30/06/12	£10,783	£13,446	£-2,664	£1,430	£159,930	£114,876	102.5	139
30/06/11	£10,662	£12,183	£-1,521	£993	£159,332	£114,282	112.6	135

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 48.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 151%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 136.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 14 years

http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk

finance.manager@cai.cam.ac.uk

01223332400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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?

169 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

FRANCO BASSO Appointed: 2024

DR ANDREW SPENCER Appointed: 2019

DR ANITA BUNYAN Appointed: 2021

DR CHRISTOPHER SCOTT Appointed: 2022

DR JOHN LATIMER Appointed: 2022

PIPPA ROGERSON (Chair) Appointed: 2018

PROFESSOR AXEL ZEITLER Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR GLENN VINNICOMBE Appointed: 2022

ROBERT GARDINER Appointed: 2018

DR RUTH SCURR Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

PROFESSOR PETER ROBINSON Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: THE JESUS LANE TRUST, EDSAC REPLICA PROJECT,

PROFESSOR PETER MANDLER Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES,

CALLY HAMMOND REVD DR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeship: CAIUS HOUSE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/2010, number: 1137536

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

07/09/2021 - Asset transfer in from TANCRED'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
05/10/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE MICHAEL MILIFFE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

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
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from TANCRED'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION on 07/09/2021
Asset transfer in from THE MICHAEL MILIFFE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND on 05/10/2022

Main office

GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1TA

Objectives

TO MAINTAIN, CONDUCT, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP GONVILLE AND CAIUS AS A PLACE OF EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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