Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE MASTER AND FELLOWS OF DARWIN COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 

Darwin College is a higher-education institution incorporated by Royal Charter within the University of Cambridge. Its purpose as a charitable institution is to advance education, learning, and research in the University, and to provide for members a Collegewhere they may work for postgraduate Degrees or carry out postgraduate or other special studies.
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
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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 £1,082,530

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£8,296£7,501£795£181£81,819£51,81582.9560
30/06/22£8,088£6,613£1,475£161£81,009£51,14192.8520
30/06/21£7,162£5,811£1,351£154£79,853£48,994101.2510
30/06/20£6,621£5,703£918£150£73,664£47,34399.6480
30/06/19£6,454£5,654£801£140£74,425£47,757101.4490
30/06/18£5,688£4,970£718£131£71,989£46,283111.7460
30/06/17£6,763£4,173£2,590£138£69,739£43,543125.2490
30/06/16£4,702£3,842£860£104£64,697£41,965131.1480
30/06/15£4,464£3,542£922£138£48,953£25,69987.1480
30/06/14£4,328£3,595£733£110£46,558£25,01883.5480
30/06/13£4,186£3,170£1,016£84£44,830£24,66593.4450
30/06/12£4,419£2,949£1,470£70£41,673£24,10798.1420

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 173%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 63%
Reserves/Spending: 82.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years

www.darwin.cam.ac.uk

bursar@darwin.cam.ac.uk

01223335660

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 56 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2011, number: 1141105
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
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

DARWIN COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 9EU

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN OUR UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE UNIVERSITY; AND THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW GRADUATE COLLEGIATE SOCIETY IN THE UNIVERSITY TO BE NAMED DARWIN COLLEGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

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