Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE 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
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are 74 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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 £4,582,000
Established: 14 years

www.pem.cam.ac.uk

ENQUIRIES@PEM.CAM.AC.UK

01223338118

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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£31,015£19,931£11,084£591£302,468£183,330110.42210
30/06/22£21,390£19,684£1,706£216£287,598£166,815101.72290
30/06/21£23,196£16,151£7,045£210£280,913£152,194113.12290
30/06/20£17,589£17,389£200£253£260,250£151,736104.72640
30/06/19£17,676£20,584£-2,908£331£259,162£149,66687.32680
30/06/18£17,357£16,300£1,057£601£184,480£70,91652.22560
30/06/17£15,926£15,194£732£960£177,507£57,70945.62540
30/06/16£49,171£14,783£34,388£802£168,867£59,33748.22450
30/06/15£14,334£14,848£-514£1,347£134,660£56,76445.92390
30/06/14£17,515£13,707£3,808£1,330£131,910£57,18750.12310
30/06/13£14,966£13,447£1,519£1,235£123,936£58,52152.22230
30/06/12£13,874£12,466£1,407£1,120£117,973£59,88157.62250
30/06/11£13,574£11,866£1,708£1,146£118,483£61,66062.42150

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 74%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
Reserves/Spending: 110.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
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?
  • 221 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - M10 - Agri-environment- Climate Exchq
£5,195 01/04/2020
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
DCMS - Barrie Cooke papers and artwork
£38,600 24/03/2020
Barrie Cooke papers and artwork
DCMS - Barrie Cooke papers and artwork
£19,300 24/03/2020
Barrie Cooke papers and artwork. The wider aim of the scheme is: to provide a fund of last resort to protect the UKs heritage
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Jo Cox Studentship in Refugee and Migration Studies
£60,000 06/12/2016
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To establish a fully funded PhD studentship Refugee and Migration Studies, in memory of the late Jo Cox after whom the studentship will be named.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (74)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2010, number: 1137492
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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MUSIC EDUCATION FOR ZAMBIA TRUST on 06/06/2023
Main office

PEMBROKE COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
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Objectives

IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FOUNDING CHARTER AND STATUTES, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE WHEREIN MEN AND WOMEN MAY UNDERTAKE STUDY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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