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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

GIRTON COLLEGE 

The College provides, in conjunction with the University of Cambridge, an education for some 700 undergraduate and graduate students which is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard. This education develops students academically and advances their leadership qualities and interpersonal skills, and so prepares them to play full and effective roles in society.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 18 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 £4,451,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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£12,619£21,032£-8,413£471£172,816£95,72254.61850
30/06/22£11,932£17,962£-6,030£258£173,826£99,54666.517965
30/06/21£12,126£15,372£-3,246£83£172,946£102,23479.818319
30/06/20£10,646£15,035£-4,389£190£151,014£93,90274.918019
30/06/19£11,540£16,791£-5,251£299£153,413£97,68769.820210
30/06/18£13,991£15,140£-1,149£199£152,179£100,81779.92000
30/06/17£9,015£13,463£-4,448£117£144,451£97,95187.31950
30/06/16£8,196£12,226£-4,030£338£139,336£98,864971810
30/06/15£8,979£11,524£-2,545£2,218£125,511£86,82290.41920
30/06/14£13,264£11,072£2,192£2,082£119,052£87,97395.31840
30/06/13£10,862£9,916£946£1,981£115,833£80,954981880
30/06/12£9,935£9,719£216£1,968£112,342£83,057102.61910
30/06/11£8,782£8,983£-201£1,993£116,907£87,493116.91910
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 170%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 54.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years
(54 years as a company)

www.girton.cam.ac.uk

bursar@girton.cam.ac.uk

01223338999

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
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
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 185 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (18)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 17/18 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2010, number: 1137541
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000196
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
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

GIRTON COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0JG

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH AND IN PARTICULAR THE PREPARATION OF PERSONS FOR TAKING EXAMINATIONS AND PROCEEDING TO THE DEGREES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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