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
  • Overall weighted 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 a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 78 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
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 ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.pem.cam.ac.uk

ENQUIRIES@PEM.CAM.AC.UK

01223338118

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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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 (78)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANGKUR JYOTI DIPANKA SHAIKEEA Appointed: 2023
  • CHRIS SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • CARL HENRIK EK Appointed: 2023
  • CATHERINE KAMAL Appointed: 2021
  • CHIKA TONOOKA Appointed: 2023
  • DANIELA PASSOLT Appointed: 2016
  • DR ALEX HOUEN
  • DR ALEXEI SHADRIN
  • DR ANDREA FERRARI
  • DR AMANDA PROROK Appointed: 2018
  • DR ANDREW CATES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: College Bursar
  • DR ANIL MADHAVAPEDDY Appointed: 2015
  • DR ARTHUR ASSERAF Appointed: 2020
  • DR ASSEF ASHRAF Appointed: 2018
  • DR CAROLINE BURT
  • DR CONNIE BLOOMFIELD-GADELHA Appointed: 2022
  • DR DEMOSTHENES TAMBAKIS
  • DR DARIA EZEROVA Appointed: 2023
  • DR FLAVIA MANCINI Appointed: 2022
  • DR GABOR CSANYI
  • DR GUILLAUME HENNEQUIN Appointed: 2015
  • DR HILDEGARD DIEMBERGER Appointed: 2013
  • DR IZA HUSSIN Appointed: 2014
  • DR JOHN DURRELL Appointed: 2013
  • DR JOHANNES WANNE KROMDIJK Appointed: 2018
  • DR KATRIN ETTENHUBER
  • DR LORENZO DI-MICHELE Appointed: 2022
  • DR MARK RODERICK WORMALD
  • DR MINA GORJI
  • DR MAXIMILIAN STERNBERG Appointed: 2013
  • DR MENNA CLATWORTHY Appointed: 2011
  • DR MOREED ARBABZADAH Appointed: 2018
  • DR NILANJANA DATTA
  • DR NICHOLAS JONES Appointed: 2016
  • DR NICOLO CRISAFI Appointed: 2021
  • DR PAUL CAVILL Appointed: 2013
  • DR REBECCA LAMMLE Appointed: 2016
  • DR ROBERT JOHN MAYHEW Appointed: 2021
  • DR SIMON LEARMOUNT
  • DR STEPHEN JOHN Appointed: 2012
  • DR SANNE COTTAAR Appointed: 2013
  • DR STEVEN WARD Appointed: 2021
  • DR SURER MOHAMED Appointed: 2021
  • DR THOMAS CHAFFEY Appointed: 2022
  • DR THOMAS MICKLEM Appointed: 2014
  • DR TIMOTHY THOMAS WEIL Appointed: 2014
  • DR VIKRAM DESHPANDE
  • DR ZENON TOPRAKCIOGLU Appointed: 2022
  • EOIN MCKINNEY Appointed: 2024
  • HUGO BRONSTEIN Appointed: 2019
  • KAOUTAR GHILANI Appointed: 2023
  • LUCY WEINERT Appointed: 2024
  • MATTHEW MELLOR
  • NICHOLAS JOHN MCBRIDE
  • NARINE LALAFARYAN Appointed: 2023
  • PROF JONATHAN PHILIP PARRY
  • PROF MICHAEL PAYNE, Occupation: Professor Of Computational Physics
  • PROF NIGEL COOPER
  • PROF NORMAN ANDREW FLECK
  • PROFESSOR ALEXANDER WILLIAM TUCKER
  • PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
  • PROFESSOR DAME CLARE GREY FRS Appointed: 2012
  • PROFESSOR DONALD ROBERTSON
  • PROFESSOR PAUL WARDE BA PHD Appointed: 2015
  • PROFESSOR RANDALL JOHNSON Appointed: 2012
  • PROFESSOR REBECCA KILNER Appointed: 2020
  • PROFESSOR RENAUD GAGNE
  • PROFESSOR ROSALIND BLAKESLEY Appointed: 2002
  • PROFESSOR STEPHEN O'RAHILLY
  • PROFESSOR TORSTEN MEISSNER
  • PROFESSOR ALBERT CARDONA Appointed: 2019
  • PROFESSOR MARIA ABREU Appointed: 2012
  • PROFESSOR MARK WYATT Appointed: 2015
  • PROFESSOR MIKE HULME PROFESSOR Appointed: 2018
  • PROFESSOR RENAUD MORIEUX Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR SAMUEL BARRETT, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • PROFESSOR THIES LINDENTHAL Appointed: 2023
  • REV JAMES GARDOM
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

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