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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

GRESHAM COLLEGE

The College's main activity is the provision and administration of the Gresham Lectures given by the Gresham Professors in a tradition going back more than 400 years. The College also organises seminars and conferences and publishes papers in pursuance of the College's policy of re-interpreting 'the sharing of the new learning for free' which was Sir Thomas Gresham's intent, in contemporary terms.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/07/23£1,914£1,925£-11£100£460£730.5150
31/07/22£1,618£1,606£12£94£470£4703.5140
31/07/21£1,523£1,198£325£24£658£6586.6110
31/07/20£981£971£10£0£333£3334.190
31/07/19*£1,010£965£44£0£323£323480
31/07/18£930£1,026£-96£0£279£2793.380
31/07/17£816£762£55£0£375£3755.970
31/07/16£806£769£36£0£320£320570
31/07/15£845£797£48£35£284£2844.360
31/07/14£715£714£1£55£236£236460
31/07/13£695£714£-19£30£235£235460
31/07/12£669£641£28£30£254£2544.860
31/07/11£701£667£34£24£226£2264.160
31/07/10£696£710£-14£38£191£1913.260
31/07/09£675£665£11£34£205£2053.760
31/07/08£570£667£-97£37£194£1943.560
31/07/07£580£622£-42£23£291£2915.650
31/07/06£584£612£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£597£631£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£528£469£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.gresham.ac.uk

enquiries@gresham.ac.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Support for specific schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Australia, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£8,000 13/05/2024
12
MSMT Gresham Professor of Business's Stipend - 2024
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£8,000 03/04/2023
MSMT Gresham Professor of Business's Stipend - 2023
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to Gresham College
£47,443 20/09/2022
Pilot outreach programme which will help students, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to fulfil their potential through greater access to Gresham College’s wealth of academic content.
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£8,000 26/05/2022
Professor's Stipend - 2022
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£7,000 01/07/2021
12
Professor's Stipend - 2021
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£7,000 12/11/2020
12
Professor of Commerce's Stipend - 2020
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£7,000 11/06/2019
0
Professor's Stipend - 2019
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Gresham College
£7,000 24/04/2018
12
Professor's Stipend - 2018
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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-73
  • AHAMED DOWSHAN HUMZAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHARLES EDWARD LORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHRISTOPHER VERMONT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • DEBORAH CLARE WALKER-ARNOTT CBE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director
  • GEOFFREY CALE MATTHEWS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Club Secretary
  • LUCY WALSH-WARING Appointed: 2023
  • MICHELLE DENISE GURNEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Information Technologist
  • NARESH SONPAR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Common Councillor
  • NIGHAT QUREISHI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: City Councillor
  • PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER JOHN LINTOTT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Astronomer
  • PROFESSOR RAGHAVENDA RAU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professor
  • RAYMOND JOHN LONG CB Appointed: 2018
  • VINCENT KEAVENY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Alderman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/08/1994, number: 1039962
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/07/1994, number: 02953431
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
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 9 days late,
Main office

GRESHAM COLLEGE
BARNARD'S INN HALL
HOLBORN
LONDON
EC1N 2HH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF LONDON IN THE ARTS SCIENCES AND COMMERCE BY MEANS OF RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, COURSES OF INSTRUCTION, PUBLIC LECTURES, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS OR OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE CITY OF LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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