MCGILL UNIVERSITY TRUST

Registered charity 1044904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY (CANADA) TRUST

McGill University Trust supports UK students who wish to have the experience of studying at a university in Canada. Funds are raised by the Trust, principally from alumni and friends of McGill based in the UK, to support a scholarship and bursary programme for UK students wishing to attend McGill and for the general welfare of McGill University.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £383,752 to £306,770 due to a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The unrestricted general fund saw a significant decline of £77,866, while the endowment fund grew slightly by £884. The trustees report that income was down compared to the previous year, which had benefited from large individual gifts, but remains comparable to other prior years.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE HONOURABLE JAMES JONATHAN NELSONchair
• Louise Blondeau
• MARK KEOKI RIDLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marc Weinstein
• VICTOR PHILLIP MICHAEL DAHDALEH

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Canada · Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARGARET THATCHER SCHOLARSHIP TRUST.

• THE MARGARET THATCHER SCHOLARSHIP TRUST income £858k
• CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £200k
• RAY MCGRATH MEMORIAL TRUST income £1.1m
• University of California Trust income £1.7m
• MAAIKE MCINNES CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.1m
• M.G.S. TRUST income £3.5m

Side by side with its peers

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