HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Registered charity 1137471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUGHES HALL
The charities activities are to endow, maintain and carry on a College in Cambridge for graduates and for mature-age students qualified to be matriculated in the University of Cambridge and to promote education, learning and research in the University of Cambridge and elsewhere.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the College recorded a total comprehensive income of £1.73m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £11.79m and ordinary expenditure of £9.92m. Per the trustees' report, the College holds free reserves of £15.71m, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' operational expenditure (£4.32m).
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Academic fees
“The two most significant ordinary income streams are income from student accommodation of £3.50m (£3.30m in 2023/24) and fees for postgraduate and unregulated undergraduate students of £4.16m (£3.92m in 2023/24).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six month’s operational expenditure, currently £4.32m (held: £15.7m)
“The policy target for free reserves is to be an amount broadly equivalent to six month’s operational expenditure, currently £4.32m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received research grants.
“During the year 23 Trustees received grants from the College towards their research totalling £21,140.” — page 53
“In the 2024/25 financial year, one Hughes Hall trustee had significant control of another organisation, the Cambridge Trust. The value in 2024/2025 was £982,124” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Transaction with Cambridge Trust, where a trustee had significant control.
“During the year 23 Trustees received grants from the College towards their research totalling £21,140.” — page 53
“In the 2024/25 financial year, one Hughes Hall trustee had significant control of another organisation, the Cambridge Trust. The value in 2024/2025 was £982,124” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £200k
“Net defined benefit (liability) (199,660)” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sir Laurie Bristow — President (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£45.9m
Reported reserves equal ~35.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Amy Beth Mollett
- DR Martin Steinfeld
- Dr AGNIESZKA IWASIEWICZ-WABNIG
- Dr Bart de Nijs
- Dr CORINNE ROUGHLEY
- Dr Caroline Trotter
- Dr Clive Wells
- Dr Emmanuela Maria Wroth
- Dr Farah Ahmed
- Dr Florian Jaeckle
- Dr Gishan Dissanaike
- Dr Guillermo Serrano Najera
- Dr JESSICA WHITE
- Dr Jeff Skopek
- Dr Jimmy Suen Yan Chan · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Joe Ellis
- Dr Kennedy Mbeva
- Dr Lars Vinx
- Dr MARKUS GEHRING · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Malgorzata Zofia Marschall
- Dr Matteo Zallio
- Dr Natasha Sally Raudon
- Dr Othman Cole
- Dr Rachel Adams
- Dr Riikka Hofmann
- Dr Sarah Hoare
- Dr Sonia Ilie
- Dr Tori McKee
- Dr Vasiliki Mavridou
- Dr WILLIAM NUTTALL
- Dr Zhiwu Wei
- Emily Farnworth
- James Nicholson Bowers
- Jane Mann
- Kerry Wilson
- LAURENCE KENNETH SMITH
- Lois Georgina Kim
- Mahnaz Malik
- Nidhi Singal · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nigel Yandell · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College recorded a total comprehensive income of £1.73m for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £11.79m and ordinary expenditure of £9.92m. Per the trustees' report, the College holds free reserves of £15.71m, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' operational expenditure (£4.32m). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.
Who funds HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE as a grant recipient include CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED.
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