CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1137476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE

The education of undergraduate and graduate students; research work, and the associated provision of accommodation, welfare, and catering services in a community of scholars in the University of Cambridge

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported a consolidated surplus of £3.3m for the year ended 30 June 2025, compared to £14.3m in the prior year, driven by reduced returns from the Møller Institute and lower investment gains. The College maintains unrestricted reserves in excess of £144m, with the trustees confirming that sufficient cash reserves can be converted to finance core functions during extreme financial adversity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Churchill College (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~64.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (33% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Sharon Peacockchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Adrian Barbrook
• Dr Carmel McEniery
• Dr Christopher Hicks
• Dr JEREMY TONER
• Dr John Fawcett
• Dr Rachel Thorley
• Graeme Hedley Morgan
• Osarenkhoe Ogbeide
• Professor Benedikt Loewe
• Professor Dongfang Liang
• Professor Melissa Hines

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Professor Sharon Peacock — trustee here and at THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.

• CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE income £16.0m
• DOWNING COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £18.5m
• ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE income £58.7m
• JESUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £31.1m
• HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £16.7m
• ROBINSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £11.2m

Side by side with its peers

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