ROBINSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1137494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROBINSON COLLEGE

To advance education, learning, research and religion through the provision of a College in the University of Cambridge

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £86.8m, with the majority invested in fixed assets. The College reports an adjusted operating deficit of £769,000, noting that the main financial challenge is the freeze on regulated home undergraduate tuition fees amidst rising costs. The trustees confirm the College has sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 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 (65% 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: 24.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR RICHARD NICHOLAS HEATON KCBchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Archie Morgan O'Mahoney
• Dr Andrej Corovic
• Dr Christopher David Warner
• Dr Elaine Abigail Odette Freer
• Dr Gabriele Susanne Kaminski
• Dr JEREMY ROBERT THURLOW
• Dr Peter James Newton
• Dr Philip Murray
• Dr SCOTT ANNETT
• Dr Stephanie Anne Cheung
• Julia Stachyra
• Professor Geraint Alwyn Clayton Jones
• Professor Paul Nicholas Schofield
• Professor Rosalind Claire Love FBA
• Professor The Baroness Julie Elizabeth Smith of Newnham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ross George Reason
• Sabrine Ali Ahmed
• The Revd Dr Simon Perry

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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 JESUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

• JESUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £31.1m
• THE QUEENS' COLLEGE OF SAINT MARGARET AND SAINT BERNARD IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £28.1m
• CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £28.6m
• THE MASTER AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF SAINT CATHARINE THE VIRGIN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £19.9m
• FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £20.3m
• THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY FRANCES SIDNEY SUSSEX IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £14.2m

Side by side with its peers

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