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CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1137531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q760967 · Wikipedia · also known as CLARE COLLEGE

To further public good by promoting learning, study and teaching in a community of scholars in the University of Cambridge.

Objects

TO FURTHER PUBLIC GOOD BY PROMOTING LEARNING, STUDY AND TEACHING IN A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£16.0m
Latest spending
£20.4m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported a total surplus of £21.977m for the year ended 30 June 2025, supported by unrestricted reserves of £230.5m, of which £73.57m constitutes free reserves. The Trustees and auditors confirm that the College has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Trustees received salaries and benefits
“The total Trustee salaries were £563,302 for the year (2024: £598,168) The trustees were also paid other taxable benefits (including associated employer National Insurance contributions and employer contributions to pensions) which totalled £130,087 for the year (2024: £131,977)” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 12 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 11 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 4; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 12 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £70,001–£80,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 3)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,670 followers) · instagram (12K followers)

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

Total income
£21.3m
Total spending
£20.4m
Cost of raising funds
£6.8m
Reserves (reported)
£230.5m
Employees
229

Reported reserves equal ~135.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£16.0m£20.4m
30/06/2024£15.0m£20.1m
30/06/2023£18.7m£18.9m
30/06/2022£16.4m£17.0m
30/06/2021£9.8m£14.1m

Common questions

Is CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College reported a total surplus of £21.977m for the year ended 30 June 2025, supported by unrestricted reserves of £230.5m, of which £73.57m constitutes free reserves. The Trustees and auditors confirm that the College has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

Who funds CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE as a grant recipient include CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITEDFY2021£46k
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITEDFY2022£5k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kEducation and the Young
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kEducation and the Young
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1kEducation and the Young
THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUSTFY2025amount not statedBreakdown of grants by recipient

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST1£1.0m
MISSION441£741k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£340k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£150k
THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION1£91k
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£25k
THE C P CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE£16.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£22.9mover £105,0003unclear—no doubt
SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE FY2025£15.1m——unclear—no doubt
CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£28.6m——unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£1.6m—0unclear61.1%no doubt
CHESHUNT COLLEGE (CAMBRIDGE) FY2026£194k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.