THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Registered charity 1137542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
The provision of education to undergraduate and graduate students. The advancement of knowledge and learning by supporting research pursued by academics and by funding research fellowships. The College maintains the Pepys Library, a collection of international significance, which provides an educational resource.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the College reported a surplus for the year, with total unrestricted liquid reserves of £13.9m against a policy target of £5.8m. However, the College continues to run an operational deficit as employment costs rise faster than income, and it has set a deficit budget for the following year to manage expenditure while commercial property revenues face challenges.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Payments to trustees: Trustees received remuneration for their roles as College Officers (salaries, benefits, NI, pension). No remuneration was paid for their capacity as Trustees.
“The Trustees received no remuneration in their capacity as Trustees of the Charity, these payments relate to their capacity as College Officers.” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £913k
“There has been an overall decrease in the FRS 102 pension deficit, which has reduced to £913k (£1,054k 2023-24). There has been no change to the USS pension scheme’s deficit which is completely eliminated.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Cloverleaf Limited
“The College has one trading subsidiary, Cloverleaf Limited, which is consolidated into these accounts. Cloverleaf Limited is 100% owned by the College and is registered and operating in England and Wales.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sir Christopher Greenwood — Master (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£2.4m
Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Sir Christopher Greenwoodchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Alastair Mills
- CORINNE LLOYD
- DR HUGHES AZERAD
- DR JANE HUGHES
- Dr ALLEGRE LAURENCE HADIDA
- Dr ARI ERCOLE
- Dr Alexander Bryan
- Dr Eduardo Gallo
- Dr GARETH PETER PEARCE
- Dr JOHN ROBERT PATTERSON
- Dr NICHOLAS ROGER CARROLL
- Dr RICHARD ROEBUCK
- Dr ROWAN MARGARET BURNSTEIN
- Dr SERGIO BACALLADO
- Dr Simon Ravenscroft
- Dr Tijmen Euser
- Dr Walid Khaled
- Dr Zachariah Bond
- Jostein Hauge
- PROFESSOR AMIRA BENNISON
- PROFESSOR HOLGER BABINSKY
- PROFESSOR PAUL DUPREE
- PROFESSOR SAUL DUBOW
- PROFESSOR TIMOTHY NORMAN HARPER
- Peter Asimov-Hofmann
- Professor ANTJE LUISE DU BOIS-PEDAIN
- Professor CARL STUART WATKINS
- Professor CECILIA BRASSETT
- Professor JOHN J ORR
- Professor Klaus Okkenhaug
- Professor LUKE SKINNER
- Professor Linda Fisher
- Professor MARCUS WAITHE
- Professor NEIL GARATH JONES
- Professor SILKE CHARLOTTE MENTCHEN
- Professor SIMON STODDART · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor STUART MARTIN
- Professor TIMOTHY ARTHUR COOMBS
- Rev JOHN MUNNS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College reported a surplus for the year, with total unrestricted liquid reserves of £13.9m against a policy target of £5.8m. However, the College continues to run an operational deficit as employment costs rise faster than income, and it has set a deficit budget for the following year to manage expenditure while commercial property revenues face challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.
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