LUCY CAVENDISH COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1137875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUCY CAVENDISH COLLEGE

From October 2021 the College will admit talented students from the age of 18 years regardless of gender, particularly from non-traditional backgrounds, to undertake education or research of the highest quality in the University of Cambridge. The College aims to become broadly representative of UK society and to increase the proportion of international students from under-represented backgrounds.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY.B) TO PROVIDE FOR PERSONS WHO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY A COLLEGE WHEREIN THEY MAY WORK FOR DEGREES OF THE UNIVERSITY OR MAY CARRY OUT POSTGRADUATE OR OTHER SPECIAL STUDIES AT 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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported a total comprehensive income of £4.1m for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by growth in accommodation and fee income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £36.3m, while the College holds significant tangible assets (£78.6m) and investments (£25.9m) to support its long-term strategic objectives.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: LUCY CAVENDISH TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02844689

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation — “The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation - The gift will support exceptional international students from under-represented backgrounds embarki…” (source page)
• Christina and Peter Dawson — “Dawson Lecturership - Thanks to a generous donation from Christina and Peter Dawson, we have established four new College Assistant Professo…” (source page)
• Don Hefferon — “Hefferon gym - made possible by a generous legacy from the late Don Hefferon.” (source page)
• Fairway Trust — “The late Lady Grantchester - benefactor to the College from the late 1970s, Fairway Trust.” (source page)
• Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation — “Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation - Legacy gift to fund two studenthsips in honour of Ernest Hecht OBE.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (8,230 followers) · instagram (9,550 followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~25.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Girish Kumar Narayanan Menonchair
• ALISON VINNICOMBE
• Alison Kay Heather
• Anna McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bruno Cotta
• Christopher Fowell
• Derek Jones
• Dr Benedict Wiedemann
• Dr Christopher Macdonald
• Dr Clare Walker Gore
• Dr Deborah Talmi
• Dr Elizabeth Claire Fistein
• Dr Giovanna Zinzalla
• Dr Howard Nelson
• Dr JANE GREATOREX
• Dr James Moore
• Dr Joe Sutliff Sanders
• Dr Jonathan Slaughter
• Dr Jurgen Becque
• Dr Liam Saddington
• Dr Marissa Quie
• Dr Mary Murphy
• Dr Mary Wrenn
• Dr Matthew Sparkes
• Dr Owain Salter Fitz-Gibbon
• Dr Poorna Mysoor
• Dr Vivian Wai Man Yiu
• Dr Xiaoxiang Na
• Gordon Harold
• Jennifer Blakesley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Kathleen Ryan
• Katie Keller
• Nabil Khabirpour
• Nooman Haque
• PROFESSOR RUTH CAMERON
• Prof Neil Rennie Stott
• Professor HENRIETTE HENDRIKS
• Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sophie Hughes
• Suzanne Marie Tonkin

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 SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.

• SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE income £15.1m
• THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY FRANCES SIDNEY SUSSEX IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £14.2m
• CHURCHILL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £28.6m
• CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE income £16.0m
• THE MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £22.9m
• THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF WOLFSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £14.1m

Side by side with its peers

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