PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 1177866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEMBROKE COLLEGE MISSION, PEMBROKE HOUSE, PEMBROKE HOUSE WALWORTH

Pembroke House was founded in 1885 by students from Pembroke College Cambridge. It is based in Walworth, Southwark. We are home to a wide-range of activities for the local community and together with local residents, groups and organisations, we're building a Walworth in which people can connect, learn from one another, and work together towards a good society.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£702k

Latest spending

£817k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit before investment revaluation of £115,628 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a 36% drop in incoming resources to £701,786. However, the charity holds total reserves of £3,992,144, including £2,108,390 in expendable endowment funds, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern for at least 12 months despite the constrained funding environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee received remuneration in excess of £60,000 during the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £286k; policy: five months' running costs)

“Unrestricted funds not designated or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity are £244,038, and the charity therefore currently falls short of its own policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pembroke House (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).

Architectural Heritage Fund — “We are hugely grateful to the organisations that make our work possible. Thank you to all our current and recent funders: Architectural Heri…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£702k

Total spending

£817k

Cost of raising funds

£116k

Reserves (reported)

£244k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr JAMES GARDOMchair
ANDREW WILLIAM MORRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
COUNCILLOR MICHAEL MITCHELL · trustee of 3 other charities
Carol Anne Hustler
Di'Mario Downer
Dr TIMOTHY JOHN FORSE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN NEVIN · trustee of 2 other charities
Michael Philip Standing
Peter Ntiamoah Baffoe · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Eleanor Mary Goodison · trustee of 2 other charities
Rosalind Polly Blakesley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£702k	£817k
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£928k
31/03/2023	£963k	£1.0m
31/03/2022	£848k	£858k
31/03/2021	£903k	£779k

Common questions

Is PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit before investment revaluation of £115,628 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a 36% drop in incoming resources to £701,786. However, the charity holds total reserves of £3,992,144, including £2,108,390 in expendable endowment funds, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern for at least 12 months despite the constrained funding environment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT as a grant recipient include UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	FY2024	£50k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	FY2023	£50k	Unrestricted grant towards the organisation’s goals and outcomes for the benefit of Southwark residents
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	FY2022	£30k	Large Grant
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2022	£27k	Church & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2023	£27k	Church & Communities Programme
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£26k	Food and nutrition grants
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£26k	Food and nutrition grants
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	FY2025	£25k	Large Grant
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	FY2023	£20k	Unrestricted grant
THE TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO TRADE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2025	£15k	youth, art
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£15k	Social Front Door programme
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	FY2023	£10k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK	FY2022	£9k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIES	FY2024	£6k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO	FY2025	£3k	Foundation Fund grants
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO	FY2024	£2k	Foundation Fund grants
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO	FY2023	£2k	Grants to organisations
Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation	FY2025	£2k	Grant to Organisation
ST OLAVE'S & ST SAVIOUR'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CIO	FY2022	£1k	Foundation Fund grant
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2025	£0
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2026	£60k	Loved & Wanted Fund - Southwark
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/11/2025	£80k	CP A Centre for Neighbourhood Action
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/05/2025	£124k	"Becoming Neighbours - Stories of the Pembroke House Residency"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/09/2024	£464k	Walworth Living Room 3.0
Postcode Lottery	30/06/2023	£25k	Project Funding
Greater London Authority	14/05/2021	£15k	Pembroke House (Walworth Neighbourhood Food Model)
UK government	05/08/2020	£100k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The Mercers' Company	29/04/2020	£81k	Grant to Pembroke College Settlement

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£370k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£347k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£200k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£102k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£61k
FEEDING BRISTOL	1	£51k
The Portal Trust	1	£40k
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITY	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE.

MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE income £21.4m
WESLEY HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE income £8.9m
THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £23.2m
THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE TRUST income £197k
Wellspring Settlement income £2.5m
CHARLOTTE HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT	£702k	Under £60,000	0	below	—	no doubt
MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE FY2025	£21.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
WESLEY HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£8.9m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£23.2m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE TRUST FY2025	£197k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Wellspring Settlement FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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