THE MALAYSIAN COMMONWEALTH STUDIES CENTRE IN CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1179724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in Commonwealth Studies. To support research into all aspects of the Commonwealth and related subjects, and to disseminate the useful results of such research.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE FUND AND ITS INCOME ON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS:(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN COMMONWEALTH STUDIES INCLUDING MATTERS RELATING TO THE COMMONWEALTH AS A WHOLE OR TO A PARTICULAR PART OR REGION THEREOF;(II) TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Gordon Johnsonchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• HENRY SACKVILLE BARLOW OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jeremy Powys Carver · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: India · Malaysia · Throughout England And Wales

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