HATFIELD COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1199683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HATFIELD COLLEGE JCR

Operation of the Junior Common Room of Hatfield College (Durham Univeristy), Providing social, sporting, cultural, and recreational activites and forums for discussion and debate for the personal development of members of the Common Room.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF HATFIELD COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: 3.1. PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT HATFIELD COLLEGE DURING THE COURSE OF STUDY AND REPRESENTING, SUPPORTING AND ADVISING STUDENTS.3.2. BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND HATFIELD COLLEGE AND ANY EXTERNAL BODIES; AND 3.3. PROVIDING SOCIAL, SPORTING, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£196k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £4,533 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £67,846. The trustees consider these reserves to be reasonable, representing approximately four months of annual expenditure. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 4 months of annual expenditure (held: £68k)

“We are currently developing our reserves policy. On 31st July 2025, the JCR held £67,846 (2024: £72,379) in reserves which the trustees consider to be reasonable at approximately 4 months of annual expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 15

“Wage costs have been recharged from the payroll department of Durham University of £18,898 (2024: £22,899) in the year to the charity. As at 31 July 2025, £27,013 (2024: £85,221) is owed to Durham University in respect of recharged expenditure.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Cantor
Dr Simon Conor Walls QPM
Edward Press
Emily Musson
Grace Coleman
Ian William Kenneth Astley
Jacob Alexander Jones
William Blume

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
01/08/2025	£196k	£200k
01/08/2024	£210k	£217k
01/08/2023	£313k	£234k

Common questions

Is HATFIELD COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £4,533 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £67,846. The trustees consider these reserves to be reasonable, representing approximately four months of annual expenditure. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST	1	£675k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£85k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JOHN'S COMMON ROOM.

ST JOHN'S COMMON ROOM income £130k
JOSEPHINE BUTLER JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £175k
ST CUTHBERT'S SOCIETY JUNIOR COMMON ROOM income £230k
VAN MILDERT COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM income £217k
GREY COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM income £486k
ST AIDAN'S JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HATFIELD COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S COMMON ROOM FY2025	£130k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOSEPHINE BUTLER JUNIOR COMMON ROOM CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CUTHBERT'S SOCIETY JUNIOR COMMON ROOM FY2025	£230k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VAN MILDERT COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREY COLLEGE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM FY2024	£486k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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