ROBINSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Charity number: 1137494
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance education, learning, research and religion through the provision of a College in the University of Cambridge

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 August 2010: Standard registration
  • 19 December 2012: Funds received from 1009902 THE ROBINSON COLLEGE PEGASUS TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • ROBINSON COLLEGE (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Policies:
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

19 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
SIR RICHARD NICHOLAS HEATON KCB Chair 01 October 2021
THE KOESTLER TRUST
Received: On time
Ross George Reason Trustee 14 July 2025
None on record
Julia Stachyra Trustee 25 November 2024
None on record
William James Alexander McLaughlin Trustee 14 November 2024
None on record
Sabrine Ali Ahmed Trustee 11 November 2024
None on record
Dr Andrej Corovic Trustee 23 October 2024
None on record
Dr Johan Petter Larsson Trustee 01 October 2024
None on record
Professor Rosalind Claire Love FBA Trustee 01 October 2024
None on record
Dr Peter James Newton Trustee 01 October 2024
None on record
Dr Philip Murray Trustee 11 March 2024
None on record
Dr Stephanie Anne Cheung Trustee 01 October 2023
None on record
Dr Iza Kavedzija Trustee 01 October 2023
None on record
Professor Geraint Alwyn Clayton Jones Trustee 13 March 2023
None on record
Professor Paul Nicholas Schofield Trustee 01 October 2022
None on record
Dr JEREMY ROBERT THURLOW Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Dr Christopher David Warner Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Dr Gabriele Susanne Kaminski Trustee 01 October 2021
None on record
Dr BRIAN SLOAN Trustee 01 March 2021
None on record
Dr SCOTT ANNETT Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £9.28m £8.16m £9.09m £10.01m £11.76m
Total expenditure £11.12m £10.18m £11.55m £12.16m £12.97m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.08m £1.10m £1.38m £913.00k £2.12m
Income - Other trading activities £1.41m £6.00k £613.00k £1.23m £1.64m
Income - Charitable activities £5.54m £5.46m £6.43m £6.79m £6.96m
Income - Endowments £102.00k £240.00k £96.00k £37.00k £178.40k
Income - Investment £1.06m £923.00k £660.00k £1.08m £1.19m
Income - Other £302.00k £427.00k £104.00k £30.00k £29.94k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £100.00k £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £8.56m £8.68m £9.90m £9.86m £10.25m
Expenditure - Raising funds £2.57m £1.50m £1.65m £2.30m £2.73m
Expenditure - Governance £22.00k £25.00k £25.00k £34.00k £46.80k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £791.00k £784.00k £825.00k £947.00k £1.03m
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Own use assets £67.90m £67.88m £68.32m £69.74m £70.57m
Long-term investments £63.21m £76.55m £74.50m £77.06m £82.97m
Other assets £12.61m £6.80m £7.88m £6.10m £6.69m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£7.39m -£6.20m -£4.21m -£3.97m -£3.14m
Total liabilities £32.16m £31.70m £32.03m £32.25m £32.11m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 June 2024 30 April 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 30 April 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 30 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 30 April 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 18 May 2023 18 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 18 May 2023 18 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 29 April 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 29 April 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
ROBINSON COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 9AN
Phone:
01223339100