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Registered charity · Cambridge

The Master Fellows and Scholars of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge

The Master Fellows and Scholars of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge is a registered charity (number 1137456) based in Cambridge, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Douglas Mckenzie Chalmers since 2021. Latest income £23m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Emmanuel College Cambridge (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £23m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.emma.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£23m£22m
  • 2024£24m£21m
  • 2023£21m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£23m£17m
  • 2021£20m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A PERPETUAL COLLEGE OF SACRED THEOLOGY, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND GOOD ARTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£22.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

51.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 70.1 in 2021

140 from 232 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1137456
Status
Registered
Governing document
CHARTER OF 11 JANUARY 1584 AND STATUTES LAST AMENDED 11 APRIL 2006
Contact on the register
01223 334225 · BURSAR@EMMA.CAM.AC.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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