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Registered charity · Cambridge

The College OR Hall of Valence Mary Commonly Pembroke College in the University of Cambridge

  • 70 trustees
  • Income £23m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

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

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£23m£23m
  • 2024£22m£20m
  • 2023£31m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£20m
  • 2021£23m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FOUNDING CHARTER AND STATUTES, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE WHEREIN MEN AND WOMEN MAY UNDERTAKE STUDY.

Grants received

5 grants · £138,095 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £60,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £57,900 (2 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £15,000
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,195

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £15,0002021-10-04
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £5,1952020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £38,6002020-03-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £19,3002020-03-24
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £60,0002016-12-06
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.

7.5y median 7y
average tenure
24y
longest tenure
5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (64)

Portfolio (6)

3
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 69The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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£23.2m 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.

113.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 113.1 in 2021

253 from 229 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
1137492
Status
Registered
Governing document
CHARTER OF 24 DECEMBER 1347 AND STATUTES LAST AMENDED 11 FEBRUARY 2009
Contact on the register
01223338118 · ENQUIRIES@PEM.CAM.AC.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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