The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Principal and Fellows of Newnham College

Registered charity 1137512 Registered since 2010

Operates: Cambridgeshire

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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.

2.8y median 1.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

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 16

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£14.9m latest income
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.

52.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 70.9 in 2021

243 from 144 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.newn.cam.ac.uk
Emailbursar@newn.cam.ac.uk
Phone01223 335700
AddressNewnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DF

Finances

£14,924,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,489,935£12,349,803
2022£13,915,000£15,617,000
2023£18,635,000£15,526,000
2024£15,992,000£13,635,000
2025£14,924,000£17,056,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(A) TO FURTHER PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING A LIBERAL EDUCATION AND PROMOTING LEARNING AND RESEARCH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. (B) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO ADVANCING EDUCATION AND LEARNING AMONG WOMEN IN CAMBRIDGE AND ELSEWHERE.

Governing document: CHARTER GRANTED 12 APRIL 1917 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 24 APRIL 1958 AS AMENDED 26 JULY 1979 AND 31 JULY 1981 AND STATUTES LAST AMENDED 24 APRIL 1996AS AMENDED ON 11 MAR 2020 as amended on 12 Mar 2025

Trustees (16)

16trustees
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Newnham College Cambridge · RC000384 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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