The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Selwyn College Cambridge

Registered charity 1137517 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.

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 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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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£15.1m 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.

70.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 84.9 in 2021

166 from 168 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sel.cam.ac.uk
Emailbursar@sel.cam.ac.uk
Phone01223335892
AddressSELWYN COLLEGE, GRANGE ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9DQ

Finances

£15,054,348 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,756,514£10,263,264
2022£12,938,327£12,555,700
2023£13,333,858£13,459,678
2024£16,440,517£12,526,568
2025£15,054,348£13,350,200

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

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH BY THE PROVISION OF A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Governing document: CHARTER OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1882 AND STATUTES LAST AMENDED 29 SEPTEMBER 1993 And Royal Charter granted on 14 Jun 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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