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The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded AS NEW Hall, in the University of Cambridge

Registered charity 1137530 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.

2y median 1.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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.

Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£12.9m 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.

12.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.5 in 2021

168 from 150 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.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk
Emailbursar@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk
Phone01223762100
AddressMURRAY EDWARDS COLLEGE, HUNTINGDON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0DF

Finances

£12,896,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,642,000£8,489,000
2022£9,812,000£10,328,000
2023£9,273,000£10,020,000
2024£10,867,000£10,259,000
2025£12,896,000£12,472,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITYB) TO PROVIDE FOR PERSONS WHO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY A COLLEGE WHEREIN THEY MAY WORK FOR DEGREES IN THE UNIVERSITY OR MAY CARRY OUT POSTGRADUATE OR OTHER SPECIAL STUDIES AT CAMBRIDGE.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 28/06/1972AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 14/06/2011

Trustees (14)

14trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded AS NEW Hall, in the University of Cambridge · RC000383 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (1)

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