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The College of ST Mary Magdalene in the University of Cambridge

  • 44 trustees
  • Income £15m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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.magd.cam.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15m£15m
  • 2024£15m£14m
  • 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
  • 2022£13m£12m
  • 2021£10m£9.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO MAINTAIN A COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN PERPETUITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ARTS, LEARNING AND VIRTUE AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD STUDIES AND MORALS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF DIVINE SERVICE.

Grants received

10 grants · £103,335 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

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £20,0002025-09-17
  • The Grocers' Charity £2,0002024-10-30
  • Foundation Scotland £8,4522024-02-13
  • Foundation Scotland £9,5482023-03-15
  • Foundation Scotland £14,0002021-12-01
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.

7.7y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance
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 44

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 3Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

170 from 154 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
1137542
Status
Registered
Governing document
CHARTER OF 3 APRIL 1542 AND STATUTES LAST AMENDED 26 JUNE 1997
Contact on the register
01223332100 · enquiries@magd.cam.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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