The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge

Analysis

The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge reported income of £16.4m and spending of £17.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £12.3m to £16.4m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Hall Cambridge (£16.4m), The School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust (£16.5m) and Denstone College Limited (£16.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 46%, charitable activities 37%, donations and legacies 13% and trading 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £387.3m would cover about 262 months of spending at that rate. It employed 221 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.