Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge

Analysis

Hughes Hall 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 July 2025, Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge reported income of £16.7m and spending of £15.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9.5m to £16.7m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hughes Hall 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 St Anne's College in the University of Oxford (£16.6m), King's Schools Taunton Ltd (£16.8m) and Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford (£16.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, investments 12%, donations and legacies 7.5% and trading 6.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £574. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £520k. Reserves of £45.9m would cover about 35 months of spending at that rate. It employed 121 people.