Selwyn College Cambridge

Analysis

Selwyn College 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, Selwyn College Cambridge reported income of £15.1m and spending of £13.4m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9.8m to £15.1m (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Selwyn College 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 Queenswood School Limited (£15.1m), The College of St Mary Magdalene in the University of Cambridge (£15.1m) and The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation (£15.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 20%, trading 14% and investments 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.2m. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £78.3m would cover about 69 months of spending at that rate. It employed 166 people.