The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded As New Hall, in the University of Cambridge

Analysis

The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded As New 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 June 2025, The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded As New Hall, in the University of Cambridge reported income of £12.9m and spending of £12.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9.6m to £12.9m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded As New Hall, in the University of Cambridge sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Newcastle-Under-Lyme School (£12.8m), King's School, Rochester (£13.0m) and Holme Grange Ltd (£12.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 49%, investments 22%, donations and legacies 14% and trading 14%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.9%. Reserves of £13.3m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 168 people.