Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge Founded in Honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin

Analysis

Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge Founded in Honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin 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, Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge Founded in Honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin reported income of £26.4m and spending of £29.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17.8m to £26.4m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge Founded in Honour of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary the Virgin sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Grammar School Worcester (£26.3m), Coventry School Foundation (£26.4m) and Bancroft's School (£26.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, investments 35%, donations and legacies 16% and trading 7.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £608k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £295.1m would cover about 121 months of spending at that rate. It employed 183 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.