The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex in the University of Cambridge

Analysis

The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex 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 College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex in the University of Cambridge reported income of £14.2m and spending of £13.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9.6m to £14.2m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 27%. 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, The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex in the University of Cambridge sits at the 99th 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 The Sainsbury Laboratory (£14.2m), Langley School (£14.4m) and Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation (£14.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, investments 26%, trading 14% and donations and legacies 9.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £236k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £121.8m would cover about 104 months of spending at that rate. It employed 167 people.