Pembroke College Settlement

Analysis

Pembroke College Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10586362). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pembroke College Settlement reported income of £702k and spending of £817k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £903k to £702k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pembroke College Settlement sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include League of Friends of the Princess Royal Hospital (£701k), Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation (£702k) and Gulf for Good (£700k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, donations and legacies 30%, investments 13% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £50k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £244k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.