The Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre in Cambridge

Analysis

The Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre in Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre in Cambridge reported income of £87k and spending of £187k, spending 215% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £507k to £87k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre in Cambridge sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Bears Pre-School - Devizes (£87k), Sutton on the Forest Preschool (£87k) and The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists (£87k).