GIRTON
COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE
Annual Report and Accounts
For the year ended
30 June 2023
Registered Charity No. 1137541

Contents
I. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.........................................................
11. WHAT WE DO..............................................................................
111. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE IN 2022123...........................
.13
IV. FINANCIAL REVIEW........................................................................................
.26
Independent Auditors. ReFQrt to the A￿￿ented Council of GIr￿n College............
Statement of PrinaFal Accounting Poliaes................................................................. .. ....
.38
.43

I PORT OF THE COIJNCIL
I. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The members of the Augmented Councll during the year 2022123 were as follows:
Ellsabeth Clara Kendall MA DPHIL PHD
Andrew Irvlne BSC PHD
Harriet Dorothy Allen MA PHD MSC
MorngAnn Hunter BA PHD
Matthew James ￿len MAy￿m￿ PHD
Uliana Janik MPHIL PHD
Carolina Cristina Alve$ BSC MSC PHD
Henrik Latter BA PHD
lame5 Spencer Anderson MA
Arik Kershenbaum MA PHD SCD
Davld Arvldkon-shukur BSC MPHYS PHD
Cliye Lawson MA PHD
CharlesJohn McKinnon Bell MA PHD MB
Ross lan Lawther MA PHD
BSCHIKe
Alexander Liu MA MESC PHIL
lenny K Blackhurst MA
Sants-Phani Gopal Madabhushi PHD
Edward John Briscoe BA MPHIL PHD
Slrnone Maghenzani BA MA PHD
Collln Mervin Constantine BCS MSC PHD
Hllary Frances Marlow BA MA PHD
Fiona lustine Cooke MA BM BCH MSC PHD
Matthew Richard James Neal MA PHD
FRCP
Strphanie Palmer SJD LLM
Nik Cunniffe MA MSC MPHIL PHD
s￿lY Louise Ricketts BSC PHD
jacob Maren Rutledge Currie BA MPHIL PHD
Roland James EdY*ard Riley BA MA PHD
Stuart Dav15 MA BA MPHIL PHD
Angela Chadotte Roberts PHD
Mlehael Jason Deganl BA MA PHD
Jochen Runde MPHIL PHD
Amy Rosamund Donovan BA MPHIL MSCI
Luclo Sarno MA BECON MSC PHD
PHD
Stuart Ashley Scott MA PHD
judith Ann Drlnkwatsr MA
Sophia Marie Irmgard Shellard-von Weikerthal BSC
Debornh Ea51ick BA
PHD
Martln William Ennis MA PHD
Hugh Rlchard Shercliff MA PHD
Slmon Nicholas Falrclough MA
Shona Wi150n Stark LLB LLM PHD
Seb2$tian Leonard Dundas BA PHD PGCE Stéphanie Marianne Syrdrbreck BCS MCS PHD
Shaun Dayld Fltzgerald MA PHD FRENG OBE John Alphonse Tadross BSC PHD MBBS FRCPATH
Chris¢opherJohn Bristow Ford MA PHD
Scelios Tofaris MA PHD
Abigail Lesley Fowden MA PHD
Helen Anne Van Noorden BA MPHIL PHD
Alexandra Mary Fulton BSC PHD
Jame5 Wade BA MA PHD
Diana Fu5co BPHYS MPHYS PHD
Emma Jane Louise Weisblatt BA PHD
Marta Gentilucci MMUS MA MA PUK PHD
Claire Emma White BA PHD
8enFam1n john Griffin MA PHD
Gail Antoinette Williams BA PHD
Maureen Jane Hackett BA MA
Samantha Katherine William5 BA MSC PHD
Thomas Charles Hawker-Daw50n MA MPHIL
Aaron Hornkohl BA MA PHD

Professional Advisors
Auditors
Investment Managers
Petsrs Elworthy & Moore
Salisbury House
Station Road
Cambridge
CBI 2LA
Amundi Asset Management
77 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5BJ
Parthers Capital LLP
5 Young Street
London
W8 5EH
Banke
Barclays Bank plc
9 - 1 I Saint Andrevrt Street
Cambrldge CB2 3AA
Savills Investrnent Management (UK)
33 Margaret Street
London WIG OJD
Lloyd5 Bank plc
3 Sidney Street
Cambrldge
CB2 3HQ
Sollcltors
Mishcon de Fieya
Merlin Place
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 ODP

Governing documents and charltable status
The Cdlege Is a'knty Polltk and Corwate" e$￿￿[shed by a Rordl Charter datrd 1924 and a
Supplements] CEMrter and dated 1954.The f￿tIon bears the name and swe of"The
Mistress F￿1¢￿ and Sthoth of Girton Cdlege" and is also knovm by the short name and s￿e of
"Girton College"
The College i5 gover￿ ty Its Statytes 2nd Orrfirwices.vthTrth positlon It as a setf%oveming
community of scholars.
The College ts a registered charity (regiSte￿d number1137541) and subiett co regulation by the
Charity Commission for England and￿5]e& Its ￿naPa1 office is at Glrton Coll%e, Huntingdon tloa4
Cambridge CB3 OJG.The members of the College cou￿1 are the charity tr￿teeS and are
respc*isible for ensurfryd Comp1[an￿ with dHrity I￿.
Constltution and how tnistees are recruited
The chartty trustEes of the College are the m￿MberS of College CoLnciI. comprisin& In accordance
with the Cdlege statu￿ f￿r memEws tho serve ex officio, nine Fellows who are elected in
accordance ￿ the Stattrtes ty the Governing of the Coll• and five sts￿nts v4ho serye ex
offlclo In accordance the Ststtrtes and Ordinance5 d the Cc41eg
Names of trustees and prlncipal offjcers during the financial year
The members of the Councll during the financial year 2022123 were:
Dr E C Kendall (Mlstress from l.10.22) Mr S N Fairclough (from l.10.22)
Professor S J Smith (Mistress to DrBJ Grrffin (from l.10,22)
30.9.22)
Dr E Weisblatt (from l.10.22)
Dr H F Marlow (Vice Mistress)
Ms J Bla¢khur5t (from l.10.22)
Mr J Anderson {Bursar)
Dr H D Allen (from l.1.23)
Professor G A Williarns (Senlor Tutor Mr J Pxe UCR President) to 15.3.23
from l.10.23)
Ms l Hill (ICR President) from 16.3.23
Dr A M Fulton {Senlor Tutor to Mr H Goolnik IICR Vice-Presldent) to 30.11.22
30,9.22)
Mr H Lone (ICR Vice-President) from 1.12.22
Professor C Durkan (to 1.9.22)
Mr R Misra IICR Treasurer) to 30.11.22
Dr F Cooke (to 30.9.22)
Mr J Seabrook-wafer UCR Treasurer) from 1.1122
Dr J Wade (to 30.9.22)
Ms E Richardson (MCR President)
Dr C C Alves (to 30.9.22)
Mr U-U-R Zia (MCR Vice-President)
Dr S Fitzgerald
Dr S Shellard von Welker5thal
Professor A Fowden
Dr S Maghenzani
The prlncipal officers are the Mistress, the Vice Mlstress. the Bursar and the Senlor Tutor.

An induction 2nd training session is held anrxffil￿ for afi new and continuing rneMbe￿ of the Council.
This inckKles in particular the policy of the College c*) the nw)agement of C¢xllicts of intsresL There
is a Registsr of Interests of membws of CourKiL Dedarniions of irterest are made systematically at
meetings.
Organisation and governance structure
The Cdlege Council is both the Board orrrustees the Ex￿1￿1¥e Body of the College. It meets12
times ann￿ty, and tt Is augmented by other members CA the Fellowship for the purFoses of certln
business, as provided for In the College StarU￿s. Girtons Gowning W a&0 has certwn powers as
set ouc n the Ch2rter and the SottJtÈs.
The Council is SUFPOrted by a fftssIon￿ Secretary to Council and a Commit￿ strwcture covering
all College actiwtyes and involving Fello￿ swdents and staffatall levds. The main Committees a¢fvi5ing
the COl￿al in its duties and meetiiE in 202Y23 wet
Investments Committee
Flnancial Planning Committee
Buildings and Estates Strategy Committee
Human R&sources Committee
Academic Policy Committee
Education Board
Health and Safety Consultative Committee
Development Strategy Committee
Audit and Scrutiny Committee
Itls ckty ofthe Audit and scrU￿nY G￿lMty ￿ld) Ims a maiorlty of exeemal member5, to
keep under review the effectiveness of the College's Intern￿ systems offironcial and other control&
to advise the C￿nCil on the app(xntrnert of extern￿ auditAYS" to consider rePc￿ts sikntttsd by the
audthrs; to monlcor the Implemg)tation of rec¢jm￿￿fions nllde by the auditors; and to make an
annual report to the CoUr￿lL During 2022n3, the tern￿ of refer￿ce of the CommitLee were
under review and its membetshlp fdc3nL as a result no meellrw took plac& In the current financial
year the new Committee has been Conv￿ has met and has prepared a report for Counal.
The Council oversees a devofved budgeting sys*m und¥ whkh indfvi¢knl budget holders are
responsible for man2ging income and eXP￿dItiJ￿ wrthin their own areas of operntion, and fi)r
bring'ng fowdrd budget proposals through an arn￿ Lwdgeting Frncess.StsJdents, Fellows
members of staff a￿ enC￿J[?ged to wticF)ate in the through their men*ersh¥) of the
Colleges various committees.The Col* Cc¥Jncil C￿lderS the bjdget proposal in detail before It is
approved,to ensure that tt Is con51sttht vrfld) the Cdlege¥ sts7teglc alms and oblths.
The proper use of finances and reSoU￿es, in a manr)er vthich rK>t On￿ sattsfies ￿ wuiremenrs of
Internal control ex￿cted of a college, but also fuffiLs any legal or fimKlal oblEations as laid down by
the Stattrtes and Ordinances, HMRQthe ofCan*JricÈ4 the C￿￿1ty Commission and

other authoritEs, is ensured by the College& Financnt Regulatlons.The ￿lege Council and
approves these ann￿1￿ on the athKe cl the
The College alm5 to opwate as a n￿dd ofgwd govmnce measured ag￿n$t benchmadfs
within the charrcdble and hlgher e(k￿at1￿ sectorsand to be to best prnctice In other sectr*rs,
Including the corporate sector, as approprlak. To that eT¥I Ls an annual r￿eW of goveman
led by the Secretary to C¢xmal,follLWlUE whith key ￿0mm￿liOrl8 are implemeJrted.
Statement of Internal Control
The Council is resp)nsible for [￿n￿nIng a sound Sys￿ cl internal contsd that SUPForts the
achievement of policy. aims arKI obiecihe5 while Safe￿rdIrE the public and other funds and assets
for whbch the Counol is responsitk in acconIan￿ wlth the ColSege's str￿te5.
The system of internal contrd ts deslgrled to identify,0￿￿ and manage rather than elh)Inate the
risk offailure to achleve pollcies aims and oty'thyes: it therdore pruvides ￿asOnable but not
absolute assurance of effectiveT￿.ThiS pr￿￿ was In place for the >Ear ended 30 June 2023 and up
to the dath of approval of the firpncol statements.
The Council is responslble for reAe1￿ng the effectivrn of the s￿tern of IntErrAI control. The
followng processes have been ￿tabliShed.
The Council an reFrfXt from theA￿rt and Scrutiny Commltte
TheAugmented ￿n￿l the anN￿lAudI¢ Mattws document from the extern3J
audit￿ and refer3 any niatters of crxKem to CoLmdl;
The Councll undert3kes an annLMI review clthe College's RrAncial Regulation5.
The Counal's revi￿ dthe kn ofthe systwn of Intern￿ contrd ￿ infcrnied by the of
the various Committees, bjrsar, arKI College officer&tho ha%E responsibility for the devebpment
and malntenwce of the Int￿nal control framthand by cc¥nments made by the extern￿ audito
in their ManageM￿t letter and other rwo
Responsibillties of the Augmented Councll
TheAugmented Council Is responslble fOr,aM￿ 0￿r thins pwing theAnnU￿ Report and
financial 5tstsments In accordance with applicable and Unw KingdomAccounring Standards
(United Kingdom GeneraEtyAcceptedAccounting Prattice).
The College's Ststtrtes and the Ststtts and ordinan￿ of the unp￿sity of Cambridge require the
Augmenced Council to Prepa￿ firmnaal statements for each firAnaal year whlch give a true and fair
vlew of the state of affai￿ of the College and of the surplus or defictt ofthe College for thit pericxj.
In preparing these financd Statem￿￿theA￿￿￿ted C(yJncil are rquI￿1 to:
Solert suitable accountlng policies and then apply them consistently;
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
State whether applicable accounting standard5 have been followed, sublect to any material
departures disclosed and explalned in the financial statements. and

Prepare the financial ststements on the going concem basis unless it is inapproprlate to
presume that the College will continue in operntion.
The Augmented Council is responsible for k￿PIng accounting records thich disclose with
reasonable accuracy at ary iirrE the ftroncpl position ofthe ColSege and enable them to ensure that
the financial staterw)ts comply with the Stsllrtes of the University of Cambridge. ￿ Is ais0
responsible for 5afyuarding the assets of the COll￿e and he￿￿ taking reasonable steps for the
prew)uon and deteLton offraud arKI other irre8Utar71itt.
TheAL￿M￿d G)uncil is responsible forthe malnten2nce arKI inteJity of ￿ ￿rPO￿￿ and
financi￿ 1nfonrnl￿ tncluded ¢)n the CCAWS websi*. L￿]SIation in the United Kingdorn goyeming
the preparation 2nd di&8enNnaric￿ of finanaal 5tstements m¥ differ frcth legi%latK)n in other
jurisdictions.
Remuneration policy and process
The College is guided by the rerwnÉrn1ion policies and pay sdes of the collegote Unmity of
Canknidge and the HE sectors 8en￿￿.C￿ncJ1 approves the application of the sector rAy
award to College Fay scales.An internal committee is in place to deal with Matt￿ not systeniatKalty
covered by the established sc31es. IndI￿dU￿ members of thi8 committee would be expected to
dedare an interest and withdraw fr(Th the ￿￿eting durll￿ ary discussion rekting to their ¢M pay.
In addition, the College an indeFendert ReMUne￿i0nS Committee with extenHI membcn,with
a to provide an impartial wew ofthe ￿uneratiOn of cerrin truste4 in the M
Fellows and OffI￿rs.and to demIMStra￿ dlltdects￿ are t2ken ts?nspa￿ntty and in the best interests
of the College¥ duritable purposes.
Impact of mernbership of wider network
Although it is a legalty and finanoalty separdte inStityti￿ goNEmed by Its own c¢￿1tu￿n, the
College is wt cl the colle8Rte Unive￿ty of Cambridge and is Su￿ect to the S¢atutes of the
University,
The UnwEity and the Cdleges m3ke corn￿en￿ PrOv￿10n for the edUCatiC￿ of matriculated
s￿￿ents,whO are admmtsd by thelr Colleges arKI wnted try them for examination by the
Unive￿Ity,
In the Interests of enhancing qualty aryl ￿ue for the Colleges contribute diredy to the cost
of shared seNces provided on bdTrlf of the Col* Cdlecti￿,and also to joint Ventu￿ with the
Unive￿ity.

11. WHAT WE DO
Our purpose
The objects of the College are the adyoncement rf ed¢Kaooo relgion, leaming and ￿earch ond in
urticular the PrWroth)n ofpetsons fvrtokng examin(th t7ThJprc(eedwg to the degree5 ofthe University
of cambr￿￿￿
The College Council's four maln Strategic priorities are..
Outstanding Education"
A World-class Fellowship;
Green Girton" and
Enrichment and Opportynity
Supporting these are a further five strate&c enablers:
Developing our estate
Achieving financlal sustainability;
Enhancing Infornution and communlcations;
Relnforcing our governance. and
Supportlng our people
Our activities
The College ha5 ￿0 major streams of opernting activlty:
Education
The College Pr￿id￿ a research-infiJsed learning en￿￿nrnent for under8fdduao and post 8Trthate
students, eaty career ￿se￿cherS and established academics, supwrting teachin& research, pastcral
care, Ilbrnry and Informati￿ s￿￿ceS, SOCI￿ ac0vit1￿,spOr￿ nxtsic and the art8 and all
personai devdopment
Residence5, Catering dnd Confvrences
The College p￿￿deS INing accommodation and cateTtng seNces for College m￿nber$ from
sltss in Cambrfdge,the man Collcge site on H￿t[ngdon Floa4 close to Girton village. and Swlrfes
on Pheasant Drwe In the new urban dLstrkt of E¢￿InSt0n.The College aLso carrie5 on,a5
anclllary aCrI￿tIeS a conference and events bu5ines4 and a comm￿1 bu51ness Girton Summer
Programrne5, providing summer schools for Internthal of Unive￿￿ age.
The College is also ￿SponSible as tntstee for the rr￿na￿t of the permanent endowment ￿PItal
of the 128 (2022.131 } atti¥e restricted arvj unre5thcted fiJnds.which comprise itsAnBI￿mated
Trust Funds (ATF) scheme. These funds haye been accumu12ted the lrfe of the College from the
gifts of g￿￿rcxJS dor￿￿ and benefacth and thw enable the College to p￿￿de fir￿da1 sUPPOrt for
indivlduaLs and a range of ots wrpose5,vthich would not Otherwi￿ be possible.

The College 3ttNety soliats further don3ti0rts to the* AJnd5 tt) enhance the scope clthis supp)rL
Our funding
The College& charitable athities fLThled in p2rt by the fees 2nd charges pald by College
rnembers and other user& and In part by donation& beq￿ts and the restritted and unrestricted
income genernted by the investsnentof end0￿m￿ and ￿e￿al reswves.
The College's d)d¢)wment assets and inveStsM￿ are pn)fessionalty managed by external investment
managers under the guidance of the IrNestsn￿ Committee. Funds are invested in a diverse Mge of
assets on a cotal retum basis wsth a viLw to securirE a ccnsi5tent fundirE stream to SUFPOrt the
College's activities in PU￿Ult of ￿ d)arTtsIAe obiecllv
Fees und thoryes
su￿nts pay for wition 3$ follow%
Undergraduates..
Unde￿rad￿te$ entitled to Stydent Support (typic21￿ HomeEU students) are charged at
exC￿nal￿ regulat&l ratts and are funded ty such grant or loan funding arrangements as are
frcrn time to time approved by the GovernmenL Tuition fee income paid by these students is
shared with the Universty;
(￿er$eaS undergrnduaces any HomelEU undergraduatrs not enutled to Student Support
are Cha￿ed at a rate detrmilned by the Cdle8& University fees are charged In addldon;
Postgroduates."
the College reThves a share of the owall fee Income by grnduate students In the Universlty.
Students 2re tharged for their acco￿￿￿￿￿On and meak at rntes intended to cover the cost of
PmV15ion. ixrt n(x to make ary surplu5 for tr￿ College.
The College maintyThs an active and ￿uMn1 relations and de￿0￿ office a
view to securing a growing number and Yalue of phi&nthropic yfts to the College for Its own
charitable purpos4and to support individual rnernb￿ of the College in their pursuit of leaming and
research.
The pemtsr*rt opEtxl of the r&trltted fiK)ds inATF is set wt in Notr 15 of the ￿count43na￿WI by
12tegory of pUrF￿e.
10

ATF ￿ndS enalAe the Col* to.,
Fund oucreath attivity in schods;
Participate In the Cambridge PAtrsary 5th￿e (which has recently been enhanced) for Home
und¥grnduate burvrie4
Award Scholarships and Prize5 to academir31ty sUC￿$ful swdents"
Gfve other bursaries and swdent SUPFQrt grants to students in financial need.
Provide trnyel grants and sports awards to enc¢)urage extrn-currtcular activity,.
Awdrd Music, Organ and chor￿ Scholarships and EXhIb￿onS to ￿ented stsjden
Appoint ful￿ ￿nded Research Fell0y￿ and Poswaduate S￿dentships inArts and Sciences.
Host VlsStirÉ Fellows In Arts and sc1￿Ces and a W￿￿ng Fellow Commoner in the arts or
professions;
Employ te2chlng fellows. indudlng a core of srx Collepbased career teaching officer posts.
Employ a Chaplain and a Director of Muslo
Public benefit
The Coundl have complied wth thelr duty Wirg public brt ha￿ng W to the Chartty
Commisslon's guida￿e.
Foun&d in 1869 by Emity Davle5 and others, in parocular, Barbw2 BorI1c￿n, GIrtC￿ is distinctive as
Brltsin's first residential 5r￿1￿Jti0n for the hlgh¥ education of women and has Slbsequ￿Y aspired to
set the pace rrAtters of eqLRIity arKI inclusion, Girton was the first of the VK)m￿S colleges In
QKbridge to admlt men and is now q)en to aryone with a p￿[(￿ for leamirg and the abilty and
IndIna￿On to pursue IL
The College follows a riProL￿ and obith recvuthert procw, as wt of the UniYer5ty of
Cambrid&for selectirg the best ￿ndidateS for admiss1￿).
A5 a not-for-profit organisati￿, the College sets its dnrges for membets onty as high as 15 necessary
to cover costs. &jr5￿ and other firranciai support offered to Individu￿5, wherever possible, in an
effort to ￿SUre tIMt no one is dissuaded from ap￿n& tslang up a ￿a¢e or ctjmpleting thelr 5tsJdies
beouse of financial difficulty.
Safeguarding
The Safeguarding leads in College the S&)br Tutor and the HR Managcr, vthq t(Igether with the
Athiissiorts Tutors, Senior Officers and Heads ￿ Dgxftrnent& oversee the implemenfation of policy
thKJughout the organlsadon.
Chlldren and vulnernble adults are Frewt in College from time to time as proSP￿e swdents,
employe￿ Casu￿ worker& stUd￿ty extemal ti7inees on WO￿ placements, event delegates, school
visitors and when attending sociai events Y￿th membeT5 and alumni. In addition, the College has an
acth schools liaison programme irwofving staff wc**ing off si* In schools.

The College arns to adopt the highest possible stan¢knls and tske all reasormble Skps In reLition to
protecting the safety and welfare of ary thildren and vulnerable adults come ￿t0 College
premises or into contattwth College staff (thether wothing in a paid or unpaid capacity).
The College implements a numbtr d ￿1cleS and ￿￿oCeSSeS designed to keep chIld￿n and wulnernble
adults safe fron hann, Primari￿ the Child &Vulner7bleAdult Protection Policy Oast updatrd May 2018)
ich outlines processes for risk assessmen( recruitn￿nt and Sel￿tIOn, supervision, training arKi
supporL confidentiality resPondr￿ tn tC￿cerns.The Policy describes likely levels of staff conts¢
and required theck&
In addition. the College, as the ovmer d [￿enSed F*emises has a duty of rare to risk assess all ev￿rtS
with rewd to avovjing harm to child￿1 and vdnerabie adults.
As part of its duty, the College trains all staff to recognlse Indkatots of vulnerablSty to
radicall￿0¢￿} in colleagues and $ll￿nt m￿nb￿S.
The Colleges Dismity a¢ Work policy protscrs chlldren and wIr￿ra￿e adults at work and there atE
prescribel specrfic heakh and safety risk assessments for the employment of children 2nd vulnerable
aduks.
12

111. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE IN 2022123
The year 2022123 5zw College Irfe fijlty Eock to norn)al after the pandeml<wlth Fellows,students
and staff undertsking the full r7nge of researth, teathin& culwrnl. sporting and ¢ther extr2cutricular
actI￿tieS whith characterise the rfchness dthe Girton experien
The year also saw some very s18ntfl￿rt transityon&wth the arrbY￿ of the new Mlstress. Dr.
Elisabeth Kend￿1 to begin her terni of office following the ￿tirern￿t of Professor Susan Smith.
PrthssorTonlWilliams also joined the College as SenlorTutor and has overseen the completion of
the transltaon to a greatly ￿hanc￿ aCad￿1C dNts1o￿Wlth more dedi(3ted support both for
students and for Fellows.
The one fin8J lingering fina￿la1 imFQCt of the COViD yeavs was seen in the summer of 2021as
students from A%a were unable to arrarEe travel in time to Fkrocipatr in Glrton Summer
Progrnmmes,vknith as a result saw a rela1￿￿trY muod financral perforTrrance.
This notwithstanding the College was able to re£ord a modertr surplus prE-depreciation, and saw
a further Stren￿lIng In Its OV￿￿1 financiai positlon.The prO￿sS the College has made over
recent years in"ba]ancing the books" and in IAJildirE Its ba&nce sheet- thank5 In no small part to
the gerwoslty of its atumndae and other swrters - puts us in a strong position to plan further
improvements for the comlng years. both in our built en￿rOnment and in impromng the experlence
of both stL&nts and Fellows.
l. Size and Shape
As at I st October 2022 the College ￿ 51 Official Fellows, I SenÉor Research Fellow, 5 Research
Fellows 7 Professorial Fellows 5 Supernumerary Fellov*S l NoTrstipendiary Fellow. 38 Life
Fellows, 22 Bye-Fellow5. 1 Ent￿prISe Fdlow, 30 Horry Fdlows and l O Barbara Bodlchon
Fellows; addition￿lY 536 Undergrad￿ and 383 posrgraduates and research stL)dent&
Of thes4 6 Offictal Fellow4 4 Research Fellows, l ByepFelk)w. I Cavendish Arts Science Fellow, 2
stsff membet7. 469 undergrddua¢4 and I￿ posrgraduate and researth S￿dents were living In
College-owned accommodation arKI 2 V15itirE Fellows in Cdlege rented accommodation at Turing
Lock
For each undergraduate, the G￿lege Fjrovided a Direttor of Strdies and srro11-group teachlng
(known as supervision) to complement the teaching provlded by the University. The College
employed 47 College Lecturers in all the main Subjects offered by the Unlverslty to
undergraduates, of whom 29 were also employed by or affilia￿ to the Universiry or other
instiwdon5 and 8 were employed a5 CdlegeTeaching OffKers solety by the College or under a
share a￿ngement wTrth another Cotle
13

2. Outstanding education
Widening Participrtlon
I￿treaCh work continues to be ot%anised by Sutht Servi￿, with most sessions delNered by
our Schools Liaison Officer and Admissions Tuto￿. This year we condnued to utilise the bl￿ded
aPPr￿Ch to fit into school timetables and offer some of our key events co more than one school
atatim
We have offered 24 lnwpersC￿ events and. vthitst pursuing a blended apprrJacN offered 12 onllne
events for prospective applicants in line wsth thew1d￿lng Partiapation of the Colkge
UnNersity.
Following a review of strdtegy and an Issac GranL y￿ relaunched our Pathvnys inifiati
This is a Icng-term OLtreath programme that WO￿ wrth swdents from year 7 until they leave
secondary school. With this programme of sustained eng¥emen( we collaborate wlth schools in
our West Midlands and Cambridge knnk Areas to rnise academic aspirations inform and gulde
students about the imp2Ct of their cholces at key transition periods and to support students at the
point of applylng to HE The Girtnn College Pathways to HE scheme ￿ in line wlth government
priorioes as there is a growing boty of eviderte that empFHsises the import2nce of a long-term
stratw for wdening participaiion to Ha FWticuLady to the mosc S￿￿tIVe insdtution*
The thr￿daY r￿dential visit for the Th SMART Fxogramme saw seventeen S￿dents visiting
GirtoN emlnrklng on a busy intrrcollegHte pmgramme and a collegiate dinner too.
Our Foundation Year sbjdents arrived in octo￿ 2021 and followsng a successful year, will
be continuing to their first year of tripos in October 2023. They I￿11 att as mentors for our four
new Ftyjndation Year stLKlents arrfving for the new academlc year. Across the collegiate Un￿e￿ity.
this Widening Participation-inspired programme has been hugely successful in its ffirst year.
The Cambridge ￿rSary sch￿ undwwnned by perMan￿t ￿d0VKnent and other restricted
fijnds from the College, supported 140 Under%r3d￿te 5uJderrt5 in 2022123. Enhanced a￿drdS for
care leaver5 continue to be ardilable, induding those accessirE the Educational Premium (an extra
£ 1000 per year for those eli&ble for free school meals from their Io(31 authority). Thanks to
generous donor fvnding the College has now made pwwranent its Residence Bursary scheme
which offers additts)nal support of £760 per year towards res]kn￿ fees aLrtomatidly for ￿1
sttjdents who qualfy for the CambrSdge Buw Sthem
Increoslng the value odded to students
This academic year has seen the introduction of Seve￿ posts and roles in College that will work to
enhance the student experien￿. Deputy Senior Tutor for Teaching and Learni￿ Head of We￿are
and Wellbeing* Fdlow for POStgr￿￿tr Affwrs and a s￿dent Programmes adminlstrator. As this
tsam has fomied during the year, they have engaged with the prevlous work and reeommendadons
ofworking groups fornied to ensure that all our S￿d￿ts are able to fvtfii thelr potential as students
in a positive and supportive academlc environmert
14

In response to the growing need to address the transltjon experience from school or college to
unwerslry, ail Fresher students were asked in 2023 to arrNe at GIr￿n three days eadler than
previously, to attend and Fordclpate in a Care￿1￿ curated timetthe of talks and events. the JCR
condnutss also to s￿Plement these wtth a range of soclai activities. Since 2022 we Inve also
continued to run a serles of pre-arrw webinars for both undergrnduates and postgraduatss,
covering a range of topics and introducing new SttKlents to the key members of the College.
The wehre and wellbeing serviw at Girton continue to improve the support available to Its
swdents. In 2023. we welcomed our Head of Wellbeing and Wekn and completod the renoyddon
of the Welfare Centre. In 2024, we sed( to expand the nursing provis1¢￿ in College and link these
services with the Girton Sknlls Programme (providing key weif2re events throughout the year).
4. Maintaining a world class Fellowshlp
As at l otto￿ 2021 the College Imd a notional teaching establishment of 43 ag￿nst a quota of 45
(2021.45 Wnst 42), co￿ng near￿ of the subjects offwed by the UnIv￿￿lLY.
The Fellowship as a whole numbered 131 (2021.128) including ￿fe Fellows.Together with 29
Honorary and 13 Barbw? Bodich¢)n FellowA the totsl comnwnlty was 173.
During 2022123, the College admltted..
Its 20° Mlstress, Dr Ellsabeth Kendall.
A new Senlor Tutor and Officlal Fellow. Professor Toni Williams.
Further Offlclal Fellows Dr Marta Gentilucci (Music Composition), Dr Jacob Currie
(Classics) and Dr Michael Deganl. Juliet Campbell Fellow (Social Anthropology).
Drjames Whlte, Oschinsky Research Fellow, in partnershlp with the Universlty
Library, and Dr Evelina Gambino as Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography.
Bye Fellows, Dr Hazel Mills (Legacies of Enslavement and College History), Dr Hugo
LePage (Natural Sclences), and Dr Stephen Oppong Peprnh, Cambridge in Africa Bye-
Fellow (Classlcs).
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan as its first Enterprise Fellow.
Professor Sasha Tsenkoya as Helen Cam Visiting Fellow, and Ain Balley as CavendSsh
Arts-science Visiting Fellow Commoner.
5. Enrichment and opportunity
Under the leadership of the new role of Deputy Senlor Tutor for Teaching and Learnlng,
working alongslde the ￿s0 new Fellow for Postdoctoral Affairs, the College "Thrlve"
progrnrnme continued to offer educatlon related activities throughout the year. These
actlyities ranged from bespoke academic skills support for individual students and group5
within a discipline, to talks and events open to all. with the aim of supporting development of
transferable sk1115 for student Ilfe and for fucure careers. With the arrival In January 2023 of
the p05tholder in the new role of Head of Welfare and Wellbein& this team of three,
working with the Head of Student Servlces and a newly appointed Student Programmes
Adtnlnlstracor, have reviewed and revised the "Thrive" programme. in consultation a
15

wide body of tho Girton community. The programme has launched as the"Girton Skills
Programme" to our undergraduates 2nd postgraduates with an exciung new identity and
enhanced programme in September 2023.
In addition, the following are also highlighted:
The Rose Awards (for full bursary students who demonstrdce the intention to beneflt
society and serve the community in a prnctical vfty) saw a jump in applications, In
2022123, 12 awards have been made rnnging from £250 to £ 1,000 in value.
The Girton Pioneer Award was shared this year be￿een two students who had
contributed to College life through participation in student societies. forums or
welfare Initiatives:
Glrton's Sports Awards continue to be popular, blrt in addttion to those ellte
sportspcrsons, grnss roots and entry level sport are also being encouraged through
our welfare work. We held our Inaugural Sports Avrdrds Holders, and College Sports
Captains, Reception in July 2023.
Travel Awards that cover both academic related trips and volunteerlng opporbjnities
(and everything in between) svpporL Students during the long vacation period:
Additional academic costs can be covered by the Academic Fund, with undergraduate
students belng invited to apply three times a year:
The Stwjent L￿Ing Costs WcAang Group continu&% to work together with colleglate and
local members to support $tyd￿ts arnidst the Cost of Living crisis;
GADS had an exciting year w5th their wonde￿1 'Girtonian Nights, pantomime in
Michaelmas terni, and Macbeth in Easter tsmi taking full advantsge of the natu￿ SW in
the Fellows, Garden.
Girton welcom&l Ain P￿IeY in MId￿elMa5 2022 as the Cavendish Arts Scientr Fellow,
Mwlc remains an iTrtegrat F4rt of Girt0￿ and the College vrns delighted to welcomejames
Pea￿on (Artistic Director at Ronnie Scotts Ja2z Club) as MusKian in Residence from I
April 2023;
The ChaFtI Choir rdeased a new albjm In May 2023; 'Marc'Antonlo Ingegneri. Volume
Three: Missa &Js3Me un Jourf and toured northem in summer 2023, playing to large
audlences at a wtde range of beauliful and hi8ts)ric venues.
16

6, Green Glrton and the College Estate
The College was compliant with ￿ndY r￿l$ed Responsible Itwestrnent Policy. ccfflmitting
It to an entirdy fossil fuel-free inVeSt￿t strategy.and holding managers and its bankws to account
for their Progr￿ ¢)n sustalnability. In￿5￿Ment cash was rr￿Ved out of Barcw Bank to Lloyd8
Bank due to long-standing concern over Barc*5' lending to the fossll fijel industy.. Ba￿layS are on
notlce tlmt the College's operat1¢)n￿ banking a￿angements are under revlew.
The College continues to advan￿ pknnlng knrger-scale decarboni5ation. and it is expected that
in the course of the current par it will commis51on a whKh forn)s the basis of a dettiled
programme- I￿ludIng. as far as possible, ￿r0ffttIn8 and ajtrrnatfve energy sources- vthich
enables the college to aChI￿e its Net Zem tsrgets.
Followlng a launch event in November 2022 for $r￿dents staff, and fellows showcaslng the
varlou5 avenues for particlpation, the College received a Green Impact gold award this year,
with one of our students hlghly commended in the category for student leadership in respett
of her work to reduce the carbon footprlnt of the annual College ball.
In the gardens, the major hard landscaping and firrt planting phase of the sensory garden was
completed so that final year undergraduates were able to gather In the garden prlor to the
College feast to dedlcate their 2020 cohort tree. After a year of wgorou5 propagation the
gardens tearn sold surplus plants at the JCR garden party to ralse funds for charlty. Three
Members of the Fellowship undertook beekeeping t￿TrIng in preparndon for the arrival of
the College hives In early Sprlng 2024.
Work has also now commenced on the restordtion of Clolstrr Cour¢ whlch wlll be
permanently closed to car parking (other than three blue badge spaces), In order to become
a beautiful and vibrant external living space for the College. The lawn will be extended, a
new terrace will be constructed Outside the Social Hub. and a fresh new planting scheme will
be introduced. A new lightlng scheme will enhance the appearance of che Court in the
eyenings, and a new path will be laid between the Mare's Run car park and the Lodge, to
provide a more fitting approach than the Old Kitchens Door for visitors arriving by car.
7. Enhancing Communlcatlons
This yearfs focus was to push content out online, whether thls was a social media posl news
articles, collated photograph ￿bumS or vldeos. This Is to encourage our followers to engage,
to educate new audiences about what Girton College is doing and promote our key
messages or initiatives.
To achleve this, we set up weekly events communications meetings, where the main
stakeholders are the drlvlng force to ensure content is generated and me55ages are
communlcated regularly to all our different audiences. Areas of content for communications
focus are..
Historic features and anniversaries
Profiles of students, staff, Fell0v￿, and alumni
17

All College events (Including OFficelDepartmentlstudent-run)
Celebration of any achievements by College members (awards, prizes, rèsearch ecc.)
Fundraising 2ctlvlties (such as Giving Days and Telethon)
The Mlstress's Office has also recruited a pald College Student Communlcation Intern, who
will help with collecting and generating content from College events (typically Outside of
normal office working hours) and other exciting in-house projects, led by the
Communications Officer or the College Office Events and Digital Medla OfFicer.
Social media
During l October 2022 - 30 September 2023, Girton College social media accounts saw a
steady growth in the number of followers, subscriber5 and page likes. with a posltive
increase in impressions, interactions, and engagemen4 relative to the push in online ccntent.
Infiedi*i.-
&803
Follr)wers
320.2k
5,91 I Page
Likes
5,468
Followers
86,587
Reach
4.919
Followers
. 20,$65
. 1043
324
Subscribers
34,292 views
. 57 wdeos
3.8k
Views
221.978
Follower5
. 3,483 Page
Views
1663
Reattions
views
1.239
photos
Impresslons
vldeos
aPtyreforl￿kdn tr￿ 23 Ot￿bÈr 20ll- 311 Sq5t*rtltr2D23
In July 2023, Meta launched a new social media account called Threads and the College
Immediately created an accounL As this is a very new concepL wlth Ilmited business
nctionality and restrictions, it is linked to our Instsgram account and has no analytlcs
fiJnction. We currently have 494 followers and will continue to monltor this channel to see
how effective and useful it is.
It is also worth noting that we will be consciously monitoring TwltterlK due to the change
in focus and ambitions for this channel.
Website
Our College website analycics show data from 111012022 to 3010912023, the site ha5 seen an
increase in us4e with 161621 users and 572,489 page views.
The top 5 most visited pages (not Includlng the homepage):
l. Humanities Writlng Competition - 16,350 views
2. Work at Girton - 14,797 views
3. About Girton - 11,035 wews
4. News- l 0,042 views
5. Our People - 9,810 vlev
Top 5 news articles:
1. 7 October 2021. Installation of the Mistress - Dr Elisabeth Kendall - 1,046 page
views
link
2. 26 January 2023,. Remembering Giulio Regeni (198&2016) - 889 page views t
18

3. 3 January 2023: Glrtonian recognlsed In 2023 New Year's Honours List- 683 page
4. 23 January 2023., 10,000 GlrtonSans - Help us celebrate this milestone by sending a
selfie - 620 page vlews Dlnk]
5. 15 February 2023: 2023 Winners of the Mountford Humanities and Arts
Communications Prize - 454 page views tth]
College identity and branding
We have been encoura&ng staff and Fellows to Use a consiscent College brandirvd and In
Easter term 2023, a new Girton College communications Resource slte was created as a
reference tool. Thls site contalns all the latest College log05, branded templates and file5,
wlth the longer-terni goal for the slte to Include further resources, such a5 College identlty
guidelines, medla toolkits, writlng guldellne5 and other usthl information.
Some de518n work can now be produced In-house for staff and Fellows by request. Thi5
includes items such as branded office templates new design materials and sub brandlng
logos.
Fellows are encouraged to credit the College externally as 'Girton College, Univer51ty of
Cambridge..
Visual Content
Since March 2023, we have actively increased the production of online vlsual content to
promote Girton's incluslve research-lnfused learning environment worldwide: to showcase
the achlevements of Fellow5, Students. and alumni,. and to inspire current students and
attract fuwre students. We have seen a signthcant boosr In engagement with our social
media channel5.
Vldeo
On social medi4 many users prefer to V￿tch a video rnther than read text For this reason,
we have Inyestsd In producing in-house videos to provlde engaglngtr relevanL and inspiring
content.
The video toplcs we have chosen to support our strategic goals for widening participation.
showcasing our Fellows, ground-breaking research and dedICa￿0n to teachlng excellence.
'Girton Fellows, Is our firsr vldeo 5erie5. It highlights the research of our world-class
Fellowship whose experrise spans a vast rnnge of 5ubletts. We hope the series wll enhance
Glrton'5 International reputation, resonate with teaching and research professionals, inspire
students and, of course. attrnct supporL
Another new series, 'The Study Serierf. focuses on a subject-specltlc student learning
experlence, provldlng inspiring information for students looking to attend a hlgher educatlon
Inscitutlon. Our starter episode on 'Engineering at Girton. was well received by students.
Fellows, alumnl and the wlder audience on our social media platforms.
19

This year we also produced visual content for 2 few internationally recognised day5 which
relate to Girton's ethos of diversity, inclusivity, and equality. We celebrated International
Women's Day. International Day of Women Judges, World Book Day. International Women
in Engineering Day, and we produced student-led eXPl￿nerS on Ramadan and Eid.
Additionally, we c2Ptured the thoughts of our final-year students as they celebrated the end
of their studies in June. These videos became Some of our most-viewed contenL reflecting
how much our audience resonated wtth IL
Over the summer, work was carried ouc WTth Girton Summer Programmes to produce
series of short promotional videos, with the aim of enhanclng the onllne profile of the
Programmes and to encourage applications. The videos focus on the student perspective on
the course, their experience at Glrton College, and why others should apply.
Golng forward, Student Services and our Admissions team are looklng into ways they can
further engage wlth prospective students and boost applications by providing useful,
informative, and inspiring videos for our YouTube channel and social media accounts. There
are also plans co create a Global Girton, video serie5 which wlll capture the fascinatlng stories
of our ever-growing ￿UMn1 community on life after Girton and the impact College had on
their careen. In addition, we plan to have a series on 'Our Donots.. Trcnsforming Llyes at Girton,
{working utle), to empha5i5e the impact financial support has on Girton students past and
present.
8. Investment performance
Invertment pollcy & objertives
The College's investment portfolio comprises both endowment and genernl investrnent assets.The
purpose of the Colleges endowment is to SuP￿r¢ the lorE-tern) operdting needs of the College In
perpettiiry. The investment assets represert accumulated expendable ¢2pitaL surpluses and
reserve5, which may be employed to support operating and capital needs of the College, as
required.To thls end, the overall Investment portfolio is managed to maximtze the long-temi total
rewm of the p)rtfolia subject to maintwning a reaso￿le le￿ of risk of loss.The portfolio
supporcs the operating and Capi￿ need5 of Girton College through an annu￿ spending rule,which
is Mewed as necessary tn ensure that it is susr21nab]e over the terni.
The Ccllege recent￿# amended tts long-tetTn Sp￿ing rul4which permits the ts7nsfer for each
Inancial year of 3.5% of the average Ydlue of the I￿￿tmert assets as of I stjanuary of the current
fiscal year and ￿ prnceding fisc21 year&ThSs In &rt hdd the spending at the leRI it had reached
as a result of a taper down from 4.￿A under the previous policy.
Ef the investment por(follo15 tt> fulfil Its purpx its puthing power must be at least preserved
and, if possible. enhanced.This implies that the investment assets rrwst wet a time-weightrd total
return ofan e51imated 6.5% Ba. after ￿1 costs, comprislng the 35% annual spending rats plus a
longHrun aIlowance for 3Yo annual lnladc￿, Clearty the current emordinary of Inflado
coutled with low ￿￿lable Investm￿rt rewm& rep￿nt a signfficant challenge to assec
preservation in real terms.
20

The College tskes a long-term view on 1rNestM￿ strategy, and the StrateOcAssetAllocation
SAA,) is designed to reflect the optimal long-terni asset ailocaoon for the College gNen the
risWrebJm object￿￿ outlined hereirn The StrategicA55etAlocation wa5 altered signnlcantly ￿ a
result of the 2021 portfdio review, and is set out on page 29 bdow. It is fomnlly reviewed on an
annual basis by the Investments Commtttee and nny be modified as needed In light of experience
and changing arcumstances. based on tEsearch and discussion involvlng In￿Stments Committee
members and Outside experts. SLKh dixu$51on focuses on the College's liquidity need5 and
perce￿ed risk tolernnce, u VRII as the proiected behaviour of asset cknses and strategies deemed
wortFy of cornsideratlon for the College& pc)tentlal use.
Re-balancing will norinally be undertaken at least on an annual basls to re-alEn asset alk>catlons
with the Stra￿¢ AssetAlocation, funds are requlred for opet7tloTbal purposes or
difference5 in perfornBnce between asset classes are *. re-batancing may be implern￿ed on a
more fwuent basls.At the year end the porrfolio vffts sllghty undernveight In its alkxatl¢)n to Real
Estste through the Charities Property Fund whith has addressed subsequenty by
alloc3tion from equitle&and at the dme of writlng the prfollo15 fully in cc¥npliarKe,
Responsible Investment Pollcy
During the year the College remained in full compliance wlth the pollcy set out In Its
Statement of Responslble Investment revised in 2022. In thi5 we commit to upholdlng our
responsibillties ￿ stewards of charitable funds whllst acdng as Unlyersal Owners, Invesclng
according to prfnclples which advance our ethlcal priorltle5, including tackling the chillenges
of cllmate change.
Our securities portfollo now includes no known exposure to any bu5in&sses related to f055iS
fuels. We a150 monitor Close￿ the votin8 records and financing activlties of our portfolS0
managers and bankers, and wlll only do buslnes5 with institutions which demonstrably share
our ethical and climate commitments. To this end, the College during the year moved Its
Invesunent cash out of Barclays Bank and may In future take further action with regard to
operatlonal cash if Barclays does not make material further progress in reducing its exposure
to the fossll fuels industy.
Wlth regard to Its equity investments, the College's policy Is to Invest in publicly listed
equitles via an Index trdcker fvnd repllcatlng the perforniance of the MSCI ACWI inde
whllst excluding several settors, notably fossil ￿els.
Wlth regard to investment grnde deb4 the College'5 policy15 to invest In investment grade
corporate debt index tracker funds which replicate the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI SRI
Indices, and whlch adhere to policies conslstsnt with Glrton's ethical commitments.
The College may also have exposure to fund5 Invested in UK government securitie5.
21

Investment fees and costs
It should be notsd that the movement of the portfolio to a low-cost model based on index
tracker funds hu resulted in a considernble saving of toplevel manager fees, underlying
Manager performance fees. and transaction costs, wrth a reduttion of £795k between the
financial year 2021122 and 2022123.
Investment retums
June 30 2023
Global Equiti£%
Pri￿tr EqU￿Y
A￿1 Estat0
% ol portwlo Stra4ic Allocatic
60ts5%
Perknw)ce b￿ChMark Dlffwce
9A%
11.3%
.i.s%
4>.7%
-1.9%
.13.2%
2ts%
-19.4%
77.3
20.4
15.18%
4.8%
-16.8%
.1.6%
-17.0%
10.3
lox
3.6%
4.1%
Inyestsment Grndo Crwjlt
74%
Infladon Unked Bonds
2-3%
-2.4%
Cash
1-2%
TOTAL
119.8
100.0%
4.8%
4%
0.4%
The overall portfollo returned 4.8Yo over the financial year, outperforming the blended
strategic benchmark by 0.4%. The portfolio closed the year largely in compllance wtth the
Strategic A55et Allocation, albeit with a slight underweighting to real estate. This has since
been addressed by a modest rebalancing post the period end.
Over the long tenn the portfolio has outperformed relative to its targe¢ looking purely at
investment returns (i,e. strlpping out new donations and endowments, new borrowings,
properry sales etc):
On a five-year bas15 the compound annual growth in Investments been 8.9%
On a ten-year basis the compound annual growth in investments has been 9.6%
The major contrlbutor to posittve performance in 2022123 wa5 Global Equities (the Amundl
ESG Global Tracker Fund) which delivered a return of 9.8%, albeit that thls underperformed
its benchmark (the MSCI ACWI Index) by 1.5%. This underperformance can be attributed to
the excluslon of a number of stocks in the energy and basic resources sectors which added
to the overnll non-ESG benchmxrk index perfornwice.
Private equity proved a drng on performance thls year, wth Some mark downs in certain of
the Partners CapltAI funds which were not fully compensated by value-creatlon events
elsewhere, Our private equity por60llo underperfomied Its benchmark by I.￿. The high
and febrile Interest rate environment led to significant mark-downs in the UK real estate
sector, down 16.8% overy411, but with the Chariues Property Fund (our sole exposure to
this) outperforming by 3.6%. Our small allocauon to inflation-llnked bonds reflerted the
turmoil in bond markets (see below) and underperformed government bonds in general by
2.4%.

The year 2022123 presented market condltlons which were In some ways more benign than
2021122 (Sn which the portfolio returned -1.5%) wlth hlgh Inflation to some extent "priced
In". The war In Ukraine represented 2n ongolng concern globally. albelt that in financlal
terms mar4<ets had ￿readY prlced in the initial shock 2021121 wlth alternative sources of oll
and gas Identlfled by European Countri￿,. thus Its impact on market V21uattons was rnore
around the Potenti￿ timescale for the conflict and longer-cerm con5equence5. US market5 In
particular saw a significant recovery led by technology Shares, wtth the S&P500 up I and
the technology-focused Nasdaq index up 24% over the period.
In other areas, however. markets continued to present investors wlth slgnlflcant challen8e5.
most notably around interest rates and bond yields. There was major volatlliry caused by the
short-llved premiership of Lli Truss and chancellorshlp of Kwasi Kwarteng in autumn 2022:
thelr abortive "mini-budget" promising large unfunded tax cuts and ￿chewing advlce from
the Office of Budget Responsibility prompted a njn on bond markets, wlth the need for the
Bank of England to intervene as a buyer. This led to a major fall In Sterling amid fears for the
UK'S credit quality. and consequent further upward pressure on interest rates, with markets
In the latter half of our financial year dominated by intlation data and oscillating between
rallles on hopes that inflation was coolin& and then falls as fresh UK RPI data remained high
and US jobs data came in stronger than expected.
At the time ofwriting (mid-November 2023) the portfolio is flat on where it closed the year
In lune 2023, wlth a late-summer rally having been ernsed by the shock of malor renewed
conflict In the Middle East. The outlook remains uncertain, clouded by mixed signals on the
prospects for interest rates, and wtth the potential knock<in global impacts of the conflict
between Israel and Hamas currently unknown.
9. Development performance
Fundralslng during the Flnanclal Year 2022123 continued to focus on endowing various
aspects of student support and on growing the College's Unrestricted Permanent
Endowment. In 2022123. funds raised (Including pledges) totalled £6.8m, wlth Income
recelved through the same perfod totalling £6.5m.
This exceptlonal year was the result of the receipt of several generous and sizeable legacle5
(totalling £5.2m of the income received during the financial year), A number of significant
donations were also received durlng the year, and income from the Annual Fund remained
broadly compar2ble to previous years (thanks Co a 5ucce5sful Giving Day in October 2022
and to our annual Telethon). Over the course of the year 1561 alumni and supporters
donated to the College. We remain very grateful to all those who support the College
philanthroplcally.
Over 63% of funds rnised from donations (as opposed to legacies) have been directed
towards our student support initiatives, Including the endowment of a further 6 full
undergraduate bursaries and 20 additional student support grants (for undergraduate and
postgraduate swdents who find themselve5 in unexpected financial or other difficultle5).
Over £92k was raised to support Postgraduate scholarships, and funds raised this year have
also contlnued to help support the College's involvement in the tri211ing of ploneerlng access
23

initiatives. Donations have also made a significant contribution to creiting new Fellowshlp
funds and to the Legacies of Enslavemenc ProjecL
A¢ 301612023 fijture legacy pledges stood at £15.3m vA)ere amounts are known. We
continue to be grateful to the 408 members of the 1869 Society who have informed us that
they will be leaving a gift to Girton in their Will. The legacles we recelved in 2022123 have
been transformational, endowing undergraduate buwies, providing a significant boost of
our student support initiatives. enhancing the life of the College {includlng enabling the
purchasing of new grand piano for Stanley knbrary) and underplnning our Fellowship fijnding.
Thlrty-three events took place over the course of year, with over I,(X)O alumni, supporters
and guests attendlng. These events included our alumni year and subject reunions, the roll of
alumni weekend (held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 restrlctions were
lifted), the MA dinner, the 14 London-based Law and Finance reception, a People's
Portralts reception in the Mall Galleries, thejarne Martin Poetry Prize and the Foundauon
Dinner and Comrnemoration of Benefactors.
Over 60 one-tO￿ne meetings took place with alumni, potential legators and supporters
(including trips by the Development Dlrector and the Misrress to the East Coast of the USA
2nd to Singapore
It has been wonderful to meet so many alumni, supporters, and their guests at these events.
The College remains grateful to all the alumni who have helped us in hosting or speaking at
events, and of course to all our very generous donors.
Appmach to fundraising
The College is regstered with the Fundralsing Regulator and is compliant wlth the
requirements of the Code of Fundraising Practice. the Data Protectlon Act 2019 2nd EU
General Data Protecuon Regulauon (GDPR). the Privacy and Electronic Communications
(EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and the ICO Direct Marketing guidellnes 2016 In the
collection, retention and use of alumni dat&
CDmmeraal IM7itrfiotots or fvndroi5￿5
Girton has employed commerci￿ Participat0￿ or Fundrnisers as callers in our telephone
campaigns, alchough these are our current students who are calllng former students to
update them and ask for donations. We include an appropriate disclosure statement in the
telephone scripts which are read out by the callers.
Confvrming to recognised standards
Glrton Is registered wlth the Fundralsing Regu&tor and conforms to thelr voluntary code of
practice. Some members of the Development Office team are also Person￿ members of the
Instltute of FundralsSng. The team attends training courses on Fundraising Regulation from
the University of Cambridge, Institute of Fundr2isln& CASE and other recognised provider5.
An appropriate Alumni and Supporters Data Pro*ction statement is on all digitsl and hard
copy correspondence and on the College's websites.
24

Monltoring
The College monitors fundraising complaints and completes the Annual Complalnts Return,
WSth regard to data cleanin& the College provides 'Update your Details, forms or Ilnks In Its
three main publications, The Year. the Development Newsletter and the e-new51etter. A5
well as regular requests for data cleanslng by alumni. the College has prevlously pald for
professional data cleansing on occaslon: most recently in 2015. Any returned p05t is logged
and addresses as well as requests to change preferences are all changed promptly, within a
week
Fiindralslng comploints
No fundraising complalnts were received in 2022123.
Protectron of the public
The College removes those deemed vulnerable from its mailing lists as 500n as the College
knows about their condition (but keeps their data unles5 specifically requested as this helps
ensure they are not accldentally re-added) except where certain arrangements have been
requested e.g. famlly members ask to keep sending them the ATrnu￿ Report.
The College removes alumni and supporters from tts malllng lists If they request it In
compllance wlth Its Dats Protection StatemenL
In its telephone campalgns, the College sends pre-call letters to all alumni enabling them to
opt-out in advance of telephone communicatlon5. The College does not call anyone aged
between 75 to 85 after 8.30pm and does not call anyone over the age of 85 years. In five
years. the College has onty had one complalnt about the timing of the call. The College may
Include those aged 85 and older in dlrect mailings. event invitations, newsletters etc. If
appropriate e.g. they are a regular donor or they request to be Included.
The College asks alumni and supporters about the type of contact they wish to have wlth
the College and record thelr contact preferences on its database. Thls is done via the regular
alumni and supporter5 questionnaires and during the annual telethons.

IV. FINANCIAL REVIEW
l. Revtew of financial position at year end
Balance sheet
OverJl, 2022123 Nvds another year of stsbility as the imFOrt of the pandemic moved furthw to the
past and the pedod of recowy conlinuedwe expett this to continue into 2023124, when summer
prograNw rewrn in full. The fall in the value cl the balance sheet by £l.Ckn was driven primarl
because of the decision to tske an additionai year of depre£iation (£1.8m) in order to bring the
College into line with its policy of depreciating assets when bmught into use (rather than the year
after).The main change seen Y￿5 an increase of £5.4m in inVestM￿ts, most of which was from
accrued legacies in the prior year and cash held. Credit￿3 rose in no small part to the summer
progrdmme income recei¥Ed in advance of the 2023 programmes (which took place post4)3Jance
sheet).
Total net assets
The College's totsl net assets as at 30June 2023 ￿tre {1718￿ £l.Om lower than that recorded In
the previous year {28ain, the impart of the dwtciation described ab￿). Over the last
decade the College's net assets haNE increased by c 50
Investmer
The inves￿ents FQrtfdl￿2S a whole,stood at £119.8m as at 30 ￿ne 2023,a 4.8% increase ¢Thr
the previous ye2r,a coMbIn￿¢￿ of new 1rNes(m￿ fr¢￿ legacy c35h recewed and solid investment
OPer(ltionol fixed 0s5ets
Operntionat fixed a&8ets as at 30June 2023 £67.6m, lower than the pMtxJs year1£69.4m).
Thls refiects capital expenditure of £2m compared a dep￿cIatIOn tharge for the year
£3.8m (of which £1.8m rd2tes to the addition￿ pri<Y year cF￿￿e and £2m for 2022r23).
The main areas of (apital expenditure in 202V23 CIHpetWing £ l. I m. boiler works £0.2m',
Newwing £0. I m; leasehold property costs £0.2￿. equipment £0.3m.
Cash, bormwing and gearing
Cash on the balance sheet d¥reased from 13.1 m to £1.7￿ in part as cash V4QS investsd. Cash
holdlngs will Increase again In 2023r24,a$ 2% of the *)dowmert ￿11 be invested in cash as well as
holding operntional cash.
The balance of outscandlng loan capital stsnds at £16.1 ￿ As set out in Note 13, the mjortty of
this borrwng is very long tem and was intended to provtde the liquidity needed for the College
to m￿ntain continuity of improvement and enhance the sustainabllity of its operational estatr over
number of years.
26

Pension Pmvisions
(>er 60Y. of the £4.5m penslon provision (2021. £4.9m) relates to the College's sectyon of the
Cambrldge Colleges Federnted Pensions Stheme (CCFPS) for non-academic staff. The Glrton
section of thls scheme, in ccrtnmon wlth that of a wmber of other Colleges, has been closed to
new members for some Yea￿ but exisdng members still in College employment are able tt) accrue
benefits from fuwre service.The decrease in provisicffl is due tt> updated assumptions as set ouc in
Notr 23 ofthe accoun
The College continues to enrc4 a12demic of staff in the Universities Superdnnuation
Scheme (USS). The accounts this year ￿fiect the deficit reco%Ery plan following the completion of
the 2020 actuarlal valuation.
New members of non-academlc staff are ￿rOlled in a Defined Contribu(ion scheme NOW:
Pensions.
Restricted ond unrertricted pem10nent endowTnent copital
After completing the Colleges most recent fimdrrising campalgn. the College continues to grow
the endoYmien¢ prlmarily through legacies, ￿lt[S moving towards a campaign wth a grEater
emphas15 on annual givlng whlch can be put dirpcdy to Co fund the College's purposes as part
of its unrestricted spending.This will crEate a more baknced overall fijndrnising profile when
combined a Si￿lfI￿ant number d legaq pledges which are largety focused on the College¥
endowment
The restrlcted permanent C4)ital funds of the College are invested as anArna￿latsd Trust Funds
scheme (ATry in the Colleges Inves0￿ pothlla
As at 30 June 2023, the Yalue of restricted and endMien¢ fijnds vns C77.1 m. a 3.8% increase from
£74.3m the prevlou5 year.The growth due to a combination of new capTtsI added a5 a result of
dOna￿On$ and benefacoons and an IncrEase in the value of the College& investments.
TheATF at 30 June 2023 comprise5 12812021.131) actfve fvnd5. for a Wdriety of purposes. as
summarfsed in Note 15 of the account*The capital Ydlue fell In the year to 30June 2023 with the
unlt value going down from £18.12 to £18.01 Thls come5 on the back of a number of years of
sustained growth wrth the unic having inoEasd from £11.47 per untt to £19.￿ per unit
betsyeen 2C#)9 and 2020.
Donations and benefactions are iccepted for a ￿de range of purposes. and the College
Is ever mindful of the generosity of its supporter5 In allowing tc to continue in its misslon. Although
we are increaslng our focus on anwal givi￿ the College continues to accept gifts for the
unrestrictsd permanent endowment (UPEC), beczuse of the flexibllity it offers to meec future
needs as they arfse.The total ￿alue of UPEC at the end of June 2023 {£22.1 m) was broadty the
same as at the end of the previous year with new donadon5 matched by the fall in inyesljnent
Yalues. The value had more than quadrupled during the decade from 201 I to 2021 (up from £4.6m
to £22.Om).
27

2. Financial effect of significant events in 202￿3
Copital lten￿ in the Stotement Of Comprehensiye IKome rsoa")
The net CoMprehen￿ve deficfc for the yEar of £ l.om has dec￿ed the College's net assets by
0.6% from £173.8 to £1718m.
Benefactions ond donations in soa
The College was again grnteful to receive very subsrantHI donation income during the year. A total
of £3.6m was accrued for the pemanent endowmth( reflecting the continuing strengthening of
thls bedr￿k of the College's financial secuiity primariW through legaaes. Unrestricted donations
were £8k In addttion £0.3m was r￿￿ed intD the rescri￿d reserbES. Thu5 a totJ of £3.9m was
accrued for the yÈar. This is another outstanding result and we owe a very great debt ofgratithde
to our supporters.
Investment gains ond losses
Net investment g￿Th$ of £3.2m (2022.105ses a4m) in 2022123 represent a retyrn to g￿nS aft
the strllar year in 2020-21, and the perfOrnun￿ was sdid despitr contyrwed maAot ttjrmil and
pressures felt in Secto￿ including rd estate and prn*e equiry.
Gains and losses on disposal of r￿ed ossets
There were no di5POsals of £xed assets in 202Y23.
Revoluation of fixed a&sets
There have been no operntJ0n￿ flxed a55et revaluations (￿ring the year.
Actuarial gains ond losses
The actuarial galn of £0.3m Q021'8ain d £3.2m) rdatss to the College's sharE of the Cambridge
Colleges Federated Pensions Stheme (ccF￿ for non-academic staff. The Girton section of this
scheme, in common with that of a number of other College4 has been dosed to new members for
some years, but ￿$￿n£ membws still in Colkge emplo/M￿t are able to accrue beneftts from
futhre service.
3. Principal sources of funding 2022123
A. Endowment and Investment income
As grant-giving and operational charities, Cambvidge Cclleges typically re￿ on a combination of
restrictrd and unrestritted income from their ￿doWrnents and investrnents to offset their acdmty
defictt (on which see bek)w).
The College's pollcy of smoothing capitsl Ydlues over tFThe years reduw the volatillty of fijnds
aV￿lable for expenditure. During EastsrTemi 2023, the College decided to Increase its spending
rule to a 3.8% drnwdown of a 3->tar weEhted average endowment Ydlue overdll (based on 30j￿e
values).This pdlcy wtll be relehEd annLdty,with a vie+Y to reducing IMd( down to 3.5% In the next
3 years. The amual transfer toAccumulatedTrust Funds rernaIr￿ at 35% of the fund Yalue each

In 2022123,the amount of total rettjm from inveStr￿ts transfenEd to unrestricted and restricted
funds In the SOCI under the Collegel spending rule was £4.Om (2021. £3.9m)
The totsl reojrn rEco8nlsoJ in the SOCI (see Note 3 to the acC￿nts) includes a decrease In
Investment management costs of £148k to £24k (2022: £1 ll<).Thls reflects the move to a new,
lower-cost confi8uratlon.
B. Activity (Kcounts
The income and eXpendi￿re in the SOCI Is dassffied by ref￿￿ce to the Colleges major
actfvidas, (l) Eduotion and (2>AccommodatiO￿ Catering 2nd Conferences. Incom4 direct and
Indlrect costs,and overtieads are allocated beN*Een these V*VO attivlties by a consistent proces5
approved by the audktors.The overall net acti￿￿ result is a deficlLwhich rdects the extent to
whlch unrestricted income is needed to enhance the scope and qU￿lty of academic provision to
College members, Particular￿ swdents.
In recent year3, the College¥ actNiry net deflclt h5 been onty Parti￿ty offset by endowment and
Investment incom& leadlng to an overall un￿tricted net deficSt bdore Inyestment gainsllosse
Last year Saw a considerable imprO￿t from posldorn recording a net unrestricted deficit
of £455k (£3,022k excludirE deprecHflcn £1,607k arrfj also exduding an excepti(￿al non-cash
provision of £960k relating to the USS P￿$10￿ scheme}.Thus on an undertying b2sls the deficlt
grew by c.£1.3m.
This year saw a 51i8ht improNEment from that FM)sition. recordlng a net un￿strICted 5urplw of £2k
(£3,648k excludlng depreclatlon £3,T70k and U&S upward adjustment £120k). Thus on an
undedylng basls the deficit narr￿ by c. £0.45
The differentr berAeen the Recommended Cambridge CollegeAccounts (FICCA) net
unrestricted surplus (as adjustEd aLM)ve) and the marmgement accounts su￿uS is..
Management accounts surplus £494k
Less.. USS adjustment £12Crf(
Add: Ann￿1 fund gtft tTinsfers £223k (see statement of changes in reserYe5)
Less,. Movements In unrestrlrted trust funds £595k
RCCA net unrestrltted surplus £2k
To asslst In improving the financlal transparency of the College's financial actlvitles,
considerable work has been undertaken to make improvements from budget management to
underscandlng College finances more widely, Includlng reviewing and rationalising its funds.
This will enable improvements In allocating resources and in decision-maklng.
C Educa(ion octi¥ity (notes l and 4)
Student fee income was £438k hlgher than in the pr￿louS y. A rlse In P05tgt7duate fees the
main driver here (up £270k), as the College continued with its long-standing su7tegy ofgrowlng r
29

posty2du2te wpulitic4). Fees for home swdents were up £54K wth fees for internatlonal
sthdents rising by £114k
The rate of recovery of Ed￿atiOn expendIW￿ tuition fees and ￿U0110nal income rose
from the 65% level in 2022 to 66% In 2023. Despite the fee cap continuing to erode the v￿ue of
fees in real ternis, thert was an increase in rA)stgrnduate and overseas undergradLll￿ fee income in
the year which more than offset the iKrease in expenditure.
Education exwditure was up by 8.& at £7.3m P022: £6.7m). UndethirE this ntsior dr￿e￿ were
sd)olanhips and aNwds (up by £0.3m) and educational facility costs up by £0. I m.
D. Accommodation, catering ond conftrence (notes 2 and 5)
The above notes show d￿1$ of the activlty which indLbJes Internatiorhal Summer Programmes:
Accommodation for College membe￿ net cost £3.4m (2022: £2.7m) alth¢)ugh
income increased by £O.&n, expenditure increased by £1.3m vthich includes maintenance,
domeso¢Jcleaning charges, generdl njnnlng costs and also tEnt of Swides Court from the
Unfversity.These costs Increased significanty too in respect of inflationary aspects sKh as
increased energy charges.
Catering for College memb￿%. net cost £ l. Im (2022: £ I m) has seen a steady
increase in costs due to the effett clfood Inflati[￿ but also in staff costs.
Conference athity: net cost £0. I m (2022: £0.2m) after attribution of COl￿e
overheads, the actyvity appears not to 8enerdte a sur￿uS but befo￿ indirect costs, the net
surplus is £0.2m
Girton Summer Programmes net surplus £0.3m (2022: £0.2m) gen&2tes a net
Surp1￿ after overhead attribution, due to the added value nature of the activity. It should be
noted that the rusult in 2022r23 acovity which lacked the regular in-person Summer
programmes.These returned in fijll durirg 5unTrr 2023 and thus will benefit the result in the
financial year 2023124.The activity in 202V23 was on4ine programmes which provided
a useful source d income vthlLst inyrson programrnes ￿re waused during the pandemic.
Buildings-rdated overhead and depreciation eXp￿iDjre is allocated to Educail*J), where It relates
to spaces with 2cademic use.The expendi￿tE ball￿e is allocated tr>Accommodation, Cawing and
Conferen¢¢g. Not￿thStanding the aFparart1055 on CCffiferen￿ actsvity in these accounts, the
depamnend management accounts show a F*JSiti¥e C￿tribution from conference activity to fixed
costs,
The recovery rntr in Accommodarion (totsl uicome in note 2 divided by total c<>sts in notr 5),was
60%12021. 63%).This has historldty been at or ar0￿d the 70% mark 50 i% currenty lower, rnain
due to the higher inflaoon borne by the College not Eerng mar£hed by inc(xne,This is also affected
by the attribution of costs, thich i% periodicalty.
Catering saw a recovery rnte of 52% (21J21.47%) thlch vrns a grndual Improvement over the
previous year.The College continues to aim to increase use of the catering provision by Girton
srudents. nNximising use whilst keeping prices at affordable levels. New senlor staff in the Caterlng
and ConfeTrnce area have been appointed and wll aim to condnue this improvement into 2023124.
30

E Spendoble donorion irKome
Unrestrltted donation IncM)e In the SOCI 15 £8k
F. Other costs
Other costs in the year relats to a one-off prlor year dep￿cl￿On charge of £1,822k (2021. NIL)
and USS net contributions over Servlce costs of £(12(*) P02Z' net cosrs £96Cl<).The depreciation
charge wa5 made to bring the College into line with its accounting policy. in that assets should be
depreciated for the first time in the financial year they are first brought into Use and over their
usefvl IlYes.Thls is a on&year atch up exe￿ISe and will not be repeated.
4. Review of reserves
Reserves Pdicy
( l } The College is a pennanent Institution and holds substantial charitable funds on trust
for a variety of purposes. The Council monltors the College's "free reserves"
calculated as total unrestritted funds le&$ fixed assets. since it does not regard the
operdtional estate as available for such a purpose. Nevertheless. there are funrtional
assets withln the operational property porrfolio which might at some stage be sold
or otherwise removed from the operational estate.
(2) The College requires free reserrfes:
{ l ) to underwrite the continuity of irs operdtions.
(2) to maintain equity betrween generations of members;
(3) to fund capital expendlture"
{4) ¢0 be able to respond to any urgent need for unplanned expenditure,,
{5) to fund any future increases In penslon reseryes; and
(6> to provide for wlndlng up costs in the event of a cessatlon of business.
(3) The Councll regards accumulated free reserves whlch ar05e from.,
{ l ) unrestricted spendable donatlons Sn the qulet perlod of A Grecrt Campaign and
certaln subsequent major donacions (£3.5m); and
(2) the proceed5 of sales of property (£23.4m)
as quasi-unrestricted permanent endowmen( invested alongslde other permanent
funds to provide an income for the College. Such free reserves designated as quasl-
unrestricted permanent endowment {quasl-UPEC) will be used only Sparingly and If
absolutely necessary to maintain continuity of operations and equity be￿een
gener4tions. but they are regarded as avallable for capital purposes such as further
Investment In the College's operatlonal estat
(4) The Council aims to fund the College's capltal expenditure requirements over the
next five years (currently budgeted at £8.1 m) from a comblnatlon of free reserves
31

(Including quasi-UPEC), donations and long term loan5. Of these sources, loan capital
will be used to fund capital expenditure capable of generating a return 2bove that
which may be delivered from the College's investment portfolio.
(5) The Council aims to retain a minimurn of one yearfs unrestritted expenditure before
depreciation and gross of any sources of known Income as free reserves (£16.Om).
(6) The Council monitors..
(l) the relationship between free reserves and the unrestricted fijnds net deficit
before Investrnent gains and losses in the Statement of Comprehenslve Income.
(2) the ratio of free reserves to the net deficit before depreciatlon and donatlons,
which It regards 35 a prudent measure of cash absorbed by operations.
Amount of reser
As at 30 June 2023 the College's free reserves were £28. Im (2022.. £30.1 m) and during the year
2022r23 annual unrestritted expend1oj￿ before depreciation was £16.(hn12022.. £14.5m).The
ratio of fite reserves tn unrestricted funds net deficit before investrnent gains and105ses was 7.2
(2021.10.4).
C Comparison with reserves policy
The College's free reserves remain compliant vitth the Council& ￿serveS policy,whTrch was most
recently reviewed in July 2023.
D. Longer tenn tren<ts (5 yeats)
The five-year budgeting exercise undertal<en this yw nwed out a sUitab￿arISked continuation (
the recovery trend tempered by expected ￿rther lnfiatior￿ry pre55ures acr055 our acdvities. Our
model, &long wid) the ￿t of Coll￿atr Cambridge, dces not offer signrficant scope to pass on
increased Costs, whith therefore requlros us to be Vi￿L￿t in respect of our cost base rfwe are to
continue to provtde the vthety of faclltile5 and thEnts whkh urKlerpln our world.class resldenthl
education.
Our plan nonetheless shows that the Col*e sh￿Id be rapable of achi￿1ng at or close to b￿ak-
even in cash terms over the next f￿t yws: sustainatrAe financing of this nature is a key enabler for
our agreed stratsgic plan and pThides an impormit ￿a$sUran￿ ofsound financDJ stewar&hlp for
current and Potenti￿ supportern of the College thrK)uth dc¥utions and legacies.
Student number5 for 2023n4 are bnxdty in line with the FThiOUS year* and our objectNe for the
short to medium tem) is to hold P05tgrnd￿tr numb￿3 at the current levd, with a strategic focus
on increasing the proportion of PhDs and thus CTEallrE a more coherent MCR wtth an Improved
expedents of ccmmunity.
R￿M occupancy, aw slithdy Vuln￿￿de fn sttKlent interniission& i8 high at c. 97A and it was
pleasing that Swirles C￿rt was busier during the summer of 2023 than it has been in previous
years, thanks to the comblnation of longer t￿w•cY Post8rdduate4 and some usage
by Summer Pro&Thnmes stsjdents.
32

We continue to see pleasinggrowth in the contrlbutlon made by the College's irwestment portfolio
under the spendlng Nle, albeit that growth from financial mad(ets remains subiect to considerable
uncer¢alntles resulting from geopolitic5 and the drficulry of dewmining whether the Impact of high
Interest rates in reduclng Snfiation will lead to a'soft landinl, or a poriod of economic downturn.
The Council has budgetsd for caEAttl expenditllre totslling £B.Im over the next five years.wth as
an Immediatr priority c. £79J( to be spent on the ￿tOratIon and renevral of Cloister Cour¢
Includlng the cor15tNction of a ten7ce outslde the S¢xlal hub.This sum may be reduced on the
basis of attrncting a level of dI￿or supporLv+ith the n•Y terrace represendng an atts*ive rAming
opportunty.
At the time ofwltyng the College is consulting internally on a major buildlng project the
poTrntlal construction of a new Court by 2029 proYiding150+ student bedroom5 a5 well as new
Fellow5, accommodatlon, guest rooms and neN high qU￿[ty public facilities. It is expected that the
advancement of these plans, If approve4 wll slgnfficandy Cl￿nge 5eveTrl elements V￿thin our
planned CapeK as we think about the repurposing of Seve￿ elements of the existing estate
alongside what wll be availthe in whatwe might build.INe expec¢ thac next year& report will
provide 5ignificantty greater detail on these ￿an$ and their impart for CaFex.
It Should be noted. however,that planned firrdncing for the new Court will be made up primarlty of
existing and new debt fadlitie&and a nnior d￿elOpment caMFAlg￿ rnther than drdwing heavily on
exlsdng reserves.
5. Going concern
A. Explanation of operating deflcitlsurplus
Thc College's overall finanaaj sustalnability has been transfomied over recent years by the growth
in the permanent endowment throughA Great Campaign and some e5trte restructuri￿ helped
as well by a decade of str￿g Investment retsJrn5. The latest fir)ancial year saw a continuation of
that and the College remalrLS at or ar￿nd the strtylgest Ilnanc￿l posldon It has been in.
For the 2022123 financial year the d￿at scood at (£3.9m>.On a cash bas15 (l.e. before depreciatlon
and unrestricted fund transactlons) the surplus was £0Sm,which ￿ declared as the management
accounts resulL
Et Is the goal of the College to remain at or around breakeyen in cash terms and on an unrertricted
basis.This me2ns thatwe are not relying on a diminishing pool of osh roserves to subsldise our
day-to-day operations, instead doployln8 our capital strateg￿al￿ on inyesljnents thich will over
tlme be accretlve to the Yalue of the College and Improve the experience of its communlty.
The CU￿ent economlc en￿ronment remains challewng wlth condnulng hlgh levels of Inllation and
risks to investment retums, 2nd the College rem￿n$ viglant in marHging its operations in this light.
We are makj'ng progress Y￿th regard to some malor str￿tur31 areas which have contyibuted to
prior deficits:
33

Occupancy levels at Swrles Court are impromns Fwticuwy in the summer months whith in
previous years have had slgnifit2nt numbers of voids.we continue to negotiate with the
unNersty as to liabillty attribution for the several major and costly dèficits whid) we have
addressed (and continue to address) rElated to the bulkli
Commercial operations are n(w badc up to full strength, though are ti￿ng some
imp)rtant steps in the strntegic planning and rrArogement of tho%e, supportÈd by the
recruitment of experienced professi￿alS within the Conferencing and Catering and the
Girtcn Sumrner Progrdmmes departsnent& In p3rticu&r we will be reviewing the structsjre of
event delNery In order to ensure this is constttent and prows-drNer4 and wtth a ￿eW
to freeing up resOU￿e in other dep3rtrnents is CU￿endY ovety occupied wtth eNtnt
managemenLWe will also be revIe￿Ing cost allootion b&￿en different types of commeKial
activty in order better to plan for mthmising the bottom-line contrlbudon to college finanw;
We are impromng the ts2nsparency of people planning as part of the annual budget cycle In
order to ensure that recruitment of at*Jrrional heads and promotlons. are fully aligned to thé
Colleges Strdtwc priorioe% includw)g the erkblirE priority of financral sustainthlity;
Our adjustsnent of our develownent foc￿$ should have the effert of Increasing the level of
contribution to annual spendin&whi15t ￿]11 striknng a balan￿ bthe￿ this and continuing to
strengthen the endowment
Cosh Flow Statement
We mix)itor cash flows regularly thmughout the year in order to ensure the College has sufficient
liquid funds at all times in onler to meet its need At 30 Njne 2023 the College's cash
stood at £1,7m, lower than the £3.1 m recorded at the end of the 2021122 financlal year.
C. Any fvnd or 5ubsNdiory in deficit
None of the (¢￿￿j¢￿ ￿ndS oftheATF were in defiat at the w end.
6. Plans for future periods
A Counul'5 future tyans
The Cdlege is a permanent instiwoon and an importsnt con51itMent of the tollegiaTr UnNersity ¢f
Cambridge.The Councll's pkns for the fve years includ
Continulng to implement tts new strategic pkn. vthich vfas fOrn￿d as a result of a ￿d￿ra￿ng
consultation intemal and eXt￿t￿ stakeholth.
Talang ￿rther steps towards the g031 of"inclusivE excellence" by a renewed focus on dryerslty
across a rnnge of metrics; and prowding srudents with the support and tools to achiele the
best possible educational outcom4 measured in tern￿ of acadanlc success and personal
Jilding the financkal support cfftred to studen¢ Indudlng. (i) continuing to raise fijnds to offer
I￿rsary supwrt to Under8rndLM￿ and portgndLMW (11) focused fundrnislng for PhD
students so as to be able to incrnse the pwortion of our postgraduates who are PhDs' (ill)
as far as possible WFthin the over￿1 kndget minimising the burden on stsjdents from rosId￿Ce
charges and other costs whlle delivering excellent f2ciIiti4
Improvlng the offer to Fellows (Eoth cfos and Lrros) In order to atttart and retain world-
class scholars at Girtori pay,1v￿ing condidons and benefits..
34

Jrther fofftrlng the wellbwng of all members of the College as an essentlaf basis for achieving
their full potential,wlthln the rE5identtal hither educatlon setdng that is a hallma￿ of the
Ilegrdts Universiv,
Improving the built environment thr￿h both large and $m￿l-scale ren¢)Yatlons and
redecoration& and d￿elOPIng and implementirE a decarbonisatlon plan that enables the
College to achleve Net Zero;
Taknng slgnificant further steps in estates Planni￿ including adyancing plans to bulld a potential
new Court on the College's main Site, containing a MtXW￿ of swdent room5, Fellow5. offices
and accomrnodation, and public are4 induding poontially an audr(orium. At the same ￿me
revIe￿nE alternative models for Swrtes Court in the fijthre accommodatlon provislon of the
Colleg
Wor4ong ¢0 achleve improvements to the opernong performance of the College, includlng
maMng more effective use of InforniationTechnology in order to increase efficiency and, over
tlme, deliver pern)anent improvements to the cost b
Jrther maximising the Cdlege's commercial reveNe by taking a f(L￿Sed and Coryordinated
approath to g￿￿n8 Girton Summer PrDgTrmrnes ar￿ the conferencing buslnos¥
Continuous ImproVem￿ts to govemarKe avraymenty induding a revlew and ref¢Thiation of
the Siatutes:
B. Five year mlling budget
The Council has adopted a five year rolling budget for 202V23 to 2027r28. The revenue budget
includes operatyng Income and eXpendi￿r& the proportion of tota5 retum dl¢)wed by the
College's lon*trrm spendlng rule, depreciation. Interest 2nd donation5. It does not indude
Investment 83lnsllosses retalned as Unapp1￿ tofal re￿rn (see Note 17 to the Accounts},
8ainsllosses on disposal of frxed assefy gaI￿O55e5 on rev￿uatiOn of fixed assets, nor acwarSal
gainsllosses In respect of pension schem
C Capitol expendIW￿ Programme
2023124
Clolster Court renoyatlon Ineludlng 0 terrace outside the Social Hub, laying a
thway from Mare's Run to the Lodge and improved I￿tIng
Completion of redecordtjon of Old Han
Proposed new Ilghting scheme In Chapel
Rene￿￿ble ene
enerntion rBview
teration5 within the KStchen and Servery
Redecorndon of Tower Wlng {though unlikely tA) be full refurbishmcnt)
PotentSal Im
rovements to Stanl Ubrn
Tower Plant Room strlp and refit
Decarbonisation works
Further wlng refut*ishmeTrt (to be confflrmed)
Decarbonisation works
Decarbonisatlon works
2024125
2025126
2026127
2027128
It should be noted that th&se budgeted works for the ouQr years are provislonal at thls point and
11 require further internal review and stgn-off - including wth reference to pr￿ling financbal
condrtlons- before proceeding.
35

The Capex plan does not yet include any costs associated with the design and constructi¢Jn of a
new Court. On the basis that the College proceed5 with thi5 ￿ further informaljon will be
included In the next Annual Report and ACC￿nts
D. In*att on free reserves
Both the net {deficit)Isurplus bdore deprecktion and exceptional income and any Otal
expenditure will ultimatdy be fvnded by a coMbin￿jOn of free reserves and long-temi loans
available for CaF4tal expendI￿re. The impart over fve year3 of the 2023 revenue and CapEx
budgets is as set out below.
OOO'S
2023124 2024fL5 2025126
2026127
2027128
S year total
2023 final CapEx budget
2023 flnal I&E budget
(2,159)
(264)
11.885) {1.155)
1144}
(1,96S)
55
(9551
83
(8,-119)
(244)
Impact on free
{I423) .11029) (1.129) (1.910) _
(872)
(8.363)
7. Risk management
Acknowledgement of tn￿tee responsibility
Members of the College Council as trustees haye ultlmate responsibility for ensuring that risk
is rnanaged satisfactorily within the College.
Overview of risk identification. ossessment and monitoring prrKess
Risks are identifled in the College Risk R￿ster which is a detailed document produced some
years ago. During 2017118, the College Council agreed to take a different approach to
Identifying rlsk. It was agreed that a new Corporate Risk Regster would be devised, focusslng
on risks to delivering the College's Strat￿C Academic Plan. while the major committees of
the College would be responsible for compiling and maintaining operational rfsk reglsters,
feeding upwards to Council and the Corporate lknsk Regtster as required.
Capltal projects undertaken withln College are sublert to detalled local risk registers by
Individual project managers.
C. Review ond assessment of moior iisks ond confirmation ofcontrols
Council considered the major risks to whKh the College is exposed in 2022123 and satisfied itself
then that systems were in ￿ace in order to rnanage those risks.The main categories of operational
sk for the College are:
a) Admissions
b) Compliance
c) Employment
d) Flnancial and accountlng
e) Fire
Fundlng and higher education policy
36

g) Governance
h) Health & Safety
Investment
Properry maintenance and management
k) Reputation
Student experience
As set out above, a Corporate Risk Register is under developmen( which will link risk to the
College's Strategic Academic Plan.
D. Identified risks and uncertointies outside the College's control
The persistent high level of inflation remains a risk to cost budgeting across salaries.
procuremenL utilities etc. though ic is to be hoped that the recent reducing trend may
continue.
The College's ability to pass on higher costs to students by way of increased pricing for
accommodation and catering is highly constrained, and there is no prospect of an increase in
fee income. Indeed. the risk to fees appears to be firn)ly on the downside.
The College depends for the maintaining the value of its portfolio in real terms on a reasonable
performince from global financial markets. These currently represent a further risk given the
significant geopolitical uncertainues and in particular the risk of a widening of the conflict which
has started between Israel and Hama5. added to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine
(amongst other issues). It also remains to be seen whether efforts to manage inflation through
high interest rates will lead to a 'soft landinl. or will cause a recession across developed
economie5.
Whilst the College's commercial activiry ha5 bounded back strongly, it remains highly
exposed to Girton Summer Progrnmme business generated from visltor5 from a single
country. Should any those participanrs be prevented from attending, for example due ¢0
political or health developments preventing travel, then the negative impact on the current
business mix would be very significanL Efforts are currently being undertaken to diversÉfy the
range and nature of busines5 within the College5 commercial acllviues.
Trustees. review
Council reviewed the arrangements for managing risk in 2023124 during consideration of its
annual governance report.
On behalf of the Council
Dr Elisabeth Kendall
The Mistress
30 November 2023
37

Independent Audltors, Report to the Augmented Council of Girton College
Year Ended 30 June 2023
Opinion
We have iudlted the financlal statements of Girton College (the 'College) for the year ended
30 June 2023 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income and Expendlture, the
Statement of Changes in Reserves. the Balance SheeE the Cash Flow Statement and notes to
the fininclal 5tatemenc5, including a summary of signrficant accounting policies, The financial
reporting framework that has been applied Sn their preparation 15 applicable law and United
Kingdorn Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financlal
Reportlng Standard appllcable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (Unitsd Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accouncing Practyce).
In our opinlon, the financial statrments:
give a true and fair view of the state of the College's affalrs as at 30 June 2023 and of its
Incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance United Kingdom Genernlly Accepted
Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance wlth the requlrements of the Charit]e5 Act 201 l and
the Statutes of the Universlty of Cambridge.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with InTrrnaoonal Standards on Audltin8 {UK) (ISAS
(UK)) and appllcable law, Our responslbllities under those Stsndards are further described in
the Auditors. responslbilities for the audlt of the financial statements section of our reporL
We are independent of the College in accordance with the ethical requirements that are
releyant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial
Reporting Council's Ethical Standard, and we have fuffilled our other ethlcal responsibiSitles in
accordance with these requlrements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obttlned is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclus•ons relatlng to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustee5' use of the golng
concern basis Qf accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is approprlate.
Based on the work we have performed. we have not identrfied any material uncertainties
relating to events or conditions tha4 individually or collective￿, may cast significant doubt on
the College'5 ability to continue as a golng concem for a period of at least ￿e1Ve months from
when the financial Statements are authorfsed for Issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are
described in the relevant secdons of this reporL
38

Other information
The Augmented Councll are responsible for the other inforniatlon. The other informavon
comprises the Informatlon included In the Annual Report other than the financial statements
and our audl¢ors' report thereon. Our opinion on the financlal statements d(xs not cover the
other Information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stsced In our reporL we do
not express any forni of a55urnnce concluslon thereon.
In connettlon with our audit of the financlal statements, our responsibillty is to read the other
InformatJon and. in doing so, conslderwhether the other information is materlally Inconslstent
wlth the financial statements or our knowledge obtsined In the course of the audiL or
otherwlse appears to be materially misstated. If we Identify such materlal inconsirtencies or
apparent materlal mis5tstements, we are required to detsrmine whether there is a rnacerlal
misstatement in the financial statements or a materlal mlsstatement of the other Information.
If, based on the work we have perfornied, we conclude that there is a materlal mlsstatement
of thls other infonnarlon, we are requlred to report that fa
We have nothing to report in thls regard.
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Statutes of the University of
Cambridge
In our opinlon based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
The contribution due from the College to the University has been computed as advised
in the provisional assessment by the Unryersity of Cambridge and in accordance with
the proYlslon5 of Statute G.11. of the University of Cambridge.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the College and Its environment obtalned
In the course of the audiL we have not identlfied material misstatements in the Report of the
Council.
We haye nothing to report in respect of the following matters In relation to which the
Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 require us to report to you If, In our
opinion:
sufficlent accounting records have not been kepL or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records: or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audlt.
Responslbilities of the Augmented Councll
As explalned more fully in the responslbilides of the Augmented Councll statement set out on
page 7, the Augmentsd Council and are responsible for the preparatlon of the financial
statements and for belng satisfied that they give a true and falr view. and for such Internal
39

control as the Augmented Council determine is necessary to enable the prepiration of
financial statements that are free from material mlsstatemenE whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Augmented Council are responsible for assessing the
College's abili(y to continue as a going concern. disclosing, a5 applicable, matters related to
going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Truscees eithcr
intend to liquldate the College or to cease operations, or have no re￿istiC alternative bLrt to
do so.
Auditors, responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectiyes are to obtsin reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as
3 whole are free from material misstatemen¢ whether due co fraud or error, and to issue an
Auditors, report that Includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurnnce.
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK) will always detect
a material misstatement when it exists. Missotements can arise from fraud or error and are
considered material if, individually or In the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to
Inffluence the economic decisions of users tsken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with law5 and regulations. We
design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outiined abov@ to detect material
misstatements In respect of irregularities, includlng fraud. The extent to which our procedurÈs
are capable of deterting irregularities, including fraud is detailed belovr.
Our approach to Identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respecc of
irregularities, Includlng fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, as follows:
the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collecuvely had the
appropriate competence, capabili¢ies and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance
with applicable laws and regulations;
we Identifled the laws and regulatlons applicable to the College through discussions
with Trustees and other managemen¢ and from our knowledge and experience of the
educatlon sector;
we obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the
College and how the College15 complying wlth that framework.,
we obtained an understanding of the College's policies and procedures on compliance
with laws and regulations. including documentation of any instances of non-compliance;
we idendfled whith lavts and regulatlons were slgnlficant In the context of the College,
The Laws and regulations we considered in this context were Charities Act 201 I, the
Statutes of the Universiry of Cambridge and taxaoon legislation. We ￿seSSed the
required compliance with these laws and rwilations as part of our audit procedures
on the related financlal statement items;
in addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a
direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which mlght be
fundamental to the College's and the Group's ability to opernte or to avoid materlal
penatty; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and
the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audiL

We assessed the 5usceptlblllty of the College's financial ststements to materlal mlsstatemen(
Including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
maklng enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptlbllity
to fraud. their knowledge of actual, suspetted and alleged fraud; and
consldering the internal controls in place to midgate risks of fraud and non-compllance
wlth laws and regulation5.
To address the rlsk of frdud through management bias and override of controls. we:
testrd journal entries to Identify unusual transattton5'
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made In deterniining the accounting
esomates set out In the accounting policy were indicative of potential bias. and
Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual trnnsactions.
In response to the r15k of irregularitles and non<ompllance wlth law5 and regulations. we
deslgned procedures which included, but Y￿re not limited to:
agreelng financlal statement disclosures to undertying supporUng documentatlon;
reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enqulrlng of management as to actual and potential litigation and claim5; and
reviewlng correspondence with relevant regulators and the College's legal advisors.
There are Inherent Ilmltations in our audlt procedures described above. The more removed
that laws and regulatlon5 are from financi￿ transactions. the less Ilkely It 15 that we would
become aware of non-compliance. Audldng standards also limit the audit procedures requlred
to identify non-compliance with laws and regulauons to enquiry of the directors and other
management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, If any.
Material misstatements that arlse due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise
from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A fijrther description of our responsibllitjes for the audir of the financlal statements Is located
on the Financial Reporting Council's website aL vhvw.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilties, Thls
descrlptlon forms part of our auditors, reporL
Use of our report
Thls report is made solely to the College's Augmented Councll as a body, in accordance with
College's statutes. the Sotutes of the University of Cambridge and the Charltles Act 2011 ,
Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Augmented Council those
matters we are required to state to them in an Audltors, Report and for no other purpose.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone
other than the College and the College's Augmented Council as a body, for our audit work,
for this report or for the opinions we have formed.

PETERS ELWORTHY & MOORE
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Salisbury House
Station Road
Cambridge
CBI 2LA
Date.. 7 December 2023
Peters Elworthy & Moore is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of sectlon 1212 of the
Companies Act 2006.
42

Statement of Principal Accounting Pollcles
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provislons of the Statutes
of the College and of the University of Cambridge, uslng the Recommended Cambridge
College Accounts (RCCA) forniar and applicable United Klngdom Accounting Standards,
includlng Flnancial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) and the Statement of Recommended
Prnttlce (SORP): Accountlng for Further and Higher Educatlon issued in 2019.
The Statement of Comprehensive Income and Expendiwre Includes activlty analy515 in order
to demonstrate that all fee Income is spent for educational purposes. The analysis required by
the SORP is set out In note 6.
The College is a public benefit entity and therefore ha5 applied the relevant public benefrt
requirement of the applicable UK la￿￿ and accounting standards.
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared under the hlstorical cost convention, modified in
respect of the treairnent of investments, whlch are included at vdluatlon.
Golng concern
The Trus¢ees have prepared forecasts for the period to 2027 which have been stress tested
based on a "worst case" outcome in several respects and have considered the impact upon
the College and Its cash resources and unrestrictsd reserves. The College manages its cost
base prudently, including a measured approach co maintenance, capex and re5erYes, In order
to combat the reduction in revenues and to extend financi2J headroom. The College also
ha5 slgnificant inyestynents'which could be reallsed ff required.
Based upon their review the Trustees believe that the College will have Sufficient resources
to meet its Ilablllties as they Fall due for the foreseeable future and therefore have contSnued
to adopt the golng concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
43

Girton College - Year Ended 30 June 2023
Recognition of income
Academic fees
Acidemic fees are recognised In the period to which they relate and include all fe
chargeable to students or their sponsors. The costs of any fees Yttived or wrltten off by the
College are included as expenditure.
Gmnt IrKome
sources) are recognised within Statunent OfC￿enS￿e ]r￿Ome 2nd Exwdrure the
Col+ is entidej to the inc<xne and rdatsd condhijns been
IncLxne in a(fva￿e of pthiMKe ￿lated coThJityons ig ddentd on the balan￿ sheet and
rdeased to the Statement of COMPrd￿$1ve Inccme aTrJ Exp￿￿lti1￿ h line with such condrtions
being met
Donations ond endowments
Non excFHnge transactions y￿thoUt perfornwKe reiated conditions are donations and endowment
Donatiorts and endowments with &)nor•inpL%ed restrtcdons are recO￿lsed ￿￿thin the StateMe￿t of
Comprehensive IrKome and &FEThJjtU￿ the Cdlege is entided to the income. Income is
retained within ￿ti7Cted wrves until suth time tlut it is udltstyj In line Ylth suth ￿iCtionS at
which polnt the income Is released to generdl reseThE5 throLEh a reserve tTrnS￿r.
Donadons and endowments with restrictices are clas5rfTred as rE5tiicted additional
disclosure wided thin the rb)tes to the accouni
There are four main types of donations and endowments with restrictions:
l. Restricted donations
the donor has specified that the donation must be used for a
particular objective.
2. Unrestricted permanent endowments- the donor has specified that the fund is to be
permanendy invested to generate an income stream for the general benefit of the
College.
3. Restricted expendable endowments- the donor has specified a particular objecove
and the College can convert the donated sum into income.
4. Restricted pernianent endowments- the donor has specified that the fund is to be
permanendy invested to generate an income stream to be applied to a particular
objective.
Donadons wlth no rthttions are recorded within the Statement cl Comprehensive Income and
Expenditure when the College is ￿titjed to the Income.,

Glrton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Investment Income and chunge in volue of investment assets
Investment income and change in Ydlue of investment assets is recorded in income in the
year in which it arises and as elther re5tr1tted or unrestricted income according to the
terms or other restrictions applied to the indivldual endowment fund.
Totol retum
The College IrNe5ts1ts endowmert pothllo and allocated the related eamlngs for expenditure in
accordance with the totsl retum concepLThe spending policy is specifically designed to srablllse
annual spending I￿e15 and to preserve the real value of the endown￿t por60llo over tlme.The
College spending rule perniits the transfer for the academic year of no more than 3.5% of the 3-
year rolling welghted average of the balance of the fund as at 30 June (to increase to 3.8% from
2023124). The College operates a unitisedAmalgamatedTrust Fund (ATF) scheme for the collectyye
Investment of endowment funds, under whith the trdnsfer ts perniitted by the spending rule Is
converted Into a provrnta dSstribution of the fijn
Other income
Income Is receNed from a range of actNioes IncludlngAccommocFatiO￿ Catering C<)nferences
(includlng Summer Programmes) and other s¥￿ceS ￿ndered.
Combridge Scheme
In 2022123, payment of the caM￿ldge &Jrsaries to eli&Lle stsjdencs was made di• by the
Student Loans Company (SLq. As a consequen¥ the College ￿1MbUrSed the SLC for the fijll
amount paid to their eligible Sttjdents and the College subsequently ￿1ved a contslbutlon finm
the Universtty of Cambridge tO￿7rd$ thls payment
The net payment of £215k is shown wthin the SOCI as follo
2022123
£'ooo
206
421
2021r22
Income (see note l)
Expenditure
366
Foreign currency translation
Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange ruling
at the date of the transactlons. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign
currencies are trnnslated into sterllng at year end rate5 or, where there is forward forelgn
exchange contrac( at contract rntes. The resulting exchange dlfferences are dealt wlth in the
determinatlon of the comprehen5Ne income and expenditure for the flnanclal year.
Fixed assets
Lond and buildings
Fixed assets are staTrd at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment
losses. Operatlonal property a55ets that had been revalued to fair value on 30 June 2014, the
date of transltion to SORP, are measured on the basis of deemed cost, being the revalued
amount at the date of that revaltraiion.
45

Glrton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Where parts of a flxed asset have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate
Items of fixed assets.
Costs incurred in relation to land and buildlngs after initial purchase or con5trUCtion, and
prior to valuation, are capitalised to the extent that they increase the expected future
benefits to the College.
Freehold12nd is not depreciated as it is consldered to have an Indefinite useful life. Freehold
buildings are depreciatsd on a straight-line basis over their eXPeC￿d useful lives as follows,.
Buildlngs
Sports Facilities
Outbuildingslworkshops
63-99 years
67-99 years
I IH6 years
Fit-outs
M&E services
5-34 years
10-40 years
Leasehold land is depreciated over the Ilfe of the lease up to a maximum of 50 years.
Bulldings under construction are valued at COSL based on the value of archttects, certificates
and other direct costs incurred. They are not depreciated until they are brought into use.
Land held speclfically for development investment and subsequenc sale is included in current
assets at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
The cost of additions to operatlonai property shown in the balance sheet includes the cost
of land. Furniture, fittings and equipment cosong less than £5k per individual item or group
of related I￿rn$ is written off in the year of acquisition. All other assets are capitalised and
depreCia￿d over their expected useful lrfe as follows:
Furniture and fittings
Equipment
20% per annum
20% per annum
Leased assets
Leases in which the College assumes substantially all the rlsks and reV￿rdS of ownershlp of
che leased asset are classified as finance leases. Leased assets acquired by way of finance
leases are stated at an amount equal to the lower of their fair value and the present value of
the mlnimurn lease payments at inception of the lease. less accumulated depreciation and less
accumulated impairment losses. Lease payments are accounted for as described below.
Minlmum lease payments are apporrioned between the finance charge and the reduction of
the outstanding liability. The finance charge is allocated to each perlod durlng the lease term
so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Costs in respect of operating leases are charged on a 5traight-line basis over the lease temi.
Any lease premlums or incentives are spread over the Minimum lease terni.

Girton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Heritage assets
Rare books, silver, works of art and other assets not related to educatlon are valued at the
insured value. Assets deemed to be inalienable are not Included In the balance sheet. Items
of antlque furnlture and Silver have been valued by Che)Tins. Auctioneers and Valuers.
Investments
xed asset investments are Included in the balance sheet at fair Value, except for Ir)vestments in
subsidlary undertskings which are stated in the College's b31ance sheet at cost and eliminated on
cork%olidation. Investments tFut are not listed on a ￿o￿lSed stock exchange are carried at
hlstnrical cost less ary provision for impalrment in their ￿ue1n￿rket value.
Stocks
Stock5 are stated ac the lower of cost and net realisable Yalue after Ma￿ng provlslon for
slow movlng and obsolete Items.
Provisions
Prowsions are recognlsed vthen the Col￿ge has a pres¥rt legal or constNctNe obligation as a
resu￿ of a pase even¢ it Is probable that a transfer of economic beneffits wll be required to settle
the obli8ation and a rellable estimate can be made of the amwnt of the obligarion.
Conilngent liabllltles and assets
A contingent Ilability arises from a past event that gives the College a p055ible obligatlon
whose existence wlll only be confirmed by the occurrence or otherwise of uncertain future
events. not wholly wlthin the control of the Colleg& Contingent liabilities also arlse In
circumstances where a provlsion would otherwse be made but either it Is not probable that
an outhow of resources wlll be required, or the amount of the obligation cannot be
measured reliably.
A cOntin￿t asset arises vknere an taken place that glves the Colw a posslble asset
whose existence will On￿ be confirnied by the occurraKe or otherwise of uncertain fijture eV￿ts
not wholly ￿thin the cortrol of the Cotleg
Contingent assets and liabilities are not recogni5ed in the balance sheet but are dlsclosed In
the notes.
Financlal Instruments
The College has elected to adopt Secoons I l and 12 of FRS 102 In respect of the
recognitlon, measurement and disclosure of financial instruments. Financial assets and
liabilitles are recognlsed when the College becomes parry to the contractual prov151on of the
Instrumen¢ and they are classified according to the substance of the contractual
arrangements entered into.
A financlal asset and a financlal liabilty are offset only when there Is a legally enforceable
right to set off the recogni5ed amounts and an Intention either to settle on a net basis, or to
realise the asset and settle the Ilablllty simultaneously.
47

Girton College - Year Ended 30 lune 2023
Financial assets
Basic financial assets Include trade and other receivables, Cash and cash equivalents and
investrnents in commercial paper (l.e. deposits and bonds). These assets are initially
recognised at trarffjaction price unless the arrangement con5titute5 a financing transaction,
where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a
rnarket rate of Interest. Such assets are subsequentty c2rried at amortised cost using the
effettive interest ra￿ method. Flnancial assets are a$5essed for indicators of impairment at
each reporring da￿. If there is objective evidence of ImpairmenL an Impairment loss is
recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost the impairment1055 is the dlfference between
the carrying amount of the asset and the present value of the estimated future cash flows,
discounted at the asset's original effective interest rat
Other financial L8sets, including investments in equity instruments, which are not subsidiaries
or joint ventures, are inidally measured at fair value which is typically the transattion price.
Those assets are subsequendy carried at fair value 2nd changes in falr value 2t tho reportlng
date are recognL%ed in the Ststement of Comprehensive Income. Where the investment in
equity instrumenrs is not publicly traded and where the falr value cannot be reliably
measured, the assets are measured at cost les5 impalrmenL Inve5tmenrs In property or
ocher physical assets do not constitute a financial instrument and are not included.
Financial assets are de-recognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the
asset expire or are setded or 5ubstsntially all of the r15k5 and rewards of ownershlp are
transferred to another party.
Financial Liabilities
Basic financi￿ liabilities include trade and other payables, bank loans and intergroup loans.
These liabiliti￿ are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement
constitutes a financing transactlon, where the debt instrument is measured at the present
value of the future payments discounted at a rnad(et nte of intere5L Debt Instruments are
subsequendy carried at amortised cost using the effective incerest rate method.
Fees paid on the establishment of loan facilitles are recognised as tr2nsaction costs of the
loan to the extent that it is probable that some or all of the facllity wlll be drawn down.
Trade payables are obllgatlons to pay for goods or services that have been acquired In the
ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current
liabllltles If payment is due wlthin one year or less. If nol they are presented as non-current
liabilities. Trdde payables are recognised initlalty at transaction price and subsequently
measured at amortised cost using the effettive interest t7te method.
Derivatives, including foThvard foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial
instruments. Derivative5 are Initi￿lY recognised at f￿r value on the dats the deriyative
contract is entered into and are subsequendy re4neasured at their fair value at the reportlng
date. Changes in the *air value of derivatives are recogni5ed In the Statement of

Girton College-year Ended 30June 2023
Comprehenslye Income in flnance costs or flnance income as appropriate. unless they are
Included In a hedglng arrangemenL
To the extent that the College enters into forward foreign exchange contracts which remaln
unsettled at the reportlng date the fair Ydlue of the contrncts is reviewed ar thac date. The
Inicial falr value is measured as the transaction price on the date of Inceptlon of the
contracts. Subsequent valuatlons are considered on the basis of the for%Yard rates for those
unsettled contraccs at the reporting date. The College does not apply any hedge accountlng
In respect of forward foreign exchange contrncts held to manage cash flow exposure5 of
forecast tran5action$ denomlnated in foreign currencies.
Financial liablllties are de-rec0￿15ed when the liability is dlscharged, cancelled, or expires.
Taxatlon
The College is a reglstered tharity {number 1137541) and a150 a charrty wthin the meanlng of
SectJon 467 of the CorporationTaxAct 2010.Accordingty, the College is exempt from tr￿tIOn in
respect of Income or capical galns re￿Ned wthin the categories covered by 5edon5 478 to 488 of
the CorporddonTaxArt 2010 or Section 256 of theTaxation of Chargeable Gains Act1992 to the
extent that such income or g￿n$ are aFplled to eXcluSfve￿ dmritable purposes.
The College recelves no slmllar exemption in respect ofWueAddedTaK
Contribution under Statute G.11
The College Is liable to be assessed for Contribution under the prov151ons of Statute G.11 of
the University of Cambridge. Contribution is used to fund grants to colleges from the
Colleges Fund. The liabllity for the year Is as advised to the College by the Universiry b35ed
on an assessable amount derived from the value of the College's assets as at the end of the
prevlou5 financial year.
Penslon costs
The College parclclpates in Unlver5ttles Superannuxtlon Scheme. Wlth effect from I
October 2016. the scheme changed from a defined benefl¢ only penslon scheme to a hybrid
penslon scheme, providing defined beneflts (for all members). a5 well as defined contribution
benefits. The assets of the scheme are held in a separnre trustee-admlnistered fund. Because
of the mutual nature of the scheme, the assets are not attrlbuted to indlvidual institutions
and a scheme-wide contrlbution rate is set The insdtiJtion is therefore exposed to actuarial
risks associated with other institudon5' employees and is unable to identify its share of the
underlying assets and Ilablllties of the scheme on a con5iStent and reasonable basis. As
requlred by Section 28 of FRS 102 "Employee benefits", the institutlon therefore accounts
for the scheme as If It were a wholly defined contrlbution scheme. As a resul¢ the amount
charged to thc profit and loss account represents the contrlbutlons payable to the scheme.
Since the Institudon has entered into an agreement (the Recovery Plan) that determines how
each employer withln the scheme wlll fund the overall defici¢ the Institution recognlses a
Ilability for the contributions payable that arise from the agreement (to the extent that they
relate to the deficlt) and therefore an expense is recognised.
49

Girton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
The College also partlcipates in the Cambridge Colleges Federated Pension Scheme
(CCFPS), a defined benefit scheme which is externally funded and contrarted out of the
State Second Pension (S2P). The assets of the Scheme are held in a separate trustee
administered fund. The funds are valued every three years by a professionally qualified
Independent actU2ry using the projected unit method, the rates of contribution payable being
determined by the trustees on the advice of the actuary. In the intervening years. the acruary
reviews the progress of the schemes. Pension costs are assessed in accordance with the
advice of the actuary, based on the latest actuarial Valuation of the Scheme, and are
accountsd for on the basis of charging the cost of providing pensiorns over the period during
whlch the institution benefits from the employees, services.
The College also offers MeMbe￿hIP of NOW: Pernsions, a defined contribution pension scheme,
for non-academic staff and the pension charge rePreS￿ts the amounts payable by the College to
the scheme in respett ofthe ern￿oyeeS, during the year.
Employment benefits
Short term employment benefits such as salaries and compensated absences are recognised
as an expense in the year in which the employees render service to the College. Any unused
benefits are accrued and measured as the additional amount the College expects to pay as a
result of the unused entitlemenL
Reserves
Reserves are allocated be￿een restricted and unrestricted reserves. Endowment reserves
include balances which, in respect of endovfflient to the College, are held as permanent
funds. whlch the College must hold to perpetuity.
Restritted reserves include balances in respecc of which the donor has designated a specific
purpose and therefore the College is restricted in the use of these funds.
Critical Accountlng Estimates and Judgements
The preparation of the College's accounts requires management to make judgements,
estimates and aSsump￿0nS that affect the application of accounting policies and reported
amounts of assets and liabllities, income and expenses. These judgements, estimates and
associated assumptions are based on historlcd experience and other fictors, Including
expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the relatsd actual rosults.
Management consider the areas set out below to be those where critical accounting
judgements have been applied and the resulting estimates and assumpdons may lead to
adjustments to che future carrying amounts of assets and liabllities.
Income recognicion - Judgemert is applied in determining the value and timing of cercain
income items to be recognised in the accounts. Thls includes determining when performance
related conditlons have been met and determining the appropriate recognltlon timlng for
donations, bequests and legacies. In general, the later are reco8nised when at the probate
stsge.
50

Glrton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Useful Ilyes of property. plant and equipment- Property. plant and equipment represent a
slgniflcant proportion of the College's total assets. Therefore. the estimated useful lives can
have a slgnificant impact on the depreciation charged and the College's reported
performance. Useful Ilves are determined a¢ the time the asset Is acqulred and revlewed
regularly for approprlateness. The lives are based on historical experiences with similar
assets, professional advice and antlclpation of future events. Details of the carrying values of
property, plant and equlpment are shown in note 8.
Recoverability of debtors - The provision for doubtfijl debts is based on the College's
estimate of the expected recoverability of those debts. Assumptions are made based on the
level of debtors whlch have defaulted historicalty, coupled with current economic
knowledge. The proYi5ion 15 based on the current situatlon of the customer, the age proflle
of the debt and the nature of the amount due.
Retlrement benefit obligation5 - The cost of defined benefit pension plans, and other post-
employment benefits are deterniined using actuarial valuauons. The actuarial valuatlon
Involves making assumptions about discount rates, fijture salary Increases. mortallty rates
and future penslon Increases. Due to the complexlty of the valuation. the underlying
assumptions and the long-term nature of these plans. such estimates are subject to slgnlficant
uncertalnty. Further detslls are wven in note 23.
Management are satisfied that Universities Superannuatton Scheme meets the definition of a
multi-employer scheme and has therefore recognised the discounted fair value of the
contractual contributions under the funding plan In ex15tence at the date of approvlng the
accounts.
A5 the College Is contracrually bound to make deficit recovery payments to USS. this is
recognised a5 a liability on the balance sheeL The provision is currently based on the USS
deficlt recovery plan agreed after the 2020 artuarlal valuation. which defines the deficit
payment required as a percentage of future salaries until 2023. These contribution5 wlll be
reassessed within each triennial valuation of the scheme. The provlsion is based on
management's esdmate of expected future salary inflation. changes in staff numbers and the
prevalling rate of discounL Further details are set out in note 23.
51

29.{k .1
11
11

Glrton Q)Ilege-Year Ended 30June 2023
Statement of thanges in Reserves
Year Ended 30th June 2023
2023
RestrlctÈd
Funds
2023
Endowment
Funds
Unrestrlrted
Funds
Total
Funds
Reconclllatlon of funds:
Balance at tstjuly 2022
(Def icitl/Surplus f rom Income & Expendlture statement
Release of restricted capitsl funds
Transfer between reserves
Adjustment to prior year net assets
4553
1527)
69,727
3,118
IT3,826
13.597)
{223T
14T
75
{01
{41
Total fvnds canled forward
4,174
172,816
Statement of Changes in Reserves
Year Ended 30th June 2022
2022
Endowment
Funds
2022
Total
Funds
Unrestrlcted
Funds
Re5trfrted
Funds
Reconallation of lund5:
Balance at tstjuly 2021
Su rpluslldeficitl from Income & Expenditure ststement
Release of restricted capltal funds
Trdn5fer between reseryes
1234
116891
3,971
6,741
172,946
11
{231
Totsl funds carrled forward
4553
173,826
The notes on Poges 56 to 74 fon77 Part of these accounts
53

Girton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Balance sheet
Year Ended 30th June 2023
2023
2022
Non Curnent Assets
Flxed assets
HeritaÈe Assets
Investments
67,643
6.144
119.759
69,403
6,103
114,328
Totol Non Current Assets
189,834
Current A5$et5-
Storks
Trade & Other recelvables
C3sh & Cash equivalent
io
li
3.456
L7CO
6.171
3.085
Tot£Tlcurrentossets
5.219
Uabllltle5:
Creditors.. amounts falling due wlthin one year
14.3501
13.23n
Netcurrentossets
TotslA55ets le55 currentliabdith￿s
CrpdTtors.' amounts falling due after rnore than one year- Loan5
Credltors.. amounts falling due after more than one yÈaf - Other5
115.9731
11,1751
116,1221
11.C621
TotsiLong ferm Liubittite
17,184
Netassets excludlng penslon liublllty
177.267
178.715
Prov151ons
Pensiofi Provi510ris
14
14.4511
14,8891
Totoi netossets
17Z816
The fund$ ofthe ¢harity-
Restrlcted RESen￿S
Incoffle & Expenditurp Reserve5- Endowment
Income & Expenolture Reserves- RestrÉtted
71920
4.174
69,727
4,553
16
TotalRestrKtedfvnds
74.280
UnrestrfrtedResewves
Income & Expendlture ReseNe5- Unrestritte
95,722
Totul UnrestrKtedfunds
Total Reserves
171816
173.8Z6
The financial 5taternents were approved by the Au8mented Coundl on 28th November 2023 and signed on its behalf bv..
Dr Ellsabeth Kendall Mlstress. Glrton College
James AndeTson- Bursar. Girton College
The notes on Poges 56 to 74 form part of these accounts
54

Glrton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Cash flow statement
Year Ended 30th June 2023
2023
2022
Net Cash Inflow from Operating Actlvlties
Cash Flows from Investing activitles
Cash Flows from Capital Transattlons
Cash Flows from Financing Attlvities
18
19
19
20
2,951
1392}
13,801)
1143)
1,263
14101
13881
11381
fDecreose)/lncret75e in cash ondcosh equfvalent in the yeor
327
Cash and cash equlvalent at the beglnnlng of the year
G2sh and cash equlvalentatthe end of the year
Reconcillatlon of net cash flow to movement In net liquid assets
IDecrea5e)/lncrease i n Cash i n the Year
Movement in LongTerm Loans
Net change in Cash
11,3851
143
1,242
327
138
465
Net Cash/Borrowlng broughtforword
(13,1￿1)
(13.645}
Net cash/borrowlng canied forward
24
114,4221
13.1801
The not￿ on pages 56 to 74 form Part of these accourts
55

Girton College- Year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
l. Academic Fees and Charges
2023
2022
College Fees
Fee Income received at the regulated undergraduate rate
Fee Income re￿iVed at the unregulated undergraduate rate
Fee Income received at the postgraduate rate
2,149
655
2,095
541
1,210
Total Fees
Cambridge Bursaries income
Foundation Bursarles income
Otheracademic income
177
54
246
Total
4790
4331
2. Accommodation, Catering & Conference Income
2023
2022
Accommodailon
College members
Conferen￿5
4,755
270
4,196
295
4,491
5,025
Cateiing
College members
Conferences
3C6
221
International Summèrprogrammes
L012
535
Totsl
7,311
056
56

Glrton College-year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
3. Endowment and Investment Income
2023
3.a Analysls
Total retum recogni5ed i n Income & Expenditure account {3bl
3,956
3,882
3.b Summary of Total Return
IncomeAmm.'
Quoted securlties and (3sh
Total Incomefrom Investments
385
Guin5/1105sesJfrom endowmentussets
Quotes securities & cash
Loan interest payable
Investment management costs (see note 3cl
3,231
{3921
1241
12,3801
1410)
(in)
Total return forthe year
3,2(Xl
1078)
Total return transferred to Income & Expenditure account (see note 3a)
13,956}
13,882
Unappl led total return for the year included wlthin Income & expenditure
17561
3.c Investment management costs
Quoted & othersecurities &osh
24
172
Total Investment management costs
24
172
4. Educatlon Expendlture
2023
2022
Teachlng
Tutorial
Admlsslons
Research
Scholarships & Awards
Other educatlonal Facllltles
3,037
2,954
759
710
859
1,017
515
765
370
Totsl
7,267
6,678
57

Girton College~Year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
5. Accommodation, Catering & Conferences Expenditure
2023
2022
Accommodation
Col lege me mbers
Conferences
8,126
317
6,888
7,174
Catering
College members
Conferences
2,¢￿1
377
1,783
393
2,182
International Summer Programmes
743
359
Totsl
9,715
6. Analysls of Expenditure by Actlvlty
6.8 Analysls 012023 Expendlture
Staff Cosis
INote
Operatlng
E¥penses Depretlatlon
Total
Edu¢atlon INote 41
Attommodatlon Cate￿n￿& cOnferen￿S (Note 51
Investment mana8ernentCosts
Pension annual valuatlDn IUSSI
Addltlollal doprecIaUo￿ for prtor years
other costs
Contributlon under Statute G. 11
3,691
3.751
3.24S
331
1,617
7,267
11,654
416
11201
4822
1341
27
416
1341
Total
&bAnalyslsof 2022 Expendlture
Other
Staff Costs Operatlng
(Noten
Expenses Depred*lon
Totsl
Edutatlon (Note 41
Accommodatlon Caterlng & Conferen￿$ (Note 51
Investment management Costs
Penslon *nu*l Valuatlon (US51
Contrlt)utlon under Statuie G. 11
3,474
1931
S074
273
6,678
9.715
582
27
27
Total
781
S74
E)rpendlture Includes fundra151nE costs of £49*12(122£4th1- Thls expendlture exdude5 the cost of Alumnl relatlons
58

Girton College-year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
6.¢Audltors omuneratlon Included In Otheroperailng Expenses
2022
Audlt fees payable to the College's External Auditors- Current year
Other Fees payable to the College's Extemal Auditors
29
25
7. Staff costs
College Co]leee Non
Atademl
At•themlc
Total 1123
Totsl 21¥2
Salarfes
Natlonal Insurar
OtherPenslon costs Isee note 231
4011
422
5,245
505
l(K32
954
Totsl
78Z
. Ibl Staff Numbers
AvEf7<e Nth￿eT
Nubthrof
Fellow5
AverdKe NLunber2022
Nwnberof
Fellows
FTE
5tttllNumber
Ac8demlc
Non A￿demIC1FTE)
65
iii
Tolal
In
The Trumberof offleers and employee50f the c¢lle8e. Indudlj8He&1￿H0uSe. who reolved em￿Urnents1n the followln8range was..
2022
£￿v(￿l- £iiQ(KK)
fllqCVI- U2QLNX)
￿12q￿l. £IWL
fJqfJli. £14Q,(YJ)
o,(K)1- £150,tK
Total 2013
Total 2022
Dudn8theyear, rernuneratlon p*d toTrustee$ In 1helrca￿jtY as College Offi￿tswe￿..
671
Key m2na8emenl persDnnel are those personshavlngauthortty and responslbllity for pl￿01￿& dlrtdngand controllin8the xtlv5tles of the CollÈ8e.
These are deemed to ￿ Reserved Coundl members. The note above Indudes ag8reg*ed vemuneratlon pald to key rnaoagement personnel.
At the balar￿sheet date. there were $9membÈrs ￿the Auynentedcoundl. Durtngthe year, the ¥vÈrdge numbeireolvlnga remuneratlon w155
59

Girton College-year Ended 30lune 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
8a, Flxed Assets
I￿Le*e￿Id
Fun¥bJre
Fittiry&
4LUPft*nt
Freek4d
Iljl
Consirudkn
dlThg
Softwam Tota1121 Totsl bJZ2
Orfglnolcosts
As8tIluly￿2
201
B934
Tianslers
as3t￿June2Tr23
201
at lJuly2022
Ch8r8e lortheye¥
tlsposal inyÈar
17
218
1731
LflJ7
atYJJune2Ots
751
157
NetBQokVo￿¢
at￿JunÈ2D￿9
As ot30June2022
24,4X)
241
246
403
FrEehLddI￿d￿d ￿lId1￿￿4￿ereredUedbYGe[dd£¥eknJ4*$ osol￿J￿e JMTheprowUe5¥e ¥aluedat&preJ*edre￿d¢ement(OsL
The in￿red yalueolthelreeho1dbu¥dkn8Sat￿1yne 2D23w￿£l2It￿ I￿22£1(￿￿1.
8b, Herlt4e Assets
Baano asatlluly
14
Appredlbononrevoluthn
BalEKe a58t>JJuNe
144
ArnouTrtslortheCurrtntundwVfjusfviyeotswÈwtrsfvkn..
A(qulsltionspurthasEdvAtI 5PELif¥cdonationi
Arquisitlons wrtha5edwthC&lege funds
Totsl ¢ostofawulltlon$
Vaue of acqL15itionsbydonatlc
Totsl
60

Glrcon Qillege- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
9. Investments
23
2022
Balance at the beginnlng of the year
Addltlons
Dlsposals
Appreclatlon/lDepre¢latlonl on revaluatlon
IDeerèa5elllnuea5e In cash balance held by Fund Managers
114,328
14.466
19.8971
3,231
12.3691
117,988
105,584
Ill4.￿7)
1,669
Balance at the end of the year
U9.759
114.328
Represented by
Quoted Securltles- Equltles
other 5hare5
Alternatlve Investments
Cash held for relnvestment
43
14
118,787
915
14
110,988
3,284
Balance atthe end ofthÈ year
119.759
114,328
The College Is also the lolnt beneficiary wlth another organi5ation of a trust which owns a number of
propertie5 in Ealin8, West London. Rèntal income less expenses is divided equally between the
beneflciarles. When tenants vacate the propertles, they are 501d. and the proceeds of the 5ale5
Iless expenses) are divided equally between the benefiaaries. At 30June 2023, the Colle8e'5 share
i n the remalnlng propÈrty Is estimated to be about £3￿ {gros5): this amount Ss not Included wlthln
Investrnent assets.
10. Trade and other recelvables
2023
Members ofthe College
Other debtors
Accrued Donatlons
Prepayment &Accrued Income
161
360
2.543
392
113
114
5,162
Total
3,456
6,171
11. Cash and cash equlvalent
2022
Bank Deposlts
Current Account
Cash in hand
543
811
T￿al
700
61

Girron College- Year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
12. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Long term Loans
Student prepayments
Othe r Creditors
149
i(x)
4.101
143
i(KJ
2,994
Totsl
1237
13. Credltor5: arnounl$ falllng due after more than one year
oiher loans
Baftk Lo3n
Studentprepayments
973
L175
122
L062
Total
17,141
17J94
One oftho bank I￿siS dueftsrrepaTrThrtln 2(m9ataA¥edITrre￿traIQ of&54kTheQtr*rbarJkl￿S3rE rep￿able O%trap2￿od oflllo 12yearsat
f1xedlnterestrd￿s0f ￿tWee￿&z￿￿¢j5.40
Durlng201>14, the Cdle8e barMWed£lcthf￿rn Institutlonal lThvestDrslTraprfvate r4¥¢mentdonel￿IethVeI¥￿lt￿. othercolle6e5. athoughthe
Colley's loan i55ep3rwefrc¥n those ofthe other*The lo￿ are unseoJredar.drepay*edunn8the *rfTh1l￿3-Il538thyare atfix2dlnie,"est rdlesar
approx1matsly4.￿.
The table belcwlvesfurtherdetsllson hwthe loansc¢ntra#edtythÈC¢lleÈéwerÈarc4Junled for.
InterutsZOI&I¥{lne￿j
[￿E5￿￿ent
Portfoll
B&lanre as￿>>
(fy22
In￿r￿tr￿e % kp•inEntdate
Oparatlons
2Q)J Loan
Otherbarik loans
Bond
$4%
1265
XA¥
Totsl
14. Penslon Provlslon
USS
ovementsh yfor
Currentsorylcet05ts1ndudlNgUfelnsuran
Confrlbut￿Ofi$
OtherflnHnce costs
Aciuarial1055llgainl
1755
18711
179
123
12ni
B•lon¢Y •téndofy•w
62

Girton College-year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
15. Endowment Funds
Restricted net assets relating to endowments are as follows:
Restrirted Unrestricted
Pemianent
Peffl)anent
Endowment Endowment
Totsl 2023
Total 2022
Ballln￿ atbeglnnlng oAyear
Capital
Unspent Income
47,531
Uts6
69,727
66,741
47,531
U196
69,727
66,741
New donations and endowments
Transfer beiween reserves
Increase/lDecreasel in marketvalue of investment
141
3,&J7
5,953
1279)
12101
14891
12,99))
Balano atend of year
793
4127
72,910
69,727
Represented by:
Fellowship Funds
Scholarship Funds
Prize Funds
Hardshlp Funds
Bu￿arY Funds
Travel Grdnt Fund5
Other Funds
General Endowments
,405
8,847
2,545
103
27,950
8,950
1,291
I,￿7
10,718
27,985
8,771
1,297
L459
10,E
424
112
22
3,3LX)
15,498
7,931
447
6,271
15,915
6,354
Total
793
21127
72,920
69,727
Anatysis by asset
Investments
5),793
22,127
72,920
69,727
63

Glrton Collège- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
16. Restricted reserves
R@sèNes wlth restrictions are as follows..
PemMnent
spertand
other Re5trfcted
re5trtcted expend*le Ca￿1 Grants
In¢ome endowmert
unspent
Total 2023
Tota12022
Bahm￿atbe￿I￿￿l￿9Ott yeor
Cipital
Accumulated income
2,249
L875
4115
2,240
2,313
4,S53
422
422
16
16
3,971
New grants
New donatlons
Otherincome
Cambridge BJrsary Stherne
Foundatlon Bursarles inco
Endowment retum trdnsferred
IncreasellDecrea5el in m3rketvalue of Investment
2n
271
16
206
142
177
L782
ILCQI
Expendlture
Capitsl grants ufjlised
12,f4JU
12191
12,8361
I1,2￿)
Translerbetween reseNes
145
1231
Balan￿ atend of ye
Capitsl
Accumulated Income
Totsl
3,￿5
2,240
2,313
4,553
4,174
Represented by..
Fellowshlp Funds
SchOla￿hIp Funds
PriEe Funds
ardship Funds
8ursary Fund$
Travel Grant Funds
otherFuNd5
General Endowments
L615
621
201
1,816
621
183
327
717
327
n7
258
TJ7
61
24
24
21
Total
4174
4,SSI
AnJlys1s bya$5et
Investments
4,174
4,553

Glrton College-year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
17. Mernorandum of Unapplied Total Return
ZOZ3
2022
Unapplied total return at be8innlng of year
Unapplled total return in the yearlnote 3bl
34,898
17561
40.858
15.9601
Unapplled totsl retum at end of year
34142
34.898
18. Reconci1Satlon of consolidated deficit for the year to net cashflowfrom operatlng artivlties
2023
2022
OpemtlngArtlvltles
Operatln8 IDeficitllSurplus
A(lJustment to prloryear
Depreaatlon
Provlsions
Pension costs le55 contrfbutions payable
In￿eaSe)1Decrea5e In Stocks
DecTeaselllncre85el in Debtors
Increasè/lDeuea5el in Credltors
14,5351
14Y
3,770
1237
11681
1161
2,738
l220
1,607
161
11,7621
692
Adjustmentlorlnvestlng orFlnundnqPthltl¢f
Investment Income
Investment Costs
Interest Payable
14471
24
392
18841
172
382
Net Cash Inflowlloutllowl fmm OpefttlngAcllvltles
1951
19. Cash Flow from Investlng Artivities and CapStal Transactions
2023
202Z
other Investment Income
Investment ¢har8e5
Interest pald
13927
1410
Net Cash <￿tfloW111nflOwfrorn InYe5tlnB Actlvttles
1392)
14101
Cosh Flowlrom Cupltul Transacdons
Payment to acquire TanBlble Flxed Assets
Paymentto acqulre Heritage Assets
Paymentto a¢quire Inve5tmentA55ets
i(noi
1141
IL777T
12,4091
2.021
Net Cash (￿tIl0w111nf1QwfrOMc￿Itrl Tr4nsadli¥n5
{3,8011
65

Girton College-year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
20. Cash flow from financing activities
2022
Long Term Loans repaid
11431
11381
Net Cash (Outflowllinflow from Financing activities
1143)
(￿8
21. Capital commitments
2022
Commitments contrarted for at 30 June
470
326
22. Lease obligations
2022
Commitments contmrtedforat30June
Expiring wlthln one year
Expiring between two and five years
Expirfng in over f ive years
1,922
7,764
52,221
7,687
54,135
66

Girton College-year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
23 Pension schemes
The coll￿e parricipates In three defined benefit 5themes and one defined contribudon scheme. The defined benefit
schemes are the Universiry Supernnnuation Stheme (USS), the Cambrldge Colleges Federnted Pension Scheme and
the Church of EngIand Funded Penslon Stheme (CEFPS>. The defiried C¢)ntribution scheme is NOW: Pensions.
The costs recognlsed in the Income & Expenditure account for the year were:
Scheme
2023
2022
£000
371
516
145
USS
CCFPS
Now Penslons
405
373
176
Total
954
1,032
Universlty Superannuation Scheme
De1￿1t recovery babilty
The totsl cost charged to the Statement of Comprehensrye Income account is £405k (2022: £371 k).
Deficlt recovery conthbutions due within one year for the instltution are £126k (2022.. £1 l Ok).
The latest avallable complete ac¢uarial valuation of the Retlrement Income Bullder is as at 31 March 2020
(the valuation date). and was car.ried out using the projetted unit method. Since the Instltutlon cannot Identkfy
its share of USS Retirement Income Builder (defined benefit) assets and liabilltles, the followlng disclosures
reflect those relevant for those assets and liabililles as a whol
The 2020 valuation was the slxth valuation for the scheme under the scheme-specific funding regime
Introduced by the Penslons Att 2004, which requires schemes to have sufficlent and approprlate assets to
cover their technical proyisions, Atthe Yaluation da￿, the Ydlue ofthe assets ofthe scheme was £66.5 billion
and the value of the scheme'5 technical provislons was £80.6 billion indicaong a shortfall of £14,1 billion and
a funding ratio of 83%.
The key flnancial assumpdons used in the 2020 Yaluatlon are described below. More derall is set out in the
Statement of Funding Principles (uss.co.uklabout-uslvaluation-and-fundingJststement-of-funding-prlnclples).
CPI ossumption
Term dependent 17tes in line with the d￿erence between the Flxed Interest
and Index Linked yield curves le5S:
l. l % p.& to 2030, reduclng linearly by O. l % p.a. to a long-term dlfference of
0.1% p.& from 2040
Pensvon increases
CPI a55umption plus 0.05%
(subjert to o floor of 0%)
67

Girton College- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
Discount rate (forword rntes) Fixed interest gilt yield curve plus:
Pre-retiremenL 2.75% p
Post retirement 1.00% p.&
The maln demographic assumptions used relate to the mortality assumptlons. These assumptions are based
on analysis of the scheme's experience carried out as part of the 2020 actyjarial valuation. The mortality
assumptions used in these figures are as follows:
2020 valuation
Mortality base tsble
101% of S2PMA"light" for males and 95% of S3PFA for females
Future improvements to mortallty CMI 2019 with a smoothing parnmeter of 7.5. an initial addition of 0.5%
p,a. and a long-terni improvement rate of 1.8% pa for males and 1.6%
pa for females
The current life expectancies on retirement at age 65 are:
2023
24.0
2022
23.9
25.5
25.9
27.3
Males currently aged 65 (years)
Females currendy aged 65 (years)
Males currently aged 45 (years)
Females currently aged 45 (years)
27.4
A new deficit recovery plan was put in place as tyart of the 2020 valuation, vthlch requires payment of 6.2%
of salarles over the period l April 2022 until 31 March 2024, at Ythich point the rate will incre2se to 6.3%.
The 2022 deficit recovery liability refiects this plan. The liability figures have been produced using the
following assumptions:
2023
2022
5.52%
3.31%
3.00% 3.1))%
Dlscount rate
Penslonable salary growth
Cambridge Colleges, Federated Penslon Scheme
The College operates a defined benefits plan for the College's employees of the Cambridge Colleges,
Federated Pension Schem&
The liabilities of the plan have been olculated, at 30 June 2023. for the purposes of FRS102 using a valuatlon
system designed for the MinLgement Committee, acting as Tru5tre of the Cambridge Colleges,
68

Girton Colle8e-Yeir Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
Federated Pension Scheme, but allowlng for the different assumptions required under FRS102 and takirvd
fully Into consideratlon changes In the plan benefit structure and membership since that date.
The prlncip21 actuarial as5umptlorns at the bajance sheet date were as follows:
Discount rate
3.80
Increase in salaries
3,25
RPI assum
tlon
3.4¢J
3.45*
CPI assumptlon
2.8
2.75*
Penslon Sncreases in
ayment
RPI Max 5% p.a.)
3.3ts*
3.31>*
Pen51on Increases in
ent
CPI Max 2.5%
2.05*
2.05*
¥¢For l year only, we have assumed that RPI will be I l % and CPI wlll be 7% {2022: 11 % and 9% respectively).
The caps under the Rules are applled to assumed pension Increases.
5.20
The underlying mortality a55umprion Is based upon the standard table l(nown as S3PA on a year of birth
usage with CMI_2022 futsjre Improvement factors and a long-term rate of future improvement of1.25Yo per
annum, a standard smoothing factor (7.0) and no allowance for additlonal Improvements (2022.. S3PA with
CMI 2021 ￿tUre Improvement factors and a long-term future improvement rdte of 1.25% per annum, a
standard smoothing factor (7.0) and no allowance for additional improvements). This results in the following
life expecrancies:
Male age 65 now has a Ilfe expectancy of 21.4 year5 (previously 21.9 years).
Female age 65 now a life expectancy of 23.9 years (previously 24.3 years).
Male age 45 now and retiring In 20 years has a lrfe expectancy of 22.6 years (prevlously 23.2 years).
Fem21e age 45 now and retiring In 20 years ha5 a life expectancy of 25.3 years (previously 25.7 years).
Members are assumed to retlre at their norn)al retirement age (65) apart from In the following Indicated
cases:
Active Members- Option l Benefits
Deferred Members- O tion l Benefits
64
63
62
Allowance ha5 been made at retirement for non-retired members to commute part of their pension for a
lump sum on the basis of the current commutation factors in these calculation5.
The amounts recognisod In the Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2023 {with comparntive flgurtss as at
30 June 2022) are as follows.,
Present value of lan liabilltles
Market value of plan assets
Net defined beneflt assetl(liabllity}
14,516,108
11,698,718
(2,817,390)
{16,856,938
13,664,732
13,192,206)
69

Girton College - Year Ended 30 lune 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
The amounts to be recognised in Profit and Loss for the year ending 30 June 2023 (with comparatlve figures
for the year ending 3Q June 2022) are as follows:
Current servlee cost
Administrative expenses
Interest on net defined benefit {Isset)IliabiliCY
209,516
30,369
121455
393.451
30,369
115,004
Curtailment
Total
ain
loss
361340
538,824
Changes in the present value of the plan liabiliues for the year ending 30 June 2023 {with comparative figures
for the year ending 30June 2022) are as follows".
Present value of lan liabilities at beginning of
Current service cost
Employee contributlcns
Benefits paid
Interest on plan liabilities
Actuarial
ins
Ilosses
-(Gain>lloss on plan than
Curtallment
1105S
Present Yalue of lan liabillties at end of period
riod
16,856,938
209,516
68,273
660,695
633,136
1591,060
22,691,866
393,451
82,311
918,050
404,476
5,797.116
14,516.108
16,856,938
Changes in the fair value of the plan assets for the year endlng 30 June 2022 (with comparative figures for
the year endlng 30June 2021) are as foll0v￿..
--i.o•liJsj
Marl<et Value of lan assets at beginning of period
Contrlbution5
ald by the College
ee contributions
13,664,732
466,619
68.273
(660,695
43,392
510,681
2,307,500
11,698,718
16,331,807
510,454
82,311
918,050
40,163
289,472
2,591,099
13,664,732
Administrative exienses
Interest on plan assets
Return on assets, less interest Included In Profit & Loss
Market yalue of plan assets at end of period
Actual return on
lan assets
(1,796,819
,301,62
The major cate8orle$ of plan assets for the year ending 30 June 2023 (wtth Comparative figures for the year
ending 30 June 2022) are as follows:
70

Girton College-year Ended 30June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
uities
Bonds & Cash
Pro
Total
52%
34%
14% 1
loo%
13%
loo%
The plan has no investments in property occupled by, assets used by or financial instruments issued by the
College.
Analysis of the remeasurement of the net defined benefit liablllty recognised in Other Comprehenslve
Income (OCI) for the year endlng 30 June 2023 (with comparative figures for the year endlng 30 June 2022)
are as follows..
Return on assets, less interest included In Profit & Loss
Ex ected less actual lan ex
nses
erienCe￿in$ and losses arlsing on
lan liabilities
Changes in assumptions underlying the present value of plan
(2,307.500
13,023
1,193.333
3,784.393
. J2.591,099
9,794)
1,359,849
7,156,965
Remeasurement of net defined benefit liability recogni5ed in
oci
270,537
3.196,223
Movement in net defined benefit assetl(liability) during the year ending 30 June 2023 (with comparative
figures for the year ending 30 June 2022) are as follows:
Net defined benefit assetl
Recognised in Profit and Loss
Contributions
aid b the Colle
Remeasurement of net defined benefit Ilability recognlsed in
oci
Net defined benefit assetl{liability) at end of year
atbe
innin
ear
3,192.206
362,340)
466,619
270,537
6.360,059
538,824
510,454
3,196,223
(2.817.390)
(3,192,206)
Funding Pollcy
Actuarlal valuations are carried out every three years on behalf of the Management Commlttee, acting as the
Trustse of the Scheme, by a qualified independent actuary. The actuarial assumptions underlying the actuarial
valuatlon are dlfferent to those adopted under FRS 102.
The last such actuarial valuation was as at 31 March 2020. This showed that the plan's assets were insufficlent
to cover the liabilities on the funding basis. A Recovery Plan has been agreed with the College, which
commlts the College to paying contrlbutions to fund the shortfall. These deficlt reduction contributlons are
incory)orated into the plan's Schedule of Contributions dated 21 May 2021 and are as follows..
71

Girton College-year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
Annual contrlbutions of not less than £226,570 per annum payable for the period from l July 2021
to 31 March 2030.
These payments are subject to review following the next funding valuatlon, due as at 31 March 2023.
The College operates a defined benefits plan for the College's employees of the Cambrldge Colleges,
Federated Penslon Scheme.
Defined Contributlon Pension Scheme.. NOW: Pensions
The College operates a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of certain employees, The scheme
and Its assets are held by independent mawers. The pension charge represents contrlbutions due from the
College amounting to £176k (2022.. £145k). of which £22k P022 £20k) was outstanding at the year end.
72

Glrton College- Year Ended 30 lune 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
24. Reconciliation and analysis of net debt
As at ljuly
NonCa5h As at30June
changes
2023
Air•
Cash Flow
Cash and cash equivalents
IL3851
1,7
Borrowlngs..
Amounts falllng due within one year
Unsecured loans
11431
143
11491
11491
Amounts falling due after more than one year
Unsecured loans
{16,1221
149
115,9T81
Tota
IL2421
(14,4
25. Financial Instruments
2022
Flnandal assets
Flnunciolo55ets atfalr vulue through Statementof
Other investmen15
110,670
Frnuncialassets tht7ture debtinstniments measured at
Cash and osh equivalents
Other debtors
2,615
521
6,743
227
Flnandal Ilabilitles
Flnanciolliobilitie5 measured otomorti5ed cort
Loans
Trade ueditors
Other ￿edItorS
116,1221
1517)
13,7291
116,2651
12,1861
73

Girton ￿lIege- Year Ended 30 June 2023
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 30 June 2023
26. Related Parties
Owlng to the nature of the College's operatlon5 and the composition of the College Coundl, It is
inevitable that transactions will tske place with organlsations In whith a College Council member may
have an interest. All transactions involving organisations in which a member of the College Council mav
have an Interest are conducted at arm's length and in a(rordance with the College's nom)al procedures.
The College maintains a register of interests for all College Council members and where any member
of the College Council has a rnaterial Interest in a College matter they are requlred to declare that fact.
Durl ng the year no fees or expenses were paid to Fellows in respect of their dutles as Tnjstees.
Fellows are remunerated for teachlng, research and other duties within the College. Fellows are billed
for any private catering. The Trustees remunerntion is overseen by the Remunerdtion Committee.
The salarles paid to Trustees in the year are summarised in the table below:
Fmm
2023 Number
2022 Number
£0
£iO,(K)i
£20,LX)I
£30,CX)I
£40,(K)i
£50,(X)I
£60,￿1
£io,(xr)
£20,(KK)
E30,¢X(I
£40,(XX)
£50,(MX)
£60,1XX)
£70,QJ)
11
E70,(K)I
£80,Wi
£90,(K)i
£icK),￿l
EllO.C(JI
£120,()JI
£130,IX)I
£80,(
E90,(kX)
EILX),LKX)
£iio.tm
£120,Ixx)
£130,C(
£140,(m
Totsl
The total Trustee salaries were £512k for the year12U22 £5(YJk)
The aggregate amount of other benefits, employer national Insuran￿ and employer pension
contri butlons paid or payable durlna the year was E15&12022: £162kl
27. Contingent Liabillties
With effect from 16 March 2(X)7. the University Superaftnuation Stheme IUSSI positioned itself as a
'qast man standinV scheme, so that in the event of an insolvency of any of the participatlng employers
In USS. the amount of any pension f unding shortfall Iwhlch (annot otherwlse be recovered) in respect
of that employer will be spread aCT05S the remaining partiapating employers.
74