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THE MALAYSIAN COMMONWEALTH STUDIES CENTRE IN CAMBRIDGE
UNAufMTED
TRUSTEEV REpoKf AIID FINANCIAL STATEMEK
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024

R•f•r•ne• al￿ lthlnl•lrallv• D•t•M• of th• ChMKy. kn TftK1t￿ •nd M¥lMrn
Trust•M' A•Bpon•lblllll•• 8tat•m•
Ind•wnd•nt ex•mln•rts R•ptyt
9-10
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REFERENCE ADMINISTRATNE DEfALS OF THE CH•AITY, IT8 TrUSTEES ADVISERS
FOR THE YEAR E14DED 31 JULY 2024
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THE m￿ysIAN COMIIONWEALTH STUDES CENTrE IN CAMBRIDGE
TrUSTEES' REPORT
FOR ThE YE￿ ENDED 31 JLLY 2024
Th8 Mala￿￿ cornrnn￿dth SI￿1￿8 Coth In CaThtsldp (MCSC) wa8 0glabf18h8d by TWBI D•od. dalod 30
Awtl 1995. with the Eirn ol fwtrwthg St￿11¥8. prmority in tho Urivarsty of C#rnknidg6 but 4180
0186wh•r• in cOwr•t￿n. *ppropii#t•. wilh olh8r trusts. Th8 Tn**gs hold Ihe funds raF8ed tr the Centre
lor applScaUon In act*ydgnce thg PLWP)s•s s¢1 ￿ In th8 Tn￿{
MCSC orf*alty •st￿l$he￿ a6 an oxwnpl U￿19r. S¢JvAdg 3(28) of th• Chaths
2011 on acc•)unt ol h rA)t¥*ction th*h LknIwr81tyol Cwbthlgo.
Educathjn De￿￿￿n￿nI Trust (CMEDT). the Fvwic• ￿mmIttee ol t1￿ Ur*Msty rec#)mmend￿ thal a
Iddl￿1n of trusts shwkl th pl￿. ThIB rnc4mmwd8lloA W88 un￿*M￿SIY wprov&d by the T￿￿tea$
ol bcth trnsts. On 1 August 201& the MCSC TfUSta89. togetrw wfjlh the Unfvuth, exa￿19d a Deod ol
P4nor#lmgnl of tho Trusl Deed Io *rter MCSC k> bo(¥)mo a Ghorfty rogiB*red with the Clwrity
Cornmis8icm rather thon •¥ an exryt d￿rIY undBr of tho UnThw•ty. Tr* Ob￿cl$ and pu￿
ol lh& wKh#ngwI. As ot 31 July 2024 ts foldw hos be￿ and the two Injsts
C4MUnue to report thelr frfwnclal results sep8fatsly. To dale. rn transler of a88ets Iw lakon plac0. and rK>
decknn has been taken r8garrlry vthen suth a 1rnI￿ mwt 0￿1r. CMEDT and MCSC (¥)rtiwe lo r•maln
Professor Jom Lrfflsdalg (Chgknnan TnA*I 21 Swefjnts2024
Ck Goth &ihMon (Cthimw TnKleo) 22 S•O0ftts 2024
l)ato' Hor#y Bad0# (DepJty Exevjuw Chdmian} 11 JLty2026
Jpremy Capmr 11 J￿Y 20a6
Th• Ch•rfty Cornmlmkn r•gi81or•d th• MCSC 08 • dwrly (RWatKm 11797241 on 29 AuguBt 2018.
MCSC'S bo89 is 0111 Mwlir*y Rogd. CwknKSag. Thi¥ wwerty rxryTW 8 d8tth*od fr08lLdd owned
ty th8 Yayason Pok Raf88h 8erdaft8f ar*1 18 100god tr) MCSC lor • pw>orcom rant,. th8 18ase has b8•n
féntrwed unUI 15 Marth 2QS. Th8 MCSC rernakn$ mo#t thè Yay8g&n Pok Ral•ah B•rdaftar for lh*
Ourfng 3)2>24. admklstrth 8•YOtwAI ats•ltsl•K8 Ixtho IKSC was Iho c￿tro.$ ba6& 8111
Roed.
most rases or held s￿lar in busi1888 or wofesslonal In8Wlulbns. S
Tru8ta8s 8ra18gding IlgLres trryn wlthln Ihe Unl¥orslty of Cambrfd99 115 Collggg& It15 Ihe pollcy of th? Tru81
that dl new TN8t••s shoLthd rec•fv• rnknu108 of m••ltrÈgs of TrLo188¥ and trwir Exeurtit
rec41¥0 8 ¢w of Trtrtt DDed aThJ •ry arnl mwje undor IL th81 they Should t
grnn Bn informal by officm •rKI Irfylknj tr) corlacl ts QwThan of tm Ex8cutkn Commlttee
furuw and bètter or wy Mat￿ a￿lI¥J after 9￿81ng b•c*gro￿d pfjparn. Further idBTrtified
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TRUSTÉES. REPORT{COMnMUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2V24
The lolltywlry 59rYed as offlr*J of MCSC Ilnandal ￿￿202$24.
Dgto. 0$ Tntstso 8Th*Dep4rty Execthv Chthnan. b98ed
olth• TN5tW8. t•r¥Ao ofdllws 11 ￿ly2028.
EX•cutI￿ C￿￿mIll•e
2024):
DIr￿l￿r{DI Ml Soa
DgIW Ex8rAth& Ch•kn￿ (D•k>' H￿ry
Tfeasww (Dr Nichol8s
tho EX￿tr￿ Ccffin*lo0 (eX(*uJi￿Ot I￿rKI or TAWS b8trffj detemilnedl
AGTivmES OF THE c￿RE MID DEVELO￿ DURING THE YEAR TO 31 JULY 2024
twjllty), in ¥Alh othar bfyJt•6 kn C•thJg8 ONI b&sty1d.
In PLv*Jt of th880 8kn8. tho C8ntro ¢kn¥ety tho Cambr*e Ed￿￿tth and Owelopnenl
Tm$l (CMEDT). Wh￿ krter88ts arn do8dyrtlated lo lho￿ olfv Cth.
Sludl•s' 8h811 ￿ d••ned to C•)w mallws. cl both &ad￿TrIc ènd str* IMM are d (x>ncom
Al¥lll•• alth• TAMt
The crfJrn rvrnlt Is to prom(kn Caryts¥fyJe'$ Maw aTrl. more txo•tly, the da¥eWTrJ
ImFKNt8nl
Tho Twsf¥ of eAx*MKIkn thlh I￿ Canthty klalapwn Ed￿1Th and DeveboFYnort
Tnjst ICMEDTI, h86 continued to be as thely as poss￿￿• gi￿ *lsiry from th8 ￿vId.
19 pwdami¢ oTh1 finarKial ¢(ffjtr•ir*. prOW￿M￿S vjrg:
Aff￿da￿a Ell￿1
(111 Mtlgatlon ol Clbfflale Changg armj Natsal Dlswlw¥
(li) Su8tainablg DthY1Lyn￿I arNI SmartVI8y8
Incom• allh• Tnmt
In ￿6P￿S0 ts a requttt put TN8t b thè MAIA>¥kn GowmThnt in 2020. the Go¥omment of m￿>*1￿
agreed to mgke addtk)nal contrt￿t0 CMEDT of£1m a }￿rKy thr•0 )*ws from 202&21. The Ilrst of th890
fthtrlbutlons was rnc8lv8d by CMEDT kn Fobnwy 2021. ond Ihg on 6 Jurn 2022. The contlltwtm
wo$ Tr￿*1¥8d try ￿lEDT shortly 8ftorth• 2022-23 Jw4nd. In 2￿24. CMEDT trwthrrnd £￿.Th)0 lo MGSC
hi Novwnber 2ry23.

TRUSTW REPORT (C011Tr4UEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDeD 31 JULY 2024
11 AFFORDA8LE EOUCATII
EnglJ•h L•nuuag• L••mlng, T•Khlng •r•d A••M•
A key rernit addr05wJ by (WKI ¢￿0T) 2010 t* help MolaW• th8 prollclorw d Ms
peopl•8 In tho Endknh Iwy¥•.
Aee•sslbl8 T•srfny System (¢ats s
The AcceBFlblo Te8thig SJo16m ¢•1¥ •top. ¢y8th1 ty the reweswkn an knnovati4• of
198mirYJ 8￿j assesslng fun¢lbn81 Ér64lsh. AmoTrJ Its c(ffe pwposos. the fjyBtem h86 been doshaned Io 0ft8b
PL* of varylng ablllles aNJ from difforenl tr) In EnLlish Ihrough a 81e
b*step procgs8. *llh 1ho1oam1￿ m81etsl bglry #n Intswal part ol $yst6m ah)ng wllh the a￿*SamentS. Th•
Th8 pl1r￿￿￿1 ex￿￿1￿￿0 t)n ¢•t• •tsp 20tr24 h9$ lJ•on sh•1 l>th8èn CMEDT MCSC. h the
mdn on thè dèvéknprnth d th• systém a vlthv to Ils derAownent kn other countslos, the particulw airn of
pronM)ttTha affordaN0 •d￿atr￿ lor disthn* 80￿¢￿5 of In the de¥dopkng
32 lJl[FIGA￿H OF CUIAAYE GHAIM% *JID NATURAL DISASTERS
D•nwn V•l*, and lh• E••t A•1• R•lnf4Y••t R••••r¢h P*b*rn￿I8EARRp
The ctytknulng SUPFQrt by •KSC aThJ CAEDT ft>r DBnum V*y. ts SEARRP. has be8n ￿111 in lmde￿I￿nh
thp lon*tom and data Col￿tiOn v55qnli81 in an •r• of ￿7 othrfmnmontal ¢haw8. In
Parti￿￿r Sgmlnal tt*ntrtwliM8 that SEARRP and V•W make to the dOW￿Men1 of con8eNallon
Links with C￿bridg0 r8rn*n intogral tr• fU￿rn ￿s. pwlKulaty the w)rtt of C8mbddga•bgs8d
Pmf8ssor John P>rfe. Is th> ol ih• SEARRP Bo*d of Tm81885 on ¥%thh Dats). Barlow,
of CMEDT. al￿
The 08labllshm8nl ol on (kn sden￿ TaL*nol(yJy. Since Ils launch kn 2013
nd8r th6 ￿de￿Ip of Profètsw Lord (Jul1￿) of Chestwton (• Trus1•• of CMEOT). to981￿r
ProfesBor Joy Perelra •160 o Tn&8tee of CMEDTI. tkn 1g•J8 UKM'S Souih-Ea8t Asla Ixsester Prov￿11
InlllaU¥e ISEADPRl>, tffjs ry•th18 Iwrknfthig irknmaknl netvmrk has fadllt8twJ and Ihe
ox¢hango of Inf{x￿th bgts•on rosearthw¥ on tho ￿lOn1￿C and tethnuw w8cl8 d clmato
From 118 b88& al S£￿R1￿jK11 TAth $upwl fmm b)St￿l￿n9 in the Comrnonweath and beyond.
ANCST ¢oordlr*tss s￿1 top* gr(￿p$ on thto and tec*nol¥y topl¢4 fjngagb￿ nx>blliBing
8ssocl•tgd
pwoJoctS Supp￿t8d byCMEDT and MCSC in rKent ygars *• a comrrnjnlty energy In Tanztha. a
rn1nl￿d In Ugwth, a prc48ct to frtyn thr spt•m$ In and around Neirobl, Kenya. 4
rnLt*i18 minKJiiJ proled In K•rFya. a Iwm 8SStorn kn rural off4Jrid 1onn•r8 in Uganda. aNI a mlnlgfhj
Frfc4wl In Lesolho. tyjrpleted Fffji•ds • bw>J8t coh141ore p￿eCI In Uganda. o remote
ac¢•g8-ltrheaithcare pW an off-whd lthogy wc4ocl kn TanzAnl4 a miniwid modelhig lor
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THE MALAYSIAN COMM(￿vE￿7N STUDES CEIITRE IN CAAWRIDGE
TrUSTEES' REPORT (CONnWEO}
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JLKY 2024
Malapts 8r#J Sc*wll•nd.
14 GOOD GOVERN*XCE MID ELECTOR•L DEMOCR￿V P4 IHE GOMMoII￿TN {AND BEYOND)
For ihe wst 20 yearn MCSC. bwethgr tmth CMEDT sirKe Ils esta)IkslThnL have plasffjd the key rde in
estoblisNrvJ WKI Ioadlry an 8nnu81 Cambr￿0 Confw0￿ a IDnJrn Chlef El•cbon
Commlsshjwrs and thosa whD18ad Él•clkn Mfjnagryil 8(NJleB in tho COMn￿￿)￿O8Ith {and bey￿￿) can m8
logethor lo 8Xd￿n08 Infam￿tIon aThJ Id￿ rA*y and dodlons whlch are a8
Ir•• a8 lalr as perrnlL
Ma￿￿u8 b•lw•èn 23.25 3)24, and 8 se(x)nd m••tlng In Cornbr￿0 1&20 July 2024. A pdWI
OThER ACTMTIES
A￿rdS In coll•borntlon wlth th• N•lwu Tru•t fw CaMiYidg• Unl¥w•lty ￿T¢v)
D¥rirvJ 20￿24 MCSC. in cdabryal¢)n wlth otrw Lvjtos. $￿p¢￿tad at Cantsldp Urthv￿ty Ph.D. 8ludents
{in EconL¥nkB L*MI Ewianryl and tw￿ 8trJdert¥ l&knJ the MBA Dggro9.
MCSC collabLYated St Cathatine's College 8upwi ol a PhD SI￿nI kn tknlopmenl Studte8 *tK+
W88 $UPF¢rt•d 8180 by • T￿kU Abdd R&lwMn SclKla* ai the ColegB.
PUBLK BEMEFrr
Th• 8lM)VO 0(XOWbts ollhe Tru8V$ 8th7ii8s tho P￿1¢ b•rofft othyj from oach FKogrnmm•.
Affordable gu*1n0b￿ dw•kn￿onl ICKMI sowly. th• m*aUon of dlmat• chango and natural
pr(yamrnes ofLTrg1 thl ￿ner￿ to pthlic.
Tho TnJ51888 aro 5atlsfi8d th8 a¢11¥1￿•$ ol t• Tru8L aB d08oknd in réwyt In th8 accomp*
accourts. arn enttr•ty for cttarfiawe purpoy8s and fi* m•8t thg bonenr rnqulrnmgrt ol the Charities Ad
2011. Thg ¢ffifmi that kny hrn rpfeTh￿I kn the in tho Ch•rity Comml$6lon'8
geMr•l gulden￿ publk bengnL
had been encowag•d ty G(yMmmont of rnko th88è
In rec4nl yws ts InJ81 hts rnlknd on frThn CIEDT b rwndn a plng ccrK•m. Tho Tru8f8 futwe
*J•r￿MIS eAttc4lly UkYJn addilN)n81 ineome. The po951￿lIty ol •(Yno form of nwar with CMEDT rery*ln$
for hrturo c¢nshd•rgtbn tythe Tnthes ol InJ8ts.
The Tnthes do Mt h8¥8 an etr￿1 an￿alM￿￿ pow os Suth. rnl>*Yd C￿ ts ￿ld•S adowad by Ihè lknl¥erdty
In r8sp8¢t oflts &M1oYnMnl FuThl and M&G in respect 01 (￿￿lIund.
Th• Trusteos havo 8weed to depkny th• tru￿& romaknkng on I￿thIr4gro￿J kAnl F¥ogrammo8. •$
88 ¢)n 8th1118¥ Taullgd by Twsloes WKI c4ythLtsJ oxckthety by MCSC lin th• mein, awards 8F*clf¢•ty f
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TRUSTEEV REPORT ICOMTIIWED)
FOR THE YEAR EI•)ED 31 JULY 2024
Fln•n¢lAI R•vl•w
Th• totsl th? yeor wde(131 Juty 2024 was £310,63312m43: £414,S331 Tha kxal expgndllure for
ltr* y*ar onded 31 Juty 2024 wag t538.497 {￿22-23. £404.462).
Th• Mt oxp•nthlw• forlho 31 th*2024 waB £227.864 (2022-23: n•1 IrK4yr* of £10.071).
Tho t088 ￿ r8volu&tloD ol ts IrN•8h7￿ts £3.121 (3)22.23. £6.980
The Mt mo%BmoM In •Jnth was a nat dgkll of £230.905 (2022.a" rntWrp1￿ of£3,091).
The tr)tsl a$8¢ts less11oblO•$ 0$ •t 31 £144.075 (20T243: £375.(ffAJ).
¢IO•IG CONCERN
The Twst'B d￿lIable aGIMUostW40 h&1 kn bo S(X)￿ 2023-24 unlil tho fKtwKaal posluon co￿1
become deerw. Th8 dcrt81kn ID CMEDT ty Mal•*n Gwommert Mi 2023 onaNed CMEDT *J
(ffitinuè to ÉUPt**t MCSC. thereby MCSC b pkn its on • gcAwonc•m IMsl8 lor 202&24. A
*nlficant c¢nbitsJlth from the Camtshd90 Educ￿0￿ l)8vel0i¥r￿t Trust Is antknpAtsd as a re8uIt of the
p4xcesBfiJl * by Its wlMJUTrowffted eAxnpany CAT$ Stsp Ltd of tho wduct CAT8 V•two devolopmgnl CMEDT
The In*t ha8 tolal legs liab*e¥ of£144.075 8$ at 31 W 202412023: £37S.(8)1.
RESERVE8 POLICY
Ai trk* fund5 of the Centre 8r• irNo*8d. tho pury)oJffi of th& Trust. kny
swnt w)mo in any hèkl ag#ktsi exw¢JttTh In lulure ￿ In th8 hope of avoldlng m
swlngs kn the1o¥d of aclmlks ol the from Jwr. The Trwt dogs not havè 8 spath pcAiGy lor that
18v81 of rese￿8 it thwld h(**. It 18 the pjky oftho Twsta8s that thè Twst sh>Jd spoTrJ moro thon Its
RISK MANAGEMW
satisfigd that the rnports tmy rec4pA al orotla lo a88w IhgBo ri*s. ond lo wl In h￿d
o tim¢ly basis arry ￿$Bary adk>n8 lrnalrty changos kn lh8 nwnbBr of awards offered from )*ar to )w and
•xpwdlbJfO cffl Ihe FwlrK*•l lo l•wthi ￿ •K•J them.
A risk wiater has been prepared arKI 18 WKler rvAow. Th• prtrdpal r18k ￿18$ to the unèxpec￿1
10s8 of kéy 8tsff. risk has been miligthd through tho dose ctYrnxk¥w *ffilch otst Iho Trust aThJ
84nk)r mwnberyJ of tho lthrs*y t￿0 SUF¢￿ work of the TnL4L Th8 other rlsk rnlatss to th?
posslble neèd kn thè Trnst to contrllxrta add*k)n￿ rethrca8 &) wr4K4s wlh CMEDT If ts onUc*a
addllSona fvndlng forCMEOT frorn Malay8ts Is Trjt forth¢xrfnhvJ.
There are curronty no other m•KY r*s *nlkM) ofth• T￿￿. Tru81oo ind8mnW Irww4nco Is In
placo, Iwther ¥•ith empW8 and Itladyty Ilab*y kn8uranco. PAhldlnp and r4)nlgrts kwranco IB In place
witrmn ts reGour￿6 oftTrki Tru6L
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TRUST￿￿ REPORT <CONTWUE
FOR THE YE￿ ENDED J1 JILY 2024
Draonlon J•)hn
¢halrm•n
Dalo: IS 2oLS
Paga 7

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE8' RESPON8IBILmvd
FOR THE YEAR 31 JULY 2024
The Try￿￿￿$ om r¢spon8fbi6 for FYep8rfng thè TpJ8teos' Rwi and IlnarKJal 8lat8ments tn gCCOTd8nco
8ppllc8ble Im¥ and Unhl StsndaTd5 {Unltod Genwally Ac¢epted A(tountkng
Thè law appllcfbl• to charilkns ¥1 a W818s wulrm lh• T￿¥t￿ lo woparo firwndal stat•m8nts for
eath finarthl g1￿ 8 Itu8 l* ol tho 8to1o of affairs of ih Chaiity and of its ItKomlw r980ur
d •ppllc•kn of reWWC￿ Irrfknlng 11$ WKI expènd￿1 rv. for tr￿t P8rlod. In preparing theso Iln8ndal
slatements. the Tru*•g r48 requhd tth.
obs6rrt th• mothods pr4Kfj486 oflhe SORP IFRS 102k
moke iudgrnents aTh1 ￿￿Ub￿g o51knoles tho1 rogson•blB aNI pnthnl
st8t• whèther Èpplltstde UK Aly>)￿(1ng S18Th1wds (FRS lir2) h*4è frkn*d. s￿leCt kn •ny matorf01
Charty wll I>)nIr￿ In
The Tru81808 are respo￿￿1• kook￿￿j •J•qLM* ac(w*rYJ to shthv expknin
Iho Charfty$ lrnn88fJloM 8nd disck>s• wlth fthwonaW8 at any time the firnnow po*lh)n ol the Charity
and enabb them to en8fft that Ihe slAtoM￿ts th• Charltl•s Act 2011. the tharlty
{A(￿nts and R•pJrts) Reguldions 2008 •ThJ Ihb of lh• TTr￿1 deed. They 8180 108pon￿j1e for
8af•guaTdlThJ the a8seis of the Char*y and for tskknJ rnÈsonaN8 steps the prevenlon ond dètèction of
Dr Gofdon John¥on
Chalrni
DAt&' IS 24*lS
Paga 8

INDEPENDE￿ EXAWM*'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ￿DED 31 JULY 2024
IPIDEPEMDENT EXAMINEifs IIEPORT TO ThE TRUSTEE8 OF THE MALAYSIAN
COMPAONWEALTH STUDIES CEIITRE W CAMBRIDGE {Ih• Ch•rftyl
I rtixyito thè dwrtty TIL￿￿ myoyan*th ol the Cl*ftf WKknJ 31 thty2024.
REsPONs￿lLfrlES AND BA818 OF REPORT
r•quIr￿￿ts d tho Cfvartkn 2011 2011 Pd).
I ropryl kn rnsporA of my6xaffth)•th)n crfthe Chwws 4Lx>xM*J (*thl txrt undorsoclion 145 oftho 2011 AGt 4nd
In carr￿9 out my ex￿￿1*)￿ I havg f(*yAvJ tho 8ppkale t*KIkn8 by th• Ctharfty Commisswn L￿der
sKlhJn 14515Xb) of th• 2011 Act
INTIEPENDENT EXA¥WEifs 8TATEIIENr
Slnct thè gn>ss Ir•xthe 8xc•gd•d f2SO.O(X) >Y)w mugt be ? mwnber of 8 body Ilsted In
Soclh)n 145 01 ts 2011 kL I conlkn) that l am q￿lI￿ed ts urthrt* tho WAamlnalkJn boC8U8e l om a mgmbfjr
of ICAEW. whth16 t)n8 oflh118W b(Ale¥.
Yowai*ntson Is to the lact that the Clth the A(xxwntlry
by Chorfltes: Sgtomont of Retsjmmènded PrndirA appk4blg b) wèpartnp Ihelr accouThtg In
occordance Nnancaal Raportlr¥J Stand8rd apF4I(xt￿o UK aNI Republk ot Irgtond (FRS 1021 In
prefwfjnr￿ to the and Rewtkng bycharftles: S1atemonl of R￿Qmmend¢d Pr8Ctk* 188ued ￿ 1
l L￿d¥s￿nd Ihat ha¥ been done In (Ydw fDr IM x<OL￿1$ to o trug ￿ f*r In a(Wdar￿ vmth
I havo (x>ryleted my examlnai*n. I c￿1￿7 thol ￿ mthrs havg ¢(xn? to my ali•ntim kn CWn8ctk￿ WAh thè
examlnaoon mo CW8• to bdiova thai in any Materi￿
acaxmtiw record• r•)t k•it kn 10SF*Ct Chwlly as fryifed 1*) of th9 2011 **L
tho aCC￿nts do not a(wrd Ih080 (Y
acc￿￿19 sol In th? Charltas1kn4Mxts Rowts) Rtyulallons 2LU ¢)•w Ihan any raqulrnment
ex8mln9tS0n.
I hav8 Tr) conc•ms have a(xo8s r#) mattws kn coM8ction ￿ lh• exènwnalk￿ lo which

ThE M￿Ays1￿N COIIMIJNW￿Tm CENTrE IN CAIIBRIDGE
INDEPE1￿ENr EXAMINEifs REPORT (CONTIMUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDKI 31 JLLY 2024
This r¢wt Is m8do 8oldy to Ch￿ty$ Tru8tM6. as a body, in oC¢tydan￿ *ith Part 4 of th8 Ch8rflla8
(Accounts aTrJ RepNts) Rylalw)ns 2￿. My hgs iwn wthrtaken so I mlgm stAts to thé Charwg
Trusloes thos8 mattets l Sm rewlr&l slat6 to th8m Indep￿dent Ex8mtrt8fs Report and for no other
purw8•. To thg lull8st extent pwftthj bylaw. l thi accept or asswng resp￿￿)1*Y to 0￿r Ihw tho
cha￿ty4nd Charity8 Trust•eg &y a iK¥ly. for CY ky tN8 repxt.
Nlkkl Loan
FG4
PETERS ELWORTHY & MOORE
Hou80
SIAt*>n Rood
c￿nbIl19e
CB1 2LA
Paga 10

THÉ m￿y$lAN CCWIIONbV￿TM sfuDIES CE•ITRE IN CAMBRIDGE
FOR YEAR EPa>ED 31 JULY 2024
Toial
fun
Toial
funds
2023
fund•
INCOME FROM:
D￿alKin6
kwestsnenls
o,ooo
lo,￿3
400,WO
14.533
10,633
TOTAL INCOME
310.633
J10.633
414J33
EXPENDITURE ON:
404.462
TOT￿ EXPENOITiIRE
538,497
404.462
NET (EXPENDITURE)miTh BEFORE NEr
LOSSE8 ON IIIVEsnAENTS
1227M4) 1227,804J
14121)
(1121)
10.071
(6.980)
NEf IAOVEMENT IN FUNDS
1230.9J¥
3.091
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:
T(Aal fixrfls forwwd
Not rn0¥om•Tht kn fLmds
37S06•
P3Q18SI
375,•00
1230,986)
371.969
3.091
TOTAL FUNDS c￿￿0 FORW*JID
144,075
144075
375.060
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THE MALAYSIAN COMIA0MWE￿TM 8TIXXES CellTRE IN CAAIBRIDGE
AS AT 31 JULY 2024
2023
FIXED A8SETS
Irwe5tments
11
132.132
CURRENT ASSETS
12
1•3
17W1
12.440
250.898
C89h al bank and kn harKI
17¢654
263.338
Credlth: am0￿ ¢kn i*ihkn (
13
579)
12LI.410)
14WS
242.W
TOTAL MEf ASSETS
114075
375.060
CHARrrY FUN08
375.060
TOTAL FUNDS
144075
37&1
Thè fmaN>81 $lat&Tr)8Ats wo¥&1 tyl1* Trnst•88 and 8iwJ on th•ir boFAII ty.
ra
Dr Gordon John•on
Chalfflwn
Date: IS &K>zs
Tho p•96¥ 13 k) 21 fom p•tol#w•
Pap12

NOTES TO THE FIIANCWL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
GENERAL VIFORAIATK)N
Th8 M8k8plen ComnTr)nweaNh Sttths C•nkn fn Camb* Is a Charftablo Tnjst r•gi8twed with th
Clwlty C￿nMISSh)ft CA E￿and and W*8. Tho lknarfal sltttwmnts aro pr¢prfjd u1￿$r thè hL8tortral
2.1 8A818 OF PREPARAYION OF FN4JKIAL 8TATEME14T8
Thè #i*ièm•rts wop8r•l kn wL¥JIdor￿ T*lh Iho Charfuts SORP (FRS 102) .
comlkng aThJ Reporlkng by Ch8filtes: StateM￿t of Rewnm•nd•J Pradce 8PFlICab￿ to th￿l￿e5
prepwlng tholr acL¥Junts In acrnrdarTh Y•Ath Re￿r￿9 StsTh4ard appl*abbB ￿ the UK
and RepvtAk ol (FRS 102) (affeGll¥e 1 20191 th8 FlnatKI81 R￿p￿ &and8r(l applcablB
In thè UK *)d Rep￿1¢ ol Ird•ThJ (FRS 102) •ThJ Iho (￿￿11￿$ kt 2011.
Ihè Chariltos (AcCo￿t3 and R•prKlsl R•gulotlon¥ 20LW orty to th• exknl r•qvKad to providè a
and l* th. Thi8 dyrture fdkming Ctiathes SORP {FRS 102) published In
Octobor 2019 rknr than Ihe and Rop￿thg ty C￿lItI&s. Statemont of Recommended
The Malasslan Cornmormwlh SI￿10$ Cwrfra In Canitrxklg• m8ats dotlnlllon of a publlc bonofft
•nUty uJ*gr FRS 1W2. A$3* and labMlloB wo ￿laKY N8tDrfGal (¥Jst c* tran￿tim
V8lu6 urkn otherwiae stal•d in tho r•l8vant arrAMItiNJ ￿￿cy.
2.2 GO￿G CONCEIIN
exceed the re80wce8 avalable. A ￿rfher £1m Irom the mala￿7￿ l>)¥8mment wa8 by CMEDT in
gu8t 2023: this furrtltyvJ w• the of MCSC. A fwlPw aFfAication lor SUFPOrt fr(xn the
Mala￿lan Govern￿1 18 in hand.
A *rAfiwt from fh& c￿1￿￿198 Edwtkn Tru8t18 anYdpat•d a8 e
Tesull Su￿0$8￿1 sah by Ws r>JnpAnyCAT$ Sigp Lld of the kyryknt CATS whos&
The TnJS1￿ arn confthnt lh8 Trnst hB5 8d8wte funds and res(wr¢es to o)nllnue
opera￿r￿4 81 b•st months frTrT* d•t• of thèsé fin#rKW and Is
oced lo manage bugln8s8 8UCt485fuMy. Ft¥ ra28orK tsy to ad¢Jpt the golng
2J ll4COAIE
ATr kncom• 55 rowgnknl on(x ts Ch*ty h•$ ￿MI•m￿l k) the income, It 18 probable that thè
b• •TrJ tho of rncelvablo C￿ be M￿Ured rnlith¥.
Pago13

FOR TIE YE￿ EPW 31 JiLY 20Z4
A￿OuNTrI0 POLlaE81¢ONThIIIED)
lo a thlttl paty. It Is prob8tAe thal a translw of ec¥yKrt bwmllls VAI ￿ requlred in 8•1118mgnt and
tho an￿Unt ol tho OLty1k￿ w b• rellably. Ewndtlm is da8*f￿J by •cbvlty. Th• fA)sts
ol oach mado up of th• total of thred o)sts ond 6hgr8d Costs. Inc•JdlNJ suppcrfl ¢081$
Invofved h ¥rKlwlaklr¥J 08th oclvlty. Thr¢d Costs attrll>utat4e to è slngb Kti¥lty gra allo￿ (hroctty
to thet ti￿￿ty. Shared c¥Ats ¢ontrltsJle h) morg thgn one advlty and supp(xt ccwt8 whlth aro
ts CryKlrt¥Thl, wch w•its me0￿1￿j •¥ 6xp8nd*ure tAh8n f￿nd11b)n# attacNng a
fulfiw. Gr￿ts off•red to &Y￿a10n$ ***h hovo rnt bè•n mèt at the ￿ end we notsd as a
The maln projxts Oft￿ cl* arn alh)rdgt4e othxatkm. k*>J sgcurtty ortd su8t4lnatlo d•wlopm•r
GO¥￿￿nC￿ coBts uJnyl88 al ￿sts pA41¢ a￿lUntr￿￿ of tha chadty and
++
)Mplan￿ wlth regthlh)n WKI giod Th888 (x)tsts Indud8 C08ts related to the Indgpondent
Ex&n￿￿on and109•l f•o8.
ulllllkns. 0ffl¢o Pfopgty ¢45ts. t¢knphoM. sblarws. 18yl. tra￿1. arxl govern￿ce cost8 fN Iho charfty.
Support costs w• alloc•l•d ts) prow>rtion ts) IhB direcl Costs ol thosè 8thltte8
ITan9acknn co¥t 4rKI at vdu• 81 ts B•For￿ Sheet dat•. InV￿onI
gal￿ and fo8Jes, Thtthr ￿￿.8•d ￿ wrnaM8•J. ar• rx¥nbln¢d presortsd a8'GAln81(Lo8sos) on
18 DEBT<Xi8
Tr8d8 oth•r debt(XB arn at thB wttlernw￿ wnoLrt aftér ￿ trado off•r•d.
2.7 CASH AT BANK AND
Ca¥h al and in haThJ kn¢lth cagh WKI Ilquid ￿Nestm￿lS wjth 4 Short malurfty
01thrn8 M¢th fmrn the d* of th• d8rAJsit Dr aC(￿unt.
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•IOTES TO TIE F￿￿CIAL sTATE￿NTs
FOR THE YEAR Eh1￿¥ 31 JULY 2024
¢OLNnMG POUCES (CONTMI
Et Is FKobable a ts8Mfer d •cOr￿ ts￿•￿1 will be roqwod In wttkn•rt and lh• ￿OLl
of th• $thm￿l 06tlw•le(I rolgbly.
Uablrt*s arn at the U*t IM Chaffty anldpaos K *41 pjy b 8olUè thè ¢J•bt 4)f tho
amc4th111 has r•c•lv*J as art¥aj￿￿1 pasTr￿￿ tr the go(xl¥ ry 8epkn811 mLOt Pfry4rfd•.
19 PEMSION6
Ellgknkn Slaff w• momb•rs of th• Call￿￿￿190* Conlthbxy Ponsbn s¢1￿￿& (CPS) Io
whlth kne Trust Lyjnl￿uto￿ AS Iho TnNI IB unablo to ts share of tho undorththg auets aThl
lab1￿￿5 ol lh• CPS on a rea*inth ￿ conB*tsTrt ba815.11 ACfAwnts as W the CPS a ddlnod
)nlritrMJlion 8themo. 80 thal tho cost ts equol totol ofixx&iltxrtknn8 pa￿blO h the yow.
110 FUNO ACCOIINTING
G•ngral funds •r• Unrn$tr￿ fwKIs ar• avolth lor u8• at th• dlory01ffi of Tn*t¢¢$ In
P8ge15

hlALAYSIAN COMMONW￿Th STLIDIES CENFRE IN CAMBRIDGE
NOTES TO THE FIIAMCIAL STATEMENTS
FORM YEAR EIWED 31 JULY 2024
INCOME FROAI DONATIOMS
2023
3K•.Dl)O
400,ff
TOTAL 2023
4Th1.1)CKI
4r￿),0
D8v•knwn•nt Trust and Is ￿r￿*Str￿.
Tot•1
lund•
2024
fimds
fvnds
10,633
10.633
14A33
nd•rt•k•n hndlng 01
dlr•* •¢U¥HI
Support
Total
fitnd•
lund*
2023
35J48
37￿)
11n.170
188.858
18,948
87.322
22.336
Etylith Laryuago
CHmaf8 Char#
10.(MXI
194.396
291.718
74￿18
109.331
86,011
TOTAL 2024
91.391
284.178
162,928
404,462
TOT*L 2023
51.997
177.1
1752T6
Page 18

NOTES TO TK FINAIKIAL STATr*pif8
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
ANALY616 OF EXPEMDMJAE BY ACTMTE81CONTm￿D>
ANALYS￿ OF SUPPORT COSTS
T•t•l
lunds
2023
2024
81,333
97.961
9.130
19.T11
2,45S
5.357
Renc Tate8.
Pmpety costs
Tdepfthe, po8ts9o.
17,360
2,301
7,121
7,537
123
19,617
237
17,781
Aprmtkèshlp kny
17
19,858
162,928
175.275
Grnnts to GrnThts to
In•lXutlon* Ir￿l¥1du•1$
funds
lund8
Pron￿1￿ aThJ Ed￿
E￿41th Langu8
Ch*
37JY)
66.500
61.952
5U2 48.n8
194.396
52202
TOTAL 2tr24
246.678
37,500
1•4.178
17f.190
TOTAL 2023
110.6gJ
177.190
IAr¥Juap grants IH¥e ts0￿ to tho C•￿d9? Educabrm ar¥1 DpvoWior•l TN$t arnl
sub4tharyCATs Stop to t•gtiw Sfv•m 88 dexrtbthl In thg T￿￿8$, re￿rl
Py17

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
PMLYSIS OF GRAIITS {CONTINUED)
20rJ
NAME OF INSTITUTION
CATS Stop Llml*d
194,J96
20￿0
81,952
25,000
rd,738
Swarn￿ Unl¥w* Dwm Vdloy)
2K678
110,893
2023
Foes p8yablg to the Ch8riV8 Indep8ndenl kxjoporn
8TAFF com
2W24
2023
Waoe8 Salwes
Sod8186￿rtY tr)8ts
88,725
9.434
11.710
7.732
4116
4V￿￿e8*hIP
110.284
Pap 18

MOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT8
FOR ThE YE￿1 ENDED 31 JiLY 1024
8TAFF ¢Om (COMTINUEDJ
2023
No.
Th• koy mwgwn8nt persoin810rn th8 thè Ex￿4¥8 Corrffikne. as Set wt on page l of
Ihls rewL Tho Dlrnctor arwj TreawTh the th mwnb•r8 rK•ivg r￿￿￿0￿1￿￿ from TTh￿L
Rwnun•rakn Is appr￿1 ty Ihe ExeUrt1￿ CL¥nm￿le8 afier o)nsid•riwJ To￿lr￿nd8￿o￿s of Ih
R￿unera110n Commiitee. In solting the levels of rnffWn8r8u￿. th• R*Nri•ralon Commllteo ha6 regard
to pwlovolB ofC8n**ldgo.
Thè ts)tal to Kty MCSC CMEDT was £84.087 (2023: £98292).
trK1udK￿ 8oc4818ecyrfty costs arnl C￿1% Tlwg ￿re 8pF#Jkned befvffjon CMEDT and
MCSC. Ih no1 ¢hwge to MCSC T￿ £43,127 {2023.' £47,942>.
numbor of emFkn• WKI by Imth MCSC c￿0T (eX￿￿JIng
empbyer wn8ion cost•lexrAedèd £KI.iMXI in totalW￿.
No.
lfft the £eO.(K)1- t70.￿￿•
In Ih ￿￿￿ £80.IM)1- £W.(MMI
t￿￿n9 ts >ear. a tWmlnaik￿ &) £50.0(Kl. of £18.445 was slatulory
rodund8nGy pay ar¥J £31.555 nOTh<￿41. was pad kn a lomi•r Omplo￿ of thg Twst. T
t8mlnatk)n •mse thje to a (wtructswlng ol Ih Trusvs affolrs. Half of thb w•s pald by th• Twst
Indud¢d In wag8s aTKI 0slwl8s: h*1 wjs pgbd by thè Tnmfs slstsr chty. The Mawlan
Pa90 19

ThE MALAYSIAN eOwA0￿Tr STi￿￿ c￿lRE IN CA418RtDGE
NOTES TO THE FIIIANCIAL STATEMENT8
FOR ThE YE￿1 ENIIED 31 JULY 2024
TRU8TEE8' REIAUNERATION AM> EXPENSES
tho >•ar. rn Truslees rocehYJ •ry bwgfft812023. £NIL).
Ckwlng the >wr•nd•l 31 J￿Y 2024. no TnJ*g oxpwwos (ZOTJ. £NILI.
10. TAXATION
Malty6San CL￿n￿)m￿llh SbJd•s C•ntrn b a rnglstor•J rtslty •nd 18 8XorW from tsx on Incomè 8nd
c4lt41 galm falkng wmhkn Chamw 3 01 Part 11 to tho C4Jp)ralKffi Acl 2010 or Sectknn 256 of thg
Taxatton of Capilal Gairffj Act 1992 to Ihe 8xt•nt tst w• •Fyl*d b) #s thartobl• obJxllve& No tax
rtBrgg5 h8wJ aTiW in thg thrflabte Tn
FI￿ ASSET IP4VESThIEP4TS
1*132
1131132
Di8pNa16
AT 31 JULY 2024
12. DEBTORS
2024
2023
DUE wifHIM ONE YEAR
Prepayments
6.1
12.440
Pago 20

NOTE8 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2024
11 CREDITORS: Amolm F￿LTh4o DUE ONE YEAR
Trada crndllor8
6.819
1917
10.674
4109
1*711
W79
20,410
86PW8tdy from those of the ¢harty kn on Indep￿d￿ty *lmlnl8Ia￿I lund. Th• ￿ni1(￿ c¢xt charo0
ropr08wts P￿ble by thè ¢hadty to tho find aThJ •M￿￿j lo £4.116 (2023: £11.710). No
balance was lo th8 fiwKI at Iho balm 8h8et date (2tr23.. tnll).
d trustaes 8r• 8190 triJsleo8 cl tho CMEDT vAth Ythith wryk of th• Trust is dosoly
a8scoated. These wdated vrter8B18 are i￿￿￿18￿ in tho reki8tor of dodored Intore81s of offlc4rs and
truste•s vthlch Is updal•d at h88t onc• o s•w. RA*s lor manBgk¥ d8darad Interesls have been
o¥&1 bytho tAMte8B.
Tlo lthfv•rnltyol C8mWo pThdo8 thè Inwt wilh p&Jwl cc*mputwwpport s•plc48 Iree of d￿rge.
valuo ofth*4¢h Iwhmo Iiax*J bg 0$kn￿lo￿lIS nol c4n8Kl¢rnd *st ljrln acco￿ts.
Tfarw(alons CMEDT the *NSuded gr¥nt l￿dIr￿a of £a(M).000 (2023: £400,000) Sn
Idat(￿ lo the furrfmng alr￿ements knthe Er￿lSh L￿u89• Cats Step Um*ed pr*Gt. As (Igscrfoed In
Tnkn. Rop)rt, CMEDT and MCSC manapl topthw. Therafom durirwJ th& ￿ar co8ts lolnuy
8ttribtst*Je *) CMEDT MCSC arn sharnd an inter.biJst ￿￿UnL Th enuty dlrodly bgathng
bM)Ic8 cc*t uèal•s • u*d6tor lorth• b*l•r￿ by th• dhar ch•rlty. Th￿ balance8 are 8eltled
pgrfothalty through the year. The total *ffjr•d owthre was £W).210 Ihe bal•nc4 CIAEDT
W43 £8.109 (2023.. £883.381 wtd the balan￿ du8 io CMEDT at the >•ar end wa8 £2,917).
[￿rf￿9 th• ￿. MCSC £41(XKb (20224&" £24.4￿) trrw*d8 th• •xp•rAM IrKAKr•d by the
tXrfjc*r on tr8¥els to IrrfJl4 50% ofllwsfr o)sts d*i8d fr(Mn CMEDT.
riTrJ th• ￿•r. th• Trusl £52282 to CMEDT kn re8pK* of SEARRP. of whlth 8#th1 18 a
tnwlee. The Tr￿1 £1￿.1￿1} kj ￿lEDT kn respèL* af CAT8 Slep. The dld rnt pry anv
grw)ts to ￿ Ngtrwu Trust of Combr*& Ur￿￿8*￿, of *tlch Or Anll Soal 15 a Inmtse 12023: £40.$00
pfjld). Wtth a busteo Is okn a Iru•to• not tak• wl kn lh•
l￿dIrtu d8ds1on.
Pag•21