JCR Budget
Budget 2025
The 2025 Budget has been proposed and passed at an Open Meeting.
You can view the budget here.
A note from the Treasurer:
This year’s budget has sought to ameliorate the previous issue of the underspending of JCR funding. I have worked with society presidents and JCR officers to encourage the submission of more ambitious budget proposals in an effort to enable the further flourishing of student life at Corpus.
College subscription payments this year increased slightly by approximately £80. This reflects an increase due to inflation offset by a decline in the number of undergraduates.
The decreased funding to the MCR likewise reflects a decline in the number of postgraduate students compared to last year.
Money left over from the previous budget is approximately £2,000 lower than last year, resulting from an increase in spending of the JCR last year compared to the year prior.
Thus, overall funds available for the JCR budget this year were lower by about £2,000 compared to last year.
There was a sizeable increase in the funding requested by sports and societies this year, increasing from £14,594.29 last year to £24,882.79 this year.
Of the £24,882.79 requested by student sports and societies, I granted £21,052.31 of funding.
The largest allocations were to the Corpus Challenge, badminton, and engineering society.
There are also healthy allocations of funding to volleyball, netball, lacrosse men’s football, cricket and climbing.
These all reflect the popularity of these societies. Engineering society in particular received a large amount of funding for capital expenditure.
Just over 20 societies requested funding from the JCR, 8 of these societies did not do so last year. These figures suggest a growth in both the number and size of societies, which is reflected in the increased funding allocation.
Applications for funding from the JCR committee increased modestly from last year by approximately £2,000. Of the £14,214.61 of funding requested, I granted £13,280.31.
The main aim of the committee will be to ensure JCR officers spend the money they have requested.
Last year’s figures indicate under £5,000 of the JCR’s £11,000+ budget was spent in over the last 12 months. The President and I have made it clear that committee members should be more diligent in spending funding allocated to them, and ensure they follow through on proposals and plans they have made.
This year has seen the trial run of two new funds, the prescription fund and the Acceleration Fund.
The prescription fund proposes to pay for one NHS prescription per month for each individual student. It may need to be expanded, or be surplus to requirements, based on demand. The Acceleration Fund aims to solve the issue whereby societies struggled to get college funding outside of the budget in Lent term. My current plan is to allow students to apply to this fund on an ad hoc basis from the beginning of the coming Easter term. This should facilitate the expansion of societies that experience unexpected growth or costs mid-year, as well as allow for the establishment of new societies throughout the year.
The JCR budget is still at a surplus of £4,365.43, with a total funding allocation of £54,632.62 for all expense centres.
While it is unlikely that all budgets will be spent in their totality, it is the hope that the generous increase in funding this year will encourage JCR officers and societies to increase their spending.
Budget 2023
The 2023 Budget has been proposed and passed.
You can view the budget here.
Budget 2022
The 2022 Budget has been proposed and passed.
Sports and Societies asking for £19,643.25, which is double their allocation for last year (i.e. £10,011.25). It should be noted that roughly £4000 of this was the travel expenses of the Corpus Challenge.
The Badminton and Swimming Societies as well as the Corpus Challenge, whilst still being large expenses in my Budget, seeing their allocations reduced to allow the JCR to have a One-Off Purchase Fund and not go into debt.
The Corpus Challenge travel expenses being subsidised by the JCR rather than being fully paid for by the JCR as this was a necessary change to ensure solid finances. Each Corpuscle who attends via coach has been asked to contribute £10 towards the costs, with this charge going onto their College Bills.
Corpus’ Sports and Societies getting almost £2500 more than last year, fulfilling my promise to you in Michaelmas term that I would invest more into the JCR’s Societies.
The JCR Committee planning to operate at a lower price of £8,503 compared to last year’s £10,135.79.
Sky being cancelled saving the JCR over £1000.
The MCR receiving an extra £800 to account for inflation, but a more formal Budget allocation formula shall be presented to the JCR and MCR by the MCR Treasurer and myself.
The One-Off Purchase Fund standing at £2,882.02 compared to £4,360.00, meaning that the Committee will have to frugal in how the One-Off Purchase Fund is utilised.
Budget 2021
The Budget 2021 will be proposed at an Open Meeting on Saturday 13 March 2021 at 1:30pm UK time.
Click here to view the proposed budget as an XLSX file, or click here to view the proposed budget on Google Sheets.
A Note from the treasurer:
There is still uncertainty on the events next term, and I applaud the hard work the society captains and JCR committee members have put in to plan their 2021 budget application during these unprecedented times. Expenditure was lower overall in 2020, and we will be able to use the small surplus for any unseen costs and potential events in Easter Term. I still urge societies to be careful with spending so that we have enough for emergency costs going into Michaelmas 2021. Hopefully, we will be able to go through with plans after exams and in Michaelmas. Please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns about the budget, thank you everyone for your patience.
Budget 2020
The Budget 2020 is approved. The budget can be found here.
A Note from the treasurer:
Understandably, expenditure this term has been much lower than budgeted for societies and the JCR committee alike, and there are no plans to draw up a new budget to reflect this just yet. However, in Michaelmas Term, all societies (and committee members) will be asked to spend responsibly; In other words, societies should plan to spend what they would have always spent in Michaelmas, and therefore not take advantage of a surplus left over from this term. Obviously many societies spend less in Easter Term compared to Michaelmas and Lent, so for some societies this surplus may have been very small. Equally, unused squash budgets will be carried forward in their entirety, as will any capital purchases which had been planned for Easter Term but have now been delayed until Michaelmas.
I should emphasise that nothing has been formally proposed, and it remains very difficult to work out how much of this year’s budget may be left unspent (especially as there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding plans for next term). However, you can always get in touch if you have any concerns or suggestions, and remember that any formal changes will have to be approved by some sort of college-wide ballot, it’s all a bit complicated.
Budget 2019
The Budget 2019 is approved. The budget can be found here.
Budget 2017-18
The Budget 2017-18 has passed committee and is pending open meeting approval on Saturday 28th. The budget can be found here.
Budget 2016-17
The final Budget 2016-17 was passed in an Open Meeting on 27th October 2016. It can be found here.Any queries or concerns, contact the JCR Treasurer (jdl56).
One-off purchases
JCR members are now able to suggest additional purchases the JCR Committee could make. All you have to do have a quick read through the guide here and fill in the form, which you can either complete online here or print off and put in the JCR Treasurer's pigeon hole here This shouldn't be used for Sports and Societies. If you feel you need to make a purchase outside of what was allocated in the Michaelmas budget, please discuss it with the JCR Treasurer in advance.
Reimbursement Procedure
If you are the treasurer of a society which has been allocated money in the budget, please see this guide for information about how to be reimbursed. The online reimbursement form can be found by clicking here.
Budget 2015-16
The final Budget 2015-16 was passed in an Open Meeting on 2nd November 2015. It can be found here. Any queries or concerns, contact the JCR Treasurer (bh412).
One-off purchases 2015-16
The guide for one off purchases for the year 2015-16 can be found here. Please fill out this form in order to apply for a one off purchase in this years budget. The deadline for all applications is 23:59 on Friday 16th October 2015. Any queries or concerns can be directed to the Treasurer, Ben Hanson (bh412@cam.ac.uk)
Committee Budget Applications
JCR Committee members can apply for funding for the year 2015-16 using the form here here.
Budget 2014-15
The final budget for 2014-15 was approved at an Open Meeting on 10th November. You can find the final version here. You can find more information about the 2014-15 budget here. If you haven't yet submitted an inventory of everything your society owns, it would still be useful if you could do so here. If you have any questions about the whole budget process, please don't hesitate to contact the JCR Treasurer here.
Budget 2013-14
The budget for 2013--2014 can be viewed here. The JCR voted to accept this budget in an Open Meeting on Wednesday 6th November 2013. The budget from previous academic years can be found in the JCR archives here.
Last updated: March 2025.