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MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE

Registered charity 1137498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEMBROKE COLLEGE OXFORD

The College's objects are to advance education, scholarship and research through the provision of a college in the University of Oxford.

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Latest income
£21.4m
Latest spending
£18.5m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £175,557k, with free reserves amounting to £50,132k after deducting fixed assets. The charity reports a net income of £14,602k for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirms sufficient liquidity to meet short-term obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Teaching, research and residential (50% of income)
“Teaching, research and residential 11,085”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient free reserves so as to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall or unexpected increase in costs (held: £50.1m)
“The College’s reserves policy is to maintain sufficient free reserves so as to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall or unexpected increase in costs.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee training services
“A trustee delivered training to staff in the year. The amount relating to this financial year was £9.7k. £5.8k of which was paid after the year end.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Pembroke College Enterprises Limited, Pembroke College Conferences and Events Limited
“The College has two wholly owned non-charitable subsidiaries: Pembroke College Enterprises Limited, a company limited by shares, which undertakes the College’s major building works, and Pembroke College Conferences and Events Limited, a company limited by guarantee, which lets College facilities when not required for its own educational purposes.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £5.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£22.4m
Total spending
£18.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£50.1m
Employees
230

Reported reserves equal ~32.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£21.4m£18.5m
31/07/2024£21.6m£16.5m
31/07/2023£55.3m£16.0m
31/07/2022£16.3m£16.7m
31/07/2021£14.2m£12.4m

Common questions

Is MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £175,557k, with free reserves amounting to £50,132k after deducting fixed assets. The charity reports a net income of £14,602k for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirms sufficient liquidity to meet short-term obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE as a grant recipient include THE HELEN ROLL CHARITY, The Goldsmiths' Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2025£15k
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2023£15kEducation Committee
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2022£15kEducation Committee
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2022£10k
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2023£7k
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2024£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.0m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.0m
THE TOLKIEN TRUST1£200k
The Portal Trust1£40k
LOB'S CHARITY1£35k
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST1£21k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust1£20k
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation1£18k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE£21.4m——above—no doubt
THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£23.2m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£15.5m——above—no doubt
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£14.6m——within30.4%no doubt
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY MARGARET IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£16.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE MASTER AND SCHOLARS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£18.8m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.