PRINCIPAL FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF HERTFORD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Registered charity 1137527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTFORD COLLEGE

The charity's objects are to advance public learning by the provision of a College within the University of Oxford

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Latest income

£16.6m

Latest spending

£15.4m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College held free reserves of £21.977m against a policy target of three months' expenditure, indicating a strong liquidity position. Per the trustees' report, the College has a large endowment and adequate cash balances to meet obligations as they fall due, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £147,001 - £148,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“£147,001 - £148,000 1 147,185” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Teaching, research and residential

“Teaching, research and residential 7,662”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ free reserves (held: £22.0m)

“The College's reserves policy is to maintain a minimum of three months’ free reserves” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management charge from subsidiary

“During the year a Gift Aided management charge of £1424k was paid by Hertford College Programmes to the College” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Alexandra Freeman — Principal (source)
Simon Lerwill — Director of Development & Fellow (source)

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)

25 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (24 freehold); recorded price paid £10.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£16.6m

Total spending

£15.4m

Cost of raising funds

£3.5m

Reserves (reported)

£22.0m

Employees

155

Reported reserves equal ~17.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Alexandra Freemanchair
Claire Vallance · trustee of 1 other charity
DR JIEUN KIAER
Dr ALAN LAUDER
Dr Andreas Galanis
Dr Aruna Nair
Dr Carissa Veliz
Dr Elizabeth Mortimer
Dr Federica Romei
Dr Fernanda Duarte Gonzalez
Dr KATHERINE LUNN-ROCKLIFFE
Dr Kate Greasley
Dr Lambros Malafouris
Dr Linda Speight
Dr Mark Van der Wilk
Dr OLIVER NOBLE WOOD
Dr STEVE NEW
Dr Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
Dylan Gaffney
Emma Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Jamie Clark
Maria Vincenzi
PROF PETER MILLICAN
PROF ZHANFENG CUI
PROFESSOR DAVID GREAVES
PROFESSOR DAVID THOMAS
PROFESSOR GIORA STERNBERG
Professor Alison Woollard · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Anette Mikes
Professor Bjarke Frellesvig
Professor David Dwan
Professor David Hopkin
Professor Dawid Kielak
Professor Elizabeth Baldwin
Professor Ian McBride
Professor JAMIE LORIMER
Professor MARTIN MAIDEN
Professor Manolis Chatzis
Professor Michael Wooldridge
Professor Petros Ligoxygakis

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£16.6m	£15.4m
31/07/2024	£18.3m	£12.3m
31/07/2023	£13.6m	£13.8m
31/07/2022	£12.1m	£14.4m
31/07/2021	£16.4m	£11.3m

Common questions

Is PRINCIPAL FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF HERTFORD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College held free reserves of £21.977m against a policy target of three months' expenditure, indicating a strong liquidity position. Per the trustees' report, the College has a large endowment and adequate cash balances to meet obligations as they fall due, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PRINCIPAL FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF HERTFORD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £147,001 - £148,000 band.

Who funds PRINCIPAL FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF HERTFORD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PRINCIPAL FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF HERTFORD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Education