THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Registered charity 1142149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q81162 · Wikipedia · also known as MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD

a) To further study, learning, education & research and to be a College within the Univ of Oxford wherein men and women may carry out advanced study & researchb) To provide for public worship through the provision, support & maintenance of a Chapel & Choirc) Insofar as it is not incompatible with (a) and (b), advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science for the benefit of the public.

Objects

(A) TO FURTHER STUDY, LEARNING, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND TO BE A COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD WHEREIN MEN AND WOMEN MAY CARRY OUT ADVANCED STUDY AND RESEARCH (DESCRIBED IN THESE STATUTES AS LEARNING AND EDUCATION);(B) TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CHAPEL AND CHOIR;(C) IN SO FAR AS IT IS NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH OBJECTS (A) AND (B), THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, HERITAGE, CULTURE AND SCIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£53.5m

Latest spending

£45.7m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported total income of £53.8m and total expenditure of £45.7m, resulting in a net gain on investments of £56.0m. Free reserves decreased to £5.8m from £12.9m in the prior year, while the endowment value increased to £765.8m. The trustees confirm that the College has sufficient liquidity to operate for at least the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £168,000 - £168,999 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“£168,000 to £168,999 1 168,369” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustees who are employees receive remuneration.

“Members of the Governing Body, who are trustees of the College and consequently related parties as defined by FRS 102, receive remuneration and facilities as employees of the College.” — page 56

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees receive remuneration and facilities as employees.

“Members of the Governing Body, who are trustees of the College and consequently related parties as defined by FRS 102, receive remuneration and facilities as employees of the College.” — page 56

“The College makes available healthcare benefits to its staff and trustees. It pays the annual premium due to the Oxford Colleges Healthcare Scheme at the start of the scheme year.” — page 56

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The College pays healthcare premiums for trustees.

“Members of the Governing Body, who are trustees of the College and consequently related parties as defined by FRS 102, receive remuneration and facilities as employees of the College.” — page 56

“The College makes available healthcare benefits to its staff and trustees. It pays the annual premium due to the Oxford Colleges Healthcare Scheme at the start of the scheme year.” — page 56

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 34 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £70,001–£80,000: 7; £80,001–£90,000: 7; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 3; £150,001–£200,000: 2)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 28 (£60,001–£70,000: 6; £70,001–£80,000: 10; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 2)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Government income: £134,863 — grants £134,863 (1); under 1% of the £42,200,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 29 (£60,001–£70,000: 13; £70,001–£80,000: 5; £80,001–£90,000: 4; £100,001–£110,000: 4; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income

£53.8m

Total spending

£45.7m

Cost of raising funds

£24.7m

Reserves (reported)

£5.8m

Employees

421

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 45.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dinah Rosechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Albert Edward Ray · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr ALEXY KARENOWSKA
Dr ALFONSO MORENO
Dr Barnabus Janzer
Dr Christian Drerup
Dr Eunyoung Chae
Dr Gillian Woods
Dr Ioannis Eleftheriadis
Dr Irene Bavuso
Dr Itamar Toussia Cohen
Dr Kristen Pearson
Dr Kutay Onayli
Dr MARK POBJOY
Dr Teresa Libushe Maria Thurston
Dr Yevheniia Kholina
MARK WILLIAMS
PROF ADRIAN HILL
PROF ARZHANG ARDAVAN
PROF CHRISTIAN LEITMEIR
PROF CHRISTOPHER GARLAND
PROF CONSTANTIN COUSSIOS
PROF GERO MIESENBOECK
PROF HARVEY WHITEHOUSE
PROF JAN KRISTENSEN
PROF JOHN GREGG
PROF JULIEN BERESTYCKI
PROF LUCY BOWES
PROF Lars Ostergaard
PROF MARTIN BRIDSON
PROF NICHOLAS STARGARDT
PROF PAUL ELBOURNE
PROF ROBERT DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST
PROF ROBIN CLEVELAND · trustee of 1 other charity
PROF RODERICK BAGSHAW
PROF SIAN POOLEY
PROF SIMON HOROBIN
PROF STEPHEN GOODWIN
PROF STUART MACKENZIE
PROF ZHONG YOU

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£53.5m	£45.7m
31/07/2024	£45.6m	£40.2m
31/07/2023	£42.2m	£38.3m
31/07/2022	£29.6m	£30.1m
31/07/2021	£20.3m	£21.5m

Common questions

Is THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College reported total income of £53.8m and total expenditure of £45.7m, resulting in a net gain on investments of £56.0m. Free reserves decreased to £5.8m from £12.9m in the prior year, while the endowment value increased to £765.8m. The trustees confirm that the College has sufficient liquidity to operate for at least the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £168,000 - £168,999 band.

Who funds THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, LOB'S CHARITY, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1.0m	Grant - making programme
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1.0m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	Unverified read£1.0m	Advancement of education
LOB'S CHARITY	FY2022	£35k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£30k	Advancement of education

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£200k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	£20k
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.	1	£10k
SWIRE CHINESE LANGUAGE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£960

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £15.1m
ST MARY'S COLLEGE TRUST income £41k
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY MARGARET IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £16.7m
ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £16.8m
JESUS COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION income £13.6m
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £14.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD	£53.5m	£168,000 - £168,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£15.1m	£150,001 - £160,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE LADY MARGARET IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025	£16.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025	£16.8m	—	—	unclear	21.3%	no doubt
JESUS COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£13.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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