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THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Registered charity 1143086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARRIS MANCHESTER COLLEGE, HARRIS MANCHESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD

The principle activity of the College, as specified in the Royal Charter is the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate mature students of the University of Oxford

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Latest income
£7.2m
Latest spending
£6.0m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College generated a net gain of £2.477m for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a surplus before investment gains and significant unrealised gains on investments. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £28.718m, which the Governing Body considers sufficient to meet short-term obligations, supporting a healthy going concern status with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient free reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall (held: £28.7m)
“The College’s reserves policy is to maintain sufficient free reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants received from World Wellbeing Movement Ltd, a company where trustee Jan De Neve is a Director.
“Jan De Neve is a member of Board of Directors for World Wellbeing Movement Ltd from which Wellbeing Research Centre receives grants (see note 17). Grants received in the year: £203k (2024: £247k).” — page 39
“George Hudson is a PSC of the Farmington Trust Limited. The Trust supports charitable activities of the Farmington Institute which premises are located within College's grounds. College provides domestic services and conference facilities to the Institute which amounted to £67k (2024: £64k).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: College provides domestic services and conference facilities to the Farmington Institute, supported by trustee George Hudson (PSC of Farmington Trust Limited).
“Jan De Neve is a member of Board of Directors for World Wellbeing Movement Ltd from which Wellbeing Research Centre receives grants (see note 17). Grants received in the year: £203k (2024: £247k).” — page 39
“George Hudson is a PSC of the Farmington Trust Limited. The Trust supports charitable activities of the Farmington Institute which premises are located within College's grounds. College provides domestic services and conference facilities to the Institute which amounted to £67k (2024: £64k).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. 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)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £15.3m. 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
£7.2m
Total spending
£6.0m
Cost of raising funds
£166k
Reserves (reported)
£5.4m
Employees
105

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£7.2m£6.0m
31/07/2024£6.4m£4.7m
31/07/2023£5.6m£5.3m
31/07/2022£6.6m£5.1m
31/07/2021£4.9m£4.4m

Common questions

Is THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College generated a net gain of £2.477m for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a surplus before investment gains and significant unrealised gains on investments. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £28.718m, which the Governing Body considers sufficient to meet short-term obligations, supporting a healthy going concern status with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£670kGrant B
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£481kGrant B
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£481kGrant

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
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST1£675k
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION1£629k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£303k
Tinsley Charitable Trust1£85k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION1£15k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE CPF TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF MANSFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY AND HARRIS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD£7.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF MANSFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£15.1m£170,001 - £180,000—below—no doubt
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£15.3m——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
JESUS COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FY2025£13.6m——above—no doubt
WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD FY2025£20.3m£169,000 - £169,999—unclear—no doubt

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