CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE OXFORD
Latest income
£20.2m
Latest spending
£14.8m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2023
Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts
The accounts state that the College finished the year with a modest operating surplus, supported by better-than-expected endowment income and cost controls. The trustees report having more than sufficient reserves to cover expected deficits in the year ahead, despite structural pressures from frozen undergraduate fees and inflation.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: unclear (held: £12.7m)
“In the year ahead, we are expecting a larger deficit than that forecast a year ago but we have more than sufficient reserves to cover this, helped by this year's modest surplus.” — page 23
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The College is part of the collegiate University of Oxford and material interdependencies arise as a consequence of this relationship.
“The College is part of the collegiate University of Oxford and material interdependencies arise as a consequence of this relationship. The College remains wholly committed to the goals of the wider University and routinely participates in its decision-making structures.” — page 10
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Total income
£21.3m
Total spending
£14.8m
Cost of raising funds
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£10.2m
Employees
121
Trustees
- Professor HELEN MOOREchair
- Andrew William Rolfe
- Dr Amy Lidster
- Dr MARK WORMALD
- Dr NEIL MCLYNN
- Dr PAUL DELLAR
- Dr Robert Fergus McGhee
- Elizabeth Lyle
- Luke Webster
- PROFESSOR GIOVANNI CAPOCCIA
- PROFESSOR HANS KRAUS
- PROFESSOR PETER NELLIST
- PROFESSOR STEPHEN HARRISON
- Prof Michael Cotterell
- Professor COLIN AKERMAN
- Professor Constanze Magdalene Guthenke
- Professor David Armstrong
- Professor David John Owens
- Professor ELIZABETH FISHER
- Professor Giuseppe Pezzini
- Professor JOHN ELSNER
- Professor JOHN WATTS
- Professor James Alexander Duffy
- Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
- Professor Katherine Paugh
- Professor Kathryn Stevens
- Professor Marion Olivia Durand
- Professor Mark Wrathall
- Professor Matthew Niall Dyson
- Professor Michael Martin
- Professor NICOLE GROBERT
- Professor PAWEL SWIETACH
- Professor Pier Palamara
- Professor ROBIN ANDREW MURPHY
- Professor Rebekah Lee
- Professor Simon Newstead
- Professor Susanna Dunachie
- Tobias Reinhardt
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/07/2025 | £20.2m | £14.8m |
| 31/07/2024 | £11.5m | £12.8m |
| 31/07/2023 | £14.6m | £11.5m |
| 31/07/2022 | £7.7m | £13.5m |
| 31/07/2021 | £6.6m | £9.4m |
Common questions
Is CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE OXFORD financially healthy?
The accounts state that the College finished the year with a modest operating surplus, supported by better-than-expected endowment income and cost controls. The trustees report having more than sufficient reserves to cover expected deficits in the year ahead, despite structural pressures from frozen undergraduate fees and inflation. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Critchleys Audit LLP.