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THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 273860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY AS A FUNDRAISING BODY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND PROVIDES ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE COLLEGE ON FUNDRAISING STRATEGY, PROJECTS AND EXECUTION.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£10.1m
Latest spending
£10.1m
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £10,077,047, with charitable grants payable to Magdalen College totaling £10,071,815. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £20,000, a level the Trustees reaffirmed in January 2025, noting that the College meets the cost of running the Development Office. The Trustees and auditors are satisfied that the charity has sufficient liquidity to operate as a going concern 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

Largest income source: Charitable grants payable (100% of income)
“Charitable grants payable to Magdalen College totalled £10,071,815”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a small level of reserves... maintain Trust reserves at £20,000 (held: £20k)
“The Trustees’ reserves policy is to hold a small level of reserves against which future costs may be set. As at 31 July 2025 reserves stood at £20,000. At their meeting in January 2025 the Trustees re-affirmed their commitment to maintain Trust reserves at £20,000” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£10.1m
Total spending
£10.1m
Cost of raising funds
£733
Reserves (reported)
£20k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below 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£10.1m£10.1m
31/07/2024£3.8m£3.8m
31/07/2023£7.8m£8.2m
31/07/2022£5.0m£4.6m
31/07/2021£2.3m£2.3m

Common questions

Is THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £10,077,047, with charitable grants payable to Magdalen College totaling £10,071,815. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £20,000, a level the Trustees reaffirmed in January 2025, noting that the College meets the cost of running the Development Office. The Trustees and auditors are satisfied that the charity has sufficient liquidity to operate as a going concern for at least the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50kAdvancement of education
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4kAdvancement of education

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
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST1£675k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£225k
Tinsley Charitable Trust1£85k
LOB'S CHARITY1£35k
CLAN TRUST LIMITED1£14k
The Brindle Foundation1£14k
DAVID FORBES-NIXON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST£10.1m—0no_policy—no doubt
MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED FY2025£24.7m£270,001 - £280,000—above—noted
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£171k—0below0.1%no doubt
THE MAGENI TRUST FY2025£145k—0within—no doubt
MAGDALEN AND LASHER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£412k—0within—no doubt

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