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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE

Registered charity 309486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Marlborough College is incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as an education charity. The College provides education for boys and girls for the ages 13-18. The number of pupils in the College averaged 924 of whom 888 were boarders and 36 were day pupils. Under its grant making policy the total number of pupils receiving fee assistance in the academic year 2014/15 was 119.

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Latest income
£77.7m
Latest spending
£72.0m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College is exempt from UK income and corporation tax, with a deferred tax asset of £2,571,000 recognized in the balance sheet for 2025. The deferred tax asset is utilized to offset taxable profits until fully offset, at which point tax will become payable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (19 freehold); recorded price paid £1.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£77.7m
Total spending
£72.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£128.8m
Employees
769

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 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 (87% 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: 1.9% 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: Malaysia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£77.7m£72.0m
31/08/2024£73.3m£69.2m
31/08/2023£74.5m£61.5m
31/08/2022£55.5m£52.3m
31/08/2021£52.1m£50.9m

Common questions

Is MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College is exempt from UK income and corporation tax, with a deferred tax asset of £2,571,000 recognized in the balance sheet for 2025. The deferred tax asset is utilized to offset taxable profits until fully offset, at which point tax will become payable. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE as a grant recipient include MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION, THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATION, THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GREG & ROSIE LOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST, THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2.3mbursaries and the Science refurbishment project
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATIONFY2022£717kGrants for the benefit of Marlborough College
THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATIONFY2024£250kto support social mobility and science innovation
THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATIONFY2022£250kto support social mobility and science innovation
THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATIONFY2021£240ksupport social mobility and science innovation
THE MARTIN-JENKINS FOUNDATIONFY2025£152kto support social mobility and science innovation
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30kTowards bursaries for the Marlborough Difference Campaign.
THE GREG & ROSIE LOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2021£20k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kDonations

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 ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION1—
THE RADLEY FOUNDATION1£3.4m
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE£77.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE MARLBURIAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£209k—0below—no doubt
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL FY2024£4.8m£130,001 - £140,000—below—not going concern
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION FY2024£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ST PETER'S COLLEGE, RADLEY FY2025£47.6m——unclear—no doubt
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE VINEHALL SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£10.1m——unclear—no doubt

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