WOLFSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Charity number: 1141446
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

In conjunction with the University of Oxford, the College provides academic and pastoral support for 650 graduate students, recognised internationally as being of the highest standard. Students develop academically, advance their leadership qualities and communication skills and prepare to play full and effective roles in society. Early career support for developing academics is also provided.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for being a trustee.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Oxfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 April 2011: Standard registration
  • 18 June 2015: Funds received from 1078083 MICHAEL ARIS MEMORIAL TRUST FOR TIBETAN AND HIMALA...
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • WOLFSON COLLEGE (Working name)
  • WOLFSON COLLEGE OXFORD (Working name)
  • THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF WOLFSON COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

55 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Robert Ali McCutcheon Trustee 10 February 2025
None on record
Dr Mohsen Mosleh Trustee 01 October 2024
None on record
Professor Ester Mary Hammond Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
Professor Francisco Jesus Lizana Moral Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
Dr Liam Anthony McNamara Trustee 01 October 2023
None on record
Dr Frederique Helene Duyrat Trustee 04 September 2023
None on record
Dr Meron-Martin Piotrkowski Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Dr John William Hanson Trustee 01 September 2023
None on record
Professor Rebecca Jane Howells Trustee 03 April 2023
None on record
Professor Nobuko Yoshida Trustee 01 October 2022
None on record
Professor Upamanyu Mukherjee Trustee 01 September 2022
None on record
Dr Rachel Elizabeth Wood Trustee 12 June 2022
None on record
Professor Annina Barbara Schmid Trustee 01 May 2022
None on record
Professor Arjune Sen Trustee 01 May 2022
None on record
Dr Konstantinos Kamnitsas Trustee 01 February 2022
None on record
Dr Chihab El Khachab Trustee 02 September 2021
None on record
Professor Julie Genevieve Odile Leone Cosmidis Trustee 01 October 2020
None on record
Professor David William RAY Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record
Professor Jagdeep NANCHAHAL Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record
Professor Loren Brett LANDAU Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record
Professor John Jeoffey LOWE Trustee 01 October 2019
None on record
Dr Huw Thomas David Trustee 01 April 2019
None on record
PROFESSOR Matthew Rushworth Trustee 31 January 2019
None on record
PROFESSOR Linda Mulcahy Trustee 01 January 2019
None on record
Sir Timothy Mark Hitchens Trustee 01 May 2018
THE DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
Dr Nayanika Mathur Trustee 01 October 2017
None on record
Professor Alain Fouad George Trustee 01 October 2017
None on record
Dr Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina Trustee 01 October 2017
None on record
Emily Victoria Eastham Trustee 26 June 2017
None on record
Professor Ruben ANDERSSON Trustee 01 August 2016
None on record
RICHARD MORIN Trustee 16 December 2015
None on record
PROFESSOR MATTHEW COSTA Trustee 26 May 2015
None on record
Dr Moritz Riede Trustee 17 December 2013
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Trust
Received: On time
PROFESSOR PAUL JARVIS Trustee 17 December 2013
None on record
PROFESSOR PETER CHARLES STEWART Trustee 10 May 2013
None on record
PROFESSOR DE MELO WOLFGANG Trustee 10 May 2013
None on record
PROFESSOR NIKITA SUD Trustee 10 May 2013
None on record
PROFESSOR JONATHAN BARRETT Trustee 10 May 2013
None on record
Dr IMRE BANGHA Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR RICK SCHULTING Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR PAUL HARRISON Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
Dr ERICA CHARTERS Trustee 14 April 2011
THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
Received: On time
PROFESSOR VLATKO VEDRAL Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR JONATHAN PILA Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR BETTINA LANGE Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR DAVID TAYLOR Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR MARC VENTRESCA Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR CHRISTINA REDFIELD Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR ELLEKE BOEHMER Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR ZEYNEP YUREKLI-GORKAY Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR FRANCES GARDNER Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR JAN FELLERER Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
Professor Ulrike Roesler Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
Dr JAMES LEWIS Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record
PROFESSOR JACOB DAHL Trustee 14 April 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £7.71m £9.47m £14.97m £11.49m £11.80m
Total expenditure £7.67m £7.42m £8.86m £8.76m £10.54m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £20.53k £1.31m £4.41m N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £3.29m £3.39m £7.27m £3.05m £2.19m
Income - Other trading activities £401.00k £124.00k £324.00k £383.00k £600.00k
Income - Charitable activities £4.80m £5.22m £5.84m £6.24m £7.14m
Income - Endowments £2.70m £1.02m £113.00k £162.00k £711.00k
Income - Investment £1.49m £1.42m £1.59m £1.97m £1.83m
Income - Other £432.00k £328.00k £56.00k £13.00k £42.00k
Income - Legacies £21.00k £0 £0 £0 £400.00k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £6.83m £6.91m £8.07m £7.96m £9.47m
Expenditure - Raising funds £839.00k £506.00k £791.00k £794.00k £482.00k
Expenditure - Governance £20.00k £20.00k £21.00k £21.00k £2.57m
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £150.00k £140.00k £211.00k £163.00k £187.00k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £590.00k

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Own use assets £18.90m £18.81m £27.36m £33.81m £33.81m
Long-term investments £60.38m £70.76m £70.33m £66.89m £74.26m
Other assets £4.54m £8.69m £7.47m £5.00m £3.45m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£1.11m -£965.00k -£1.58m -£810.00k £0
Total liabilities £1.07m £2.11m £2.46m £2.02m £1.43m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 11 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 11 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 05 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 05 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 23 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 23 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 11 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 11 February 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 28 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 28 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
WOLFSON COLLEGE
LINTON ROAD
OXFORD
OX2 6UD
Phone:
01865274104
Website:

WWW.WOLFSON.OX.AC.UK