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PEMBROKE COLLEGE Annual Report and Financial Statements

Pembroke College Annual Report and Financial Statements 31[st] July 2024

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Annual Report and Financial Statements

PEMBROKE COLLEGE

Governing Body, Officers and Advisers 3-5
Report of the Governing Body 6-13
Independent Auditor’s Report 14-16
Statement of Accounting Policies 17-21
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 22
Consolidated and College Balance Sheets 23
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 24
Notes to the Financial Statements 25-45

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PEMBROKE COLLEGE Governing Body, Officers and Advisers Year ended 31 July 2024

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY

The Members of the Governing Body are the College’s charity trustees under charity law.

Dr Brian A'Hearn
Prof Andy Baldwin
Prof Guido Bonsaver
Nancy Braithwaite
Academic Director, left 03/09/23
Prof Min Chen
Ms Jane Chesters
Advisory Fellow, appointed 12/03/24
Mr John Church
Advisory Fellow
Dr Peter Claus
Access Fellow
Dr Nicholas Cole
Interim Academic Director, appointed 07/02/24
Prof Owen Darbishire
Dr Ushashi Dasgupta
Prof Ben Davis
Prof Ariel Ezrachi
Vicegerent Designate
Dr Tim Farrant
Prof Linda Flores
Prof Sandra Fredman
Prof Andre Furger
Development Fellow
Prof Adrian Gregory
Prof Henrietta Harrison
Prof Raphael Hauser
Vicegerent
Prof Nick Hawes
Prof Justin Jones
Prof Guy Kahane
Mr Matthew Kirkby
Advisory Fellow appointed 13/03/24
Prof Pramila Krishnan
Prof Christopher
Melchert
Retired 30/09/2023
Dr Eamonn Molloy
Prof Fitzroy Morrissey
Appointed 11/10/23
Prof Lynda Mugglestone
Prof Ana Namburete
Prof Andy Orchard
Suspended February 2024
Prof James Read
Prof Jonathan Rees
Prof Damian Rossler
Dean
The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder
Master
Prof Roberto Salguero-
Gomez
Ms Julie Saunders
Bursar
Mr Julian Schild
Advisory Fellow
Prof Nicolai Sinai
Prof Clive Siviour
Prof Hannah Smithson
Prof Kevin Talbot
Reverend Dr Andrew Teal
Chaplain
Prof Stephen Tuck
Prof Theo Van Lint
Prof Morgan Wascko
Appointed 11/10/23
Prof Stephen Whitefield
Prof Rebecca Williams
Prof Tim Woollings

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Undergraduate and graduate students attended the Open sessions of meetings of the Governing Body and of the Finance and Planning, Academic, Buildings and Sustainability, and Welfare and Equality Committees.

Ms V. Gouws (Operations Bursar) attends Governing Body, Governance Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, Staff and Operations Committee, Development Committee, Buildings and Sustainability Committee, and Welfare and Equalities Committee.

Mr P. Robson and Mr I. West served as external members of the Finance and Planning Committee.

In addition to Dr Molloy and Prof M Wascko, Professor I. Posner (non-Governing Body, Fellow by Special Election) and Professor V. Nanda (non-Governing Body, Associate Professor) served on the Investment Committee. Ms L. Patel, Mrs B. Hollond, Mr O. Meyohas, Mr W. Hooton and Mr N. Millar served as external members of the Investment Committee.

Prof Jeremy Taylor (Emeritus Fellow), Mr P. Alsop, Mrs S. McKinlay, and Mr T. Gardam served as members of the Fellows’ Remuneration Committee.

Mrs S. McKinlay and Mr T. Gardam served as external members of the Staff and Operations Committee.

Dr R White and Mr M Wilson (Music Director) served as members of the Art Committee.

Mr K Howick served as an independent member of the Development Committee.

Mr Martin Bowdery KC served as an independent member of the Governance Committee.

Dr R. White, the Junior Deans, the Academic Registrar, and Mr R. Charles (Head Porter) served as members of the Welfare and Equality Committee.

COLLEGE OFFICERS

The Officers of the College carrying out the day-to-day management of the College during the year were as follows:

Sir Ernest Ryder Master
Professor Raphael Hauser Vicegerent
Dr Nicholas Cole Interim Academic Director
Ms Julie Saunders Bursar
Ms Vanessa Gouws Operations Bursar
Professor Andre Furger Development Fellow
Dr Peter Claus Access Fellow

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COLLEGE ADVISERS

Financial Advisor

JT Financial Management Ltd

Investment Managers

Oxford University Endowment Management Ltd Hamilton Lane (UK) Ltd Vanguard Asset Management Ltd BlackRock Investment Management Brown Advisory Ltd

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP 55 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7JW

Bankers

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Santander UK plc

Solicitors

Blake Morgan LLP Freeths LLP Penningtons Manches LLP Keystone Law Ltd

College Address

Pembroke College, Oxford OX1 1DW

Website

www.pmb.ox.ac.uk

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PEMBROKE COLLEGE Report of the Governing Body Year ended 31 July 2024

The Members of the Governing Body present their Annual Report for the year ended 31 July 2024 under the Charities Act 2011 together with the audited financial statements for the year.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

The Master, Fellows and Scholars of Pembroke College in the University of Oxford, known as Pembroke College, is an independent self-governing charitable institution. It was founded on the initiative of Dr Thomas Clayton, Principal of Broadgates Hall, who secured the necessary endowment left in legacies by Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwick to amalgamate several smaller halls sited along the City Wall with the fifteenth century Broadgates Hall, to form a new College. The original statutes were drawn up by Royal Commission in 1624. The corporation comprises the Master, Fellows and Scholars. The College became a registered charity (no. 1137498) in August 2010.

The names of all Members of the Governing Body in office during the year, together with details of the College Officers and advisers of the College, are given on pages 3 to 6 of this report.

GOVERNANCE, STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT

Governance

The Governing Body of the College comprises the Master and Fellows. This body is constituted and regulated in accordance with the College Statutes, the terms of which are enforceable ultimately by the Visitor, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The College Statutes are as made from time to time by order of His Majesty in Council in accordance with the Royal Charter of 1624, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923.

Governing Body

The Governing Body determines the strategic direction of the College and regulates its administration and the management of its finances and assets. It makes sure that decision making is effective, and that risk assessment and management systems are set up and monitored. It meets nine times a year under the chairmanship of the Master and is advised by a range of committees: senior policy-making committees (including Fellowships Committee, Academic Committee, and Finance and Planning Committee) and senior compliance committees (Governance Committee and Standing Committee) which report directly to Governing Body, and Ordinary Committees which provide recommendations to Senior Committees.

Recruitment and training of Members of the Governing Body

New members of the Governing Body are recruited through open competition to advertised posts or through promotion. They are elected on the basis of their abilities in teaching, research, or administration. New members of the Governing Body are inducted into the policies and procedures of College (including those of Governing Body) and into the legal duties of charitable trustees by the Master and other College Officers. Regular training sessions on the duties of charitable trusteeship and developments in charitable law take place throughout the academic year, and all Governing Body members are expected to attend external trustee training and information courses throughout the year to keep them informed about regulatory requirements and current issues in the sector.

Remuneration of Members of the Governing Body and College Staff

The remuneration of members of the Governing Body is based on the advice of the Fellows’ Remuneration Committee, none of the members of which is in receipt of remuneration from the College. Remuneration for the Master and individual Fellows is determined by factors relevant to the nature of their appointment, including University pay scales.

The remuneration of all college staff who are not also members of the Governing Body is set by the Governing Body taking into account recommendations of the Staff and Operations and Finance and Planning Committees.

Organisational management

The Governing Body is responsible for all the affairs of the College. It is supported by twelve Committees which report regularly to the Governing Body:

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The College Officers, listed on Page 4, are responsible for the day-to-day running of the College. All major issues which arise are referred to the relevant College committee or directly to the Governing Body.

Group structure and relationships

The College administers many special trusts and funds, as detailed in Notes 20 and 21 to the financial statements.

The College has two wholly owned non-charitable subsidiaries: Pembroke College Enterprises Limited, a company limited by shares, which undertakes the College’s major building works, and Pembroke College Conferences and Events Limited, a company limited by guarantee, which lets College facilities when not required for its own educational purposes. The profits of both subsidiaries are donated to the College under the Gift Aid Scheme.

The College is part of the collegiate University of Oxford. Material interdependencies between the University and the College arise as a consequence of this relationship.

Risk Management

The Governing Body has identified and reviewed the risks to which the College is exposed and is satisfied that there are systems and procedures in place to manage those risks. The Governance Committee oversees the College’s risk management process with individual risks delegated to relevant Committees. Where appropriate, the College seeks external advice to support its risk management processes. These include external health and safety audits, compliance checks and the annual financial audit.

The Governing Body has identified a number of critical risk areas and defined for each of these risk areas a risk control process which sets out the level of risk, what the controls are, who is responsible, how frequently the risk should be monitored, and any further actions required. Risks are grouped into six areas outlined below, with each risk reviewed in depth at least once a year by the Governing Body or one of its committees.

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Risks are grouped into six areas.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Charitable Objects and Aims

The College’s objects are to advance education, scholarship and research through the provision of a college in the University of Oxford.

The Governing Body has considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in keeping with its objects, the College’s aims for public benefit are:

Activities and objectives of the College

The College’s activities are focused on furthering its stated objects and aims for the public benefit.

Public Benefit

The College advances public learning by providing higher education for undergraduate and postgraduate students within Oxford University, and by supporting the pursuit of publicly disseminated research. In 2023/24, the College had 445 undergraduates and visiting students, and 326 graduates. 31 Tutorial and 21 Junior and Senior Research Fellows held contractual obligations to undertake teaching and research.

The College provides public benefit by offering higher education to its undergraduates, mostly through the tutorial system which provides the opportunity to meet with a tutor on a weekly basis during term time. In addition, the College provides classes, seminars and other forms of teaching, as appropriate, in conjunction with the University's departments. To support student learning, the College also provides the use of the College's library, meeting rooms, auditorium and accommodation. The College actively promotes the wider cultural and social education of its students through music, drama, sports and careers advice.

The College advances research in a range of disciplin0es by employing academics who have a contractual obligation to undertake published research and providing them with a supportive academic atmosphere, including the provision of research grants, library and computer facilities, office accommodation and meals. The research activities of the majority of College Fellows have been audited by the National Research Assessment

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Exercise; that research is disseminated through published papers, books, websites and lectures. The College supports the research of academics who, at the beginning of their careers, have already shown outstanding promise in their chosen field of research by supporting Junior Research Fellowships. Research is also supported through lectures and the provision of facilities to research centres and programmes.

The College offers undergraduate places on the basis of academic merit. It aims to attract students who are able to benefit the most from an Oxford education regardless of sex, gender, income, ethnic origin, religion, previous education opportunity or disability, and actively works to recruit students from non-traditional backgrounds.

During the 2023/24 academic year, financial support was available to undergraduates from the UK to assist them with the costs of tuition fees and living costs whilst at the College. In addition to student loans, which are available to undergraduates from within the UK, Oxford Bursaries and Crankstart Scholarships are available to undergraduates from lower income households.

Graduates at the College form an important part of the academic community. Every graduate student is assigned a College Graduate Adviser who provides academic and pastoral support. Funding is available for some graduate studies and, for exceptional graduates, there are a number of scholarship funds available, administered by the University, the College or other sources.

The College awards a number of scholarships and exhibitions each year to undergraduates on course, based on their academic performance. In 2023/24, 122 scholarships and exhibitions were awarded to undergraduates and 23 graduates held College scholarships. In addition, a number of additional academic prizes are available to undergraduates and graduates at the College that are awarded on the basis of academic excellence. These scholarships, exhibitions and prizes serve further to encourage academic endeavour at the College. The College also provides travel grants to meet costs involved in undertaking research.

The Governing Body has considered the processes in place during the financial year ended 31 July 2024. It is satisfied that, with regard to public and publicly accountable funds received from the University of Oxford (out of grants from UK Research and Innovation, other agencies and student fees) for the year ended 31 July 2024, the arrangements for achieving economy, efficiency, effectiveness and value for money were appropriate. In making this confirmation, members of the Governing Body are cognisant of their obligations as charity trustees to ensure that funds are correctly applied in line with the objects of the College.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The College celebrated its 400[th] anniversary during the year, hosting 132 anniversary events through the year, and a Ball, organised by a committee of students and fellows. On 29[th] June 2024, The Pembroke 400 Festival took place, with hundreds of alumni and academics coming together to celebrate. Guests enjoyed a day of discussions, talks and celebration of all things Pembroke: our research, our people, our impact, our treasures, and our food!

During 2023/24, outstanding results were achieved by the College’s students in their final exams and our research centres and community of independent researchers continued to flourish. In the Trinity Term exams, 37 undergraduates achieved a First-Class degree and 69 an Upper Second-Class degree. Combined with a number of prestigious University prizes across a wide range of subjects, this represents another excellent year for the College. At the same time, Pembroke students have taken full advantage of the range of opportunities available to them, both within and external to the College, nationally and internationally to broaden their experiences and development alongside their studies. Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the College was also able to award a number of extraordinary internship and travel opportunities to its students.

Recognising that every effort must be made to attract the very best talent to the College, Pembroke continues to focus on its Outreach and Access activities. Through its Access Fellow, Pembroke is now widely acknowledged as a significant contributor to the OxNet Academic Access Programme, the results of which are now becoming encouraging. Over the past three years, 12.1% of our new freshers have arrived at Pembroke from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds[1] and 13.1% from areas with low progression to higher education[2] .

1 ACORN categories 4 and 5 2 POLAR quintiles 1&2

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During the year, construction work was completed on the £14m Geoffrey Arthur Building (GAB) re-development project to create 77 new rooms for graduates and four flats for young academics, work took place to remodel three of the North Quad staircases to provide 17 high-quality study bedrooms for undergraduate students and the Old Quad refurbishment project began.

As part of our plans to decarbonise the site, the gas boilers in the Main Site Dining Hall and the older part of the Geoffrey Arthur Building (GAB), serving 99 student accommodation, were removed and replaced by Air Source Heat Pumps, reducing the College’s operational carbon emissions by 24%.

Further information about the College’s achievements and performance over the past year can be obtained from the Pembroke Record, which is available directly from the College.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

These financial statements present the accounts of Pembroke College and its subsidiaries and include all operational income and expenditure, donations and investment income and all the assets and liabilities of the College.

Overall, net income/(expenditure) before investment and other gains/losses was £5,216k in 2023/24 compared to £39,555k in 2022/23. The 2022/23 outturn, however, was materially influenced by a significant legacy from the estate of a generous American alumnus, the majority of which ($43.5m USD) was received during that year.

After investment gains of £10,978k (2023: £(3,749)k losses), net income amounted to £16,194k (2023: £35,806k). As a result, the total funds of the College and its subsidiaries increased in the year to £160,955k on 31 July 2024 from £144,761k on 31 July 2023.

Total income amounted to £21,711k (£55,535k in 2022/23 including the legacy). Discounting the exceptional impact of the legacy in 2022/23, total income was £2,594k higher in 2023/24 compared to the previous year (£19,117k). Teaching, research and residential income slightly decreased from £10,412k in 2022/23 to £10,116k in 2023/24, this was mainly due to an increase in accommodation income due to the new GAB rooms becoming available (£377k) being offset by a reduction in funding for our research groups (£(688)k). Although trading income increased marginally to £1,245k (2023: £1,190k), this was offset by an intra-group adjustment (£189k). Investment income rose in the year to £5,138k (2023: £4,853k), largely due to income generated from the investment of the legacy received in the prior year.

Total expenditure on charitable activities increased to £14,334k (2023: £13,949k). This expenditure figure reflects a decrease in pension provision of £(2,176)k, (2023: £(1,220)k); excluding the impact of the pension provision reduction, expenditures increased by £1,341k.

The completion of the new Geoffrey Arthur Building (GAB) accommodation block negatively impacted on the College’s finances as a result of: the write off of the old GAB building (£(316)k); an increase in depreciation of £298k; and the non-capitalisation of the interest cost on the relevant portion of the private placement loan (£(327)k.

The College’s 400[th] year celebrations with events held throughout the year added to costs (£(180)k). Inflationary cost pressures, particularly in relation to staff (£(605)k), food and utilities costs added further to expenditure in the year. These additional expenditures were offset by a reduction in costs of £700k in the research groups, in line with less funding being received, as above.

As reported in Note 24 to the financial statements, the valuation for USS and OSPS no longer reported a deficit after September 2023. This resulted in an adjustment in expenditure of £(2,176)k. The College monitors discussions regarding contributions carefully, particularly with regard to USS.

The total declared value for insurance purposes of the College’s real estate amounts to £195,000k.

Going Concern

The Governing Body has assessed the College’s ability to continue as a going concern. It has considered several factors in forming its conclusion as to whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate when preparing these financial statements, including a review of updated forecasts and cash flows to 31[st] July 2026, a consideration of key risks that could impact the College and the latest available management information.

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Frozen undergraduate fees, cost inflation, and the need to invest significantly in the estate continues to put pressure on operational results and the College expects to record an operational loss in 2024/25. Thereafter, with careful management of costs and with the College receiving full benefit from the legacy, the College is expected to return to operational surplus. Overall, however, the College’s financial viability has improved considerably with the addition of the legacy in 2022/23. The Governing Body is satisfied that it continues to have sufficient cash resources to fund its operations throughout this period, and beyond.

Having regard to the above, the Governing Body is satisfied that there are no material uncertainties around the decision to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.

Reserves policy

The College aims to hold at least the equivalent of one term’s operating expenditure as free reserves so as to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall or increased costs. In 2023/24, one term’s operating expenditure amounted to approximately £5,263k.

Total funds of the College and its subsidiaries, including long-term investments, at the year-end amounted to £160,955k (2023: £144,761k). Endowment funds equated to £78,925k (2023: £73,003k), of which £57,512k (2023: £53,167k) is permanent endowment and £21,413k (2023: £19,836k) is expendable endowment. In addition, total restricted funds amounted to £11,350k (2023: £11,342k).

The College’s unrestricted funds at the year-end amounted to £70,680k (2023: £62,592k). After deducting an amount of £25,625k (2023: £21,308k) for the book value of fixed assets, the free reserves amount to a £45,055k (2023: £39,108k). The Governing Body is satisfied that the College has sufficient liquidity at the year end, amounting in total to £33,759k (2023: £55,850k).

Investment policy, objectives and performance

The College’s investment objectives are to balance current and future needs by:

To meet these objectives, the College’s investments are managed on a total return basis, maintaining diversification across a range of asset classes in order to produce an appropriate balance between risk and return. In line with this approach, the College statutes allow the College to invest with the objective of maximising the total return and to make available for expenditure each year an appropriate proportion of the unapplied total return (see below).

The investment strategy, policy and performance are monitored by the Investment Committee which reports directly to the Governing Body. At the year end, the College’s long-term investments, combining the securities and property investments, totalled £146,861k (2023: £133,919k). The annualised total investment return was 11.34% on the weighted average investment portfolio available over the year, compared to the College’s strategic benchmark return of 7.10% (CPI+ 4%).

The carrying value of the preserved permanent capital and the amount of any unapplied total return available for expenditure was taken as the open market values of these funds as at 31 July 2002 together with the original gift value of all subsequent endowment received.

Under the total return accounting basis, it is the Governing Body’s policy to draw down as income up to 3.5% (plus costs) of the value of the relevant investments. However, to smooth and moderate the amounts withdrawn this is calculated on the average of the year end values in each of the last three years.

In line with this policy, the equivalent of 3.5% of the average three-year end opening value of the property, securities and other investments, was drawn down as income on the total return basis in the year. The Governing Body will keep the level drawn down under review to balance the current and future needs and interests of the College.

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Fundraising

Pembroke College is committed to best practice in relation to all fundraising activities. The Development Fellow co-ordinates fundraising activities, and reports to the Development Committee. Pembroke College is registered with the Fundraising Regulator. The College has protocols and procedures to ensure that all College fundraising is open, honest and respectful, and that it adheres to legal and fundraising guidelines, including in dealing with vulnerable individuals. The College does not engage any professional third parties to carry out fundraising activities on its behalf.

FUTURE PLANS

The College continues to mark 2024, its 400[th] anniversary year, with many celebratory events and activities planned through to January 2025.

During 2024/25, the Governing Body will complete the update of its strategic plan, covering the period from 2024-2029. The plan reconfirms the College’s commitment to the current tutorial system and emphasises the need to permanently fund the fellowship through increasing the long-term investments. The strategy commits to further augmenting the student experience with enhanced student support and increased possibilities to participate in internships, exchange schemes and career mentoring.

In 2024/25, the College will implement the next phase of its decarbonisation programme by replacing the gas boilers in the Rokos building with Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs), supplementing the energy provided by the existing Ground Source Heat Pump.

As a first step in a major initiative to refurbish Old Quad, the SCR Staircase and Broadgates Hall, the College will convert the four rooms in Staircase 7 into Fellows’ rooms and begin work on the SCR Staircase.

Looking forward, the College hopes to replace the ageing McGowin Library with a ‘state of the art’ Research & Study Centre incorporating: an undergraduate library; a graduate study centre; housing for Research Programmes; a rare books’ room; an innovation centre; and an exhibition space.

The College will continue to support its research-led teaching as well as to invest in our flourishing research centres and community of independent researchers. Widening participation will remain centre stage via OxNet, a networked approach to access and outreach work, delivering academically intensive programmes to Sixth Form students which aim to inspire and challenge those who take part, particularly those from disadvantaged and non-traditional university application backgrounds.

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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES

The Governing Body is responsible for preparing the Report of the Governing Body and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Charity law requires the Governing Body to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Governing Body have prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards) and applicable law, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Under charity law the Governing Body must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the College and of its net incoming or outgoing resources for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Governing Body is required to:

The Governing Body is responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the College’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the College and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the College and ensuring their proper application under charity law and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the Governing Body on and signed on its behalf by:

Sir Ernest Ryder Master

Date: 4[th] December 2024

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Auditor’s Report Year ended 31 July 2024

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Pembroke College

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Pembroke College for the year ended 31 July 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, Consolidated and College Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustee's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity or the group’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the group and the parent Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section of the Charities Act 2011, and report in accordance with the Acts and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Details of the extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations are set out below.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We identified and assessed the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements from irregularities, whether due to fraud or error, and discussed these between our audit team. We then designed and performed audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the parent charity and group operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were taxation legislation, the Charities Act 2011 together with the Charities SORP (FRS 102). We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items.

In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which might be fundamental to the parent charity’s and the group’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty. We also considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the parent charity and the group for fraud. The other laws and regulations we considered in this

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context for the group were General Data Protection Regulations and Health and Safety regulations.

Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be within the recognition of income, and the override of controls by management. Our audit procedures to respond to risk of income recognition included selecting a sample of income during the year, agreeing back to the relevant documentation and ensuring it has been recognised correctly. Our audit procedures to respond to the risk of management override included enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, sample testing on the posting of journals, reviewing accounting estimates for biases, reviewing regulatory correspondence with the Charity Commission and reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing noncompliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Crowe U.K. LLP Statutory Auditor

London

Date:

Crowe U.K. LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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PEMBROKE COLLEGE Statement of Accounting Policies Year ended 31 July 2024

1. Scope of the financial statements

The financial statements present the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA), the Consolidated and College Balance Sheets and the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement of Cash Flows comprising the consolidation of the College and with its wholly owned subsidiaries Pembroke College Enterprises Limited. The subsidiaries have been consolidated from the date of their formation being the date from which the College has exercised control through voting rights in the subsidiaries and Pembroke College Conferences and Events. No separate SOFA has been presented for the College alone as permitted by the Charity Commission on a concessionary basis for the filing of consolidated financial statements. A summary of the results and financial position of the charity and each of its material subsidiaries for the reporting year are in note 14.

2. Basis of accounting

The College’s individual and consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards, in particular ‘FRS 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ (FRS 102).

The College is a public benefit entity for the purposes of FRS 102 and a registered charity. The College has therefore also prepared its individual and consolidated financial statements in accordance with ‘The Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with FRS 102’ (The Charities SORP (FRS 102)).

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the previous Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities which was effective from 1 April 2005 but which has since been withdrawn.

The Governing Body has assessed the College’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Governing Body has considered several factors when forming its conclusion as to whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate when preparing these financial statements, including a review of updated forecasts and cash flows to 31[st] July 2026, a consideration of key risks, that could impact on the College and the latest available management information. Having regard to the above, the Governing Body is satisfied that there are no material uncertainties around the decision to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.

The financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis, except for the measurement of investments and certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value with movements in value reported within the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA). The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below and have been applied consistently throughout the year.

3. Accounting judgements and estimation uncertainty

In preparing financial statements, it is necessary to make certain judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognised in the financial statements. The following judgements and estimates are considered by the Governing Body to have most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

The Governing Body, in applying the accounting policies, have included an estimate for the College’s share of the USS and OSPS pension scheme liabilities in relation to funding past service deficits – this involves a number of estimates as disclosed in note 24.

The College includes an estimate of the useful economic life of its buildings. This is re-assessed annually. Leases on equipment are classified as either operating or finance leases which require an evaluation of the terms and conditions of each lease to determine whether the College retains or acquires the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the leased assets and as a result recognises an asset and a liability for future payments relating to the capital element of the lease in the balance sheet.

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PEMBROKE COLLEGE Statement of Accounting Policies Year ended 31 July 2024

The College carries investment property at fair value in the balance sheet, with changes in fair value being recognised in the income and expenditure section of the SOFA. Independent valuations are obtained to determine fair value at the balance sheet date – this involves a number of estimates.

4. Income recognition

All income is recognised once the College has entitlement to the income, the economic benefit is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.

a. Income from fees, the Office for Students (formerly known as HEFCE) support and other charges for services

Fees receivable, less any scholarships, bursaries or other allowances granted from the College unrestricted funds, the Office for Students support and charges for services and use of the premises are recognised in the period in which the related service is provided.

b. Income from donations, grants and legacies

Donations and grants that do not impose specific future performance-related or other specific conditions are recognised on the date on which the charity has entitlement to the resource, the amount can be reliably measured and the economic benefit to the College of the donation or grant is probable. Donations and grants subject to performance-related conditions are recognised as and when those conditions are met. Donations and grants subject to other specific conditions are recognised as those conditions are met or their fulfilment is wholly within the control of the College and it is probable that the specified conditions will be met.

Legacies are recognised following grant of probate and once the College has received sufficient information from the executor(s) of the deceased’s estate to be satisfied that the gift can be reliably measured and that the economic benefit to the College is probable.

Donations, grants and legacies accruing for the general purposes of the College are credited to unrestricted funds.

Donations, grants and legacies which are subject to conditions as to their use imposed by the donor or set by the terms of an appeal are credited to the relevant restricted fund or, where the donation, grant or legacy is required to be held as capital, to the endowment funds. Where donations are received in kind (as distinct from cash or other monetary assets), they are measured at the fair value of those assets at the date of the gift.

c. Investment income

Interest on bank balances is accounted for on an accrual basis with interest recognised in the period to which the interest relates.

Income from fixed interest debt securities is recognised using the effective interest rate method.

Dividend income and similar distributions are recognised on the date the share interest becomes exdividend or when the right to the dividend can be established.

Income from investment properties is recognised in the period to which the rental income relates.

5. Expenditure

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. A liability and related expenditure is recognised when a legal or constructive obligation commits the College to expenditure that will probably require settlement, the amount of which can be reliably measured or estimated.

Grants awarded that are not performance-related are charged as an expense as soon as a legal or constructive obligation for their payment arises. Grants subject to performance-related conditions are expensed as the specified conditions of the grant are met.

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All expenditure including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure categories in the Statement of Financial Activities (the SOFA).

Support costs which includes governance costs (costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements) and other indirect expenditure are apportioned to expenditure categories in the SOFA based on the estimated amount attributable to that activity in the year, either by reference to staff time or the use made of the underlying assets, as appropriate. Irrecoverable VAT is included with the item of expenditure to which it relates.

Grants awarded are expensed as soon as they become legal or operational commitments.

Intra-group sales and charges between the College and its subsidiaries are excluded from trading income and expenditure in the consolidated financial statements.

6. Leases

Leases of assets that transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as finance leases. The costs of the assets held under finance leases are included within fixed assets and depreciation is charged over the shorter of the lease term and the assets’ useful lives. Assets are assessed for impairment at each reporting date. The corresponding capital obligations under these leases are shown as liabilities and recognised at the lower of the fair value of the leased assets and the present value of the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned between capital repayment and finance charges in the SOFA so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Leases that do not transfer all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases. Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the SOFA on a straight line basis over the relevant lease terms. Any lease incentives are recognised over the lease term on a straight line basis.

7. Tangible fixed assets

Land is stated at cost. Buildings and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Expenditure on the acquisition or enhancement of land and on the acquisition, construction and enhancement of buildings which is directly attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use and amounting to more than £5,000 together with expenditure on equipment costing more than £5,000 is capitalised.

Where a part of a building or equipment is replaced and the costs capitalised, the carrying value of those parts replaced is derecognised and expensed in the SOFA.

Other expenditure on equipment incurred in the normal day-to-day running of the College and its subsidiaries is charged to the SOFA as incurred.

8. Depreciation

Depreciation is provided to write off the cost of all tangible fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, in equal annual instalments over their expected useful economic lives as follows:

Freehold properties, including major extensions 50 years Building improvements 10 - 30 years Plant and machinery 15 years Equipment 5 - 15 years

Freehold land is not depreciated. The cost of maintenance is charged in the SOFA in the period in which it is incurred.

At the end of each reporting period, the residual values and useful lives of assets are reviewed and adjusted if necessary. In addition, if events or change in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable then the carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment.

9. Heritage Assets

The College has no assets which it considers should be classified as Heritage Assets.

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10. Investments

Investment properties are initially recognised at their cost and subsequently measured at their fair value (market value) at each reporting date. Purchases and sales of investment properties are recognised on exchange of contracts.

Listed investments are initially measured at their cost and subsequently measured at their fair value at each reporting date. Fair value is based on their quoted price at the balance sheet date without deduction of the estimated future selling costs.

Investments such as hedge funds and private equity funds which have no readily identifiable market value are initially measured at their costs and subsequently measured at their fair value at each reporting date without deduction of the estimated future selling costs. Fair value is based on the most recent valuations available from their respective fund managers.

Changes in fair value and gains and losses arising on the disposal of investments are credited or charged to the income or expenditure section of the SOFA as ‘gains or losses on investments’ and are allocated to the fund holding or disposing of the relevant investment.

11. Other financial instruments

a. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash at banks and in hand and short term deposits with a maturity date of three months or less.

b. Debtors and creditors

Debtors and creditors receivable or payable within one year and Fellows’ Loans payable out with one year of the reporting date are carried at their transaction price.

12. Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, cost being the purchase price on a first in, first out basis.

13. Foreign currencies

The functional and presentation currency of the College and its subsidiaries is the pound sterling.

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies during the year are translated into pounds sterling using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into pounds sterling at the rates applying at the reporting date.

Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the exchange rates at the reporting date are recognised in the income and expenditure section of the SOFA.

14. Total return investment accounting

The College statutes authorise the College to adopt a ‘total return’ basis for the investment of its permanent endowment. The College can invest its permanent endowments without regard to the capital/income distinctions of standard trust law and with discretion to apply any part of the accumulated total return on the investment as income for spending each year. Until this power is exercised, the total return is accumulated as a component of the endowment known as the unapplied total return that can be either retained for investment or released to income at the discretion of the Governing Body.

15. Fund accounting

The total funds of the College and its subsidiaries are allocated to unrestricted, restricted or endowment funds based on the terms set by the donors or set by the terms of an appeal. Endowment funds are further sub-divided into permanent and expendable.

Unrestricted funds can be used in furtherance of the objects of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body. The Governing Body may decide that part of the unrestricted funds shall be used in future for a specific purpose and this will be accounted for by transfers to appropriate designated funds.

Restricted funds comprise gifts, legacies and grants where the donor has specified that the funds are to be used for particular purposes of the College. They consist of either gifts where the donor has specified that

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both the capital and any income arising must be used for the purposes given or the income on gifts where the donor has required that the capital be maintained and the income used for specific purposes.

Permanent endowment funds arise where donors specify that the funds should be retained as capital for the permanent benefit of the College. Any part of the total return arising from the capital that is allocated to income will be accounted for as unrestricted funds unless the donor has placed restrictions on the use of that income, in which case it will be accounted for as a restricted fund.

Expendable endowment funds are similar to permanent endowment in that they have been given, or the College has determined based on the circumstances that they have been given, for the long term benefit of the College. However, the Governing Body may at their discretion determine to spend all or part of the capital.

16. Pension costs

The College participates in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS). These schemes are hybrid pension schemes, providing defined benefits as well as benefits based on defined contributions. The assets of each scheme are held in a separate trusteeadministered fund. Because of the mutual nature of the schemes, the assets are not attributed to individual employers and scheme-wide contribution rates are set. The College is therefore exposed to actuarial risks associated with other employers’ employees and is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of the schemes on a consistent and reasonable basis. As required by Section 28 of FRS 102 “Employee Benefits”, the College therefore accounts for the schemes as if they were wholly defined contribution schemes. As a result, the amount charged to the income and expenditure account represents the contributions payable to each scheme and any deficit recovery contributions payable under a scheme Recovery Plan.

Where a scheme valuation determines that the scheme is in deficit on a technical provisions basis (as was the case following the 2020 USS valuation), the trustee of the scheme must agree a Recovery Plan that determines how each employer within the scheme will fund an overall deficit. The College recognises a liability for the contributions payable that arise from such an agreement (to the extent that they relate to a deficit) with related expenses being recognised through the income statement. Further disclosures relating to the deficit recovery liability can be found in note 24

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Pembroke College

Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 July 2024

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Charitable activities:
Teaching, research and residential
1
Other Trading Income
3
Donations and legacies
2
Investments
Investment income
4
Total return allocated to income
15
Other income
5
Total income
EXPENDITURE ON:
Charitable activities:
Teaching, research and residential
Generating funds:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Total Expenditure
6
Net Income/(Expenditure) before gains
Net gains/(losses) on investments
12, 13
Net Income/(Expenditure)
Transfers between funds
20
Net movement in funds for the year
Fund balances brought forward
20
Funds carried forward
20
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
8,998
1,056
2,204
2,308
1,114
-
Restricted
Funds
£'000
1,118
-
1,400
326
1,671
1,647
Endowed
Funds
£'000
-
-
150
2,504
(2,785)
-
2024
Total
£'000
10,116
1,056
3,754
5,138
-
1,647
2023
Total
£'000
10,412
1,220
38,930
4,853
-
120
15,680
10,432
561
894
245
6,162
3,902
81
-
44
(131)
-
-
-
336
21,711
14,334
642
894
625
55,535
13,949
500
829
702
12,132 4,027 336 16,495 15,980
3,548 2,135 (467) 5,216 39,555
4,579 -
-
6,399 10,978 (3,749)
8,127 2,135 5,932 16,194 35,806
2,137
10,264
60,416
(2,127)
8
11,342
(10)
5,922
73,003
-
16,194
144,761
-
35,806
108,955
70,680 11,350 78,925 160,955 144,761

Prior year comparative SOFA Is shown in note 34

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Pembroke College Consolidated and College Balance Sheets As at 31 July 2024

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
10
Property investments
12
Other Investments
13
Total Fixed Assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
Debtors
16
Investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total Current Assets
LIABILITIES
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
17
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
CREDITORS: falling due after more than one year
18
Defined benefit pension scheme liability
24
TOTAL NET ASSETS
FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE
Endowment funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Pension reserve
24
NET ASSETS BEFORE PENSION ASSET OR LIABILITY
2024
Group
£'000
50,616
7,220
139,641
2023
Group
£'000
46,299
7,425
126,494
2024
College
£'000
51,047
7,220
139,641
2023
College
£'000
46,473
7,425
126,494
197,477 180,218 197,908 180,392
234
1,988
1,474
2,997
226
1,592
5,509
2,722
234
1,668
1,473
2,894
226
1,664
5,509
2,132
6,693
3,115
10,049
3,265
6,269
2,688
9,531
2,746
3,578
201,055
40,100
160,955
-
6,784
187,002
40,065
146,937
2,176
3,581
201,489
40,100
161,389
-
6,785
187,177
40,065
147,112
2,176
160,955 144,761 161,389 144,936
78,925
11,350
59,352
11,328
-
73,003
11,342
52,621
9,971
(2,176)
78,925
11,350
59,352
11,761
-
73,003
11,342
52,621
10,146
(2,176)
160,955 144,761 161,388 144,936

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Governing Body of Pembroke College on 4th December 2024

Master: Sir E. Ryder

Bursar: J Saunders

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Pembroke College

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended 31 July 2024

Notes
Net cash provided/ (used in) operating activities
27
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Finance costs paid
Purchase of investment property
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of investments/reinvested income
Purchase of investments
Net reduction to current asset investments
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Receipt of endowment
Net cash provided used in financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting
period
2024
£'000
385
2023
£'000
35,004
5,138
(1,164)
-
(6,305)
(267)
(1,697)
4,035
4,853
(837)
(3,495)
(6,021)
2,903
(36,796)
310
(260) (39,083)
150 213
150 213
275 (3,865)
2,722 6,587
2,997 2,722

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

1
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Teaching, Research and Residential
Unrestricted funds
Tuition fees - UK and EU students
Tuition fees - Overseas students
Other fees
Other Office for Students support
Other academic income
College residential income
Restricted funds
Other academic income
Total Teaching, Research and Residential
Total income from charitable activities
2024
£'000
1,674
1,602
630
134
433
4,525
8,998
1,118
1,118
10,116
10,116
2023
£'000
1,790
1,372
637
144
555
4,148
8,646
1,766
1,766
10,412
10,412

The above analysis includes £3400k received from Oxford University from publicly accountable funds under the CFF Scheme (2023: £3306k).

2
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Donations and Legacies
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Endowed funds
2024
£'000
2,204
1,400
150
3,754
2023
£'000
36,754
1,963
213
38,930

The College use a legacy pipeline to record those legacies that are known to the College but do not yet fulfil the criteria for income recognition. At 31 July 2024, the value of the legacy pipeline was £491k (2023: £2,246k).

3 INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

3
INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
Subsidiary company trading income
Other trading income
4
INVESTMENT INCOME
Unrestricted funds
Commercial rent
Equity dividends
Bank interest
Other interest
Restricted funds
Equity dividends
Bank interest
Endowed funds
Commercial rent
Equity dividends
Bank interest
Total Investment income
5
OTHER INCOME
Government Funding (Low Carbon Skills Fund)
2024
£'000
1,245
(189)
1,056
2024
£'000
89
1,638
441
1
2,308
293
33
326
271
1,983
250
2,504
5,138
2024
£'000
1,647
1,647
2023
£'000
1,190
30
1,220
2023
£'000
67
554
1,189
1
1,811
316
0
316
292
2,434
-
2,726
4,853
2023
£'000
120
120

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

6
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE
Charitable expenditure
Direct staff costs allocated to:
Teaching, research and residential
Other direct costs allocated to:
Teaching, research and residential
Support and governance costs allocated to:
Teaching, research and residential
Total charitable expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds
Direct staff costs allocated to:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Other direct costs allocated to:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Support and governance costs allocated to:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Total expenditure on raising funds
Total expenditure
2024
£'000
6,973
5,107
2,254
14,334
282
321
-
285
197
1
75
376
624
2,161
16,495
2023
£'000
6,373
5,613
1,963
13,949
270
285
-
169
187
0
61
357
702
2,031
15,980

The 2024 resources expended of £16,495k represented £12,132k (2023: £10,692k) from unrestricted funds, £4,027k (2023: £4,757k) from restricted funds and £336k (2023: £531k) from endowed funds.

The College is liable to be assessed for Contribution under the provisions of Statute XV of the University of Oxford. The Contribution Fund is used to make grants and loans to colleges on the basis of need. Contributions are calculated annually in accordance with regulations made by the Council of the University of Oxford. No College contribution was payable in the financial year (2023 - £0k)

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

7 ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT AND GOVERNANCE COSTS

Financial administration
Domestic administration
Human resources
IT
Depreciation
Write off of fixed assets
Bank interest payable
Other finance charges (including pension provision movement)
Investment management costs
Governance costs
Generating
Funds
£'000
283
64
-
18
84
-
-
-
624
2
1,075
Teaching
and
Research
£'000
619
169
256
282
1,588
316
1,164
(2,176)
-
36
2,254
2024
Total
£'000
902
233
256
300
1,672
316
1,164
(2,176)
624
38
3,329
Financial administration
Domestic administration
Human resources
IT
Depreciation
Write off of fixed assets
Bank interest payable
Other finance charges (including pension provision movement)
Investment management costs
Governance costs
Generating
Funds
£'000
206
58
-
21
132
-
-
-
701
2
1,120
Teaching
and
Research
£'000
549
165
129
293
1,153
-
837
(1,193)
-
30
1,963
2023
Total
£'000
755
223
129
314
1,285
837
(1,193)
701
32
3,083

Financial and domestic administration, IT, human resources and governance costs are attributed according to the estimated staff time spent on each activity. Depreciation costs and profit or loss on disposal of fixed assets are attributed according to the use made of the underlying assets. Interest and other finance charges are attributed according to the purpose of the related financing.

Governance costs comprise:
Auditor's remuneration - audit services
Auditor's remuneration - tax advisory services
Other governance costs
2024
£'000
30
5
3
38
2023
£'000
27
5
-
32

No amount has been included in governance costs for the direct employment costs or reimbursed expenses of the College Fellows on the basis that these payments relate to the Fellows involvement in the College's charitable activities. Details of the remuneration of the Fellows and their reimbursed expenses are included as a separate note within these financial statements.

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Unrestricted funds
Grants to individuals:
Scholarships, prizes and grants
Bursaries and hardship awards
Total unrestricted
Restricted funds
Grants to individuals:
Scholarships, prizes and grants
Bursaries and hardship awards
Total restricted
Total grants and awards
During the year the College funded research awards and bursaries to students from its restricted and unrestricted fund as follows:
2024
£'000
190
73
263
268
5
273
536
2023
£'000
157
84
241
378
20
398
639

The figure included above represents the cost to the College of the Oxford Bursary scheme. Students of this college received £330k (2023: £299k).Some of those students also received fee waivers amounting to £3k (2023: £25k).

The above costs are included within the charitable expenditure on Teaching and Research. No grants to other institutions were paid.

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2024
The aggregate staff costs for the year were as follows.
£'000
Salaries and wages
6,902
Social security costs
619
Pension costs:
Defined benefit schemes
(1,190)
Other benefits
218
6,549
The average number of employees of the College, excluding Trustees,
on a full time equivalent basis was as follows.
Tuition and research
58
College residential
78
Fundraising
4
Support
26
Total
166
The average number of employees of the College, excluding Trustees,
on an actual basis was as follows.
Tuition and research
98
College residential
87
Fundraising
4
Support
30
Total
219
The average number of employed College Trustees during the year was as follows.
University Lecturers
26
CUF Lecturers
5
Other teaching and research
2
Other
6
Total
39
Redundancy payments are accounted for in the period in which the employee was informed of the decision. There was no redundancy payments made in t
2023).
2023
£'000
6,103
542
(113)
181
6,714
53
71
5
23
152
89
79
5
28
201
25
5
2
6
38
he year (None in

The following information relates to the employees of the College excluding the College Trustees. Details of the remuneration and reimbursed expenses of the College Trustees is included as a separate note in these financial statements.

The number of employees (excluding the College Trustees) during the year whose gross pay and benefits (excluding employer NI and pension contributions) greater than £60K:

£60,001-£70,000
£70,001-£80,001
Total
The number of the above employees with retirement benefits accruing was as follows:
In defined benefits schemes
1
3
3
-
4
3
4
3

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10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Cost
At start of year
Additions
Transfers
Disposals
At end of year
Depreciation and impairment
At start of year
Depreciation charge for the year
Depreciation on disposals
Impairment
At end of year
Net book value
At end of year
At start of year
College
Cost
At start of year
Additions
Transfers
Disposals
At end of year
Depreciation and impairment
At start of year
Charge for the year
On disposals
Impairment
At end of year
Net book value
At end of year
At start of year
Assets
Under
Construction
£'000
15,751
5,956
(15,731)
-
5,976
-
-
-
-
-
5,976
15,751
Freehold
land and
buildings
£'000
43,102
11
15,477
(1,083)
57,507
14,341
1,257
(767)
-
14,831
42,676
28,760
Plant and
machinery
£'000
2,680
(6)
-
-
2,674
1,866
178
-
-
2,044
630
814
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£'000
3,114
344
254
-
3,712
2,140
238
-
-
2,378
1,334
974
Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£'000
3,126
343
254
-
3,723
2,140
237
-
-
2,377
1,346
986
Total
£'000
64,647
6,305
-
(1,083)
69,869
18,347
1,673
(767)
-
19,253
50,616
46,299
Assets
Under
Construction
£'000
15,751
6,212
(15,943)
-
6,020
-
-
-
-
-
6,020
15,751
Freehold
land and
buildings
£'000
43,264
12
15,689
(1,083)
57,882
14,341
1,257
(767)
-
14,831
43,051
28,922
Plant and
machinery
£'000
2,680
(6)
-
2,674
1,866
178
-
-
2,044
630
814
Total
£'000
64,821
6,561
-
(1,083)
70,299
18,347
1,672
(767)
-
19,252
51,047
46,473

The College has substantial long-held historic assets all of which are used in the course of the College’s teaching and research activities. These comprise listed buildings on the College site, together with their contents comprising works of art, ancient books and manuscripts and other treasured artefacts. Because of their age and, in many cases, unique nature, reliable historical cost information is not available for these assets and could not be obtained except at disproportionate expense. However, in the opinion of the Trustees the depreciated historical cost of these assets is now immaterial.

11 HERITAGE ASSETS

College and Group

The College does not hold any heritage assets at 31 July 2024 (2023 - Nil)

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12 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS

Group
Valuation at start of year
Additions and improvements at cost
Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year
Valuation at end of year
College
Valuation at start of year
Additions and improvements at cost
Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year
Valuation at end of year
Commercial
£'000
7,425
-
(205)
7,220
Commercial
£'000
7,425
-
(205)
7,220
2024
Total
£'000
7,425
-
(205)
7,220
2024
Total
£'000
7,425
-
(205)
7,220
2023
Total
£'000
3,430
3,495
500
7,425
2023
Total
£'000
3,430
3,495
500
7,425

A formal valuation of the commercial and other properties was prepared by Cluttons as at 31 July 2023. An informal valuation as at 31 July 2024 has resulted in a valuation decrease of £(205)k.

13 OTHER INVESTMENTS

All investments are held at fair value.

Group investments
Valuation at start of year
New money invested
Amounts withdrawn
Reinvested income
Increase/ (decrease) in value of investments
Group investments at end of year
Investment in subsidiaries
College investments at end of year
Group investments comprise:
Equity investments
Global multi-asset funds
Fixed term deposits and cash
Total group investments
Held outside
the UK
£'000
-
9,585
-
9,585
Held in
the UK
£'000
474
122,373
7,209
130,056
2024
Total
£'000
474
131,958
7,209
139,641
Held outside
the UK
£'000
-
9,834
-
9,834
2024
£'000
126,494
1,697
(721)
988
11,183
139,641
-
139,641
Held in
the UK
£'000
458
87,444
28,758
116,660
2023
£'000
96,849
36,796
(5,387)
2,485
-4,249
126,494
-
126,494
2023
Total
£'000
458
97,278
28,758
126,494

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14 PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

The College wholly owns both, Pembroke College Conference and Events (PCCE), a company limited by guarantee which provides conference and other event services on the College premises, and 100% of the issued share capital in Pembroke College Enterprises Limited (PCEL), a company providing design and build construction services to the College. PCCE and PCEL both have their registered office at New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 3LG. Their company registration numbers are PCCE - 7665202 and PCEL - 5174033.

The results and their assets and liabilities of the parent and subsidiaries at the year end were as follows.

Income
Expenditure
Donation to College under gift aid
Result for the year
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net funds at the end of year
£'000
32,689
(16,495)
-
16,194
204,177
(42,788)
161,388
Parent College
£'000
3,003
(2,936)
(67)
-
451
(451)
-
Pembroke
College
Enterprises
Limited
£'000
1,245
(911)
(334)
-
403
(403)
-
Pembroke
College
Conferences
and Events

During the year an amount of £894k (2023: £863k) was paid by PCCE to College in respect of costs incurred by the College on behalf of the subsidiary including staff costs, catering costs and a share of other running costs and overheads. At the year end, a balance of £195k (2023: £291k) was owed by PCCE to Pembroke College. At the year end, a balance of £238k was owed by College to PCEL (2023: £232k was owed by PCEL to the College. The income received by PCEL is derived almost entirely from the College.

Prior year comparative of this note is shown in note 34.

15 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN

The Trustees have adopted a duly authorised policy of total return accounting for the College investment returns with effect from 1 August 2010. The investment return to be applied as income is calculated as 3.5% (2022: 3.5%) of the average of the year-end values of the relevant investments in each of the last 3 years. The preserved (frozen) value of the invested endowment capital represents its open market value at 31 July 2002 together with all subsequent endowments valued at date of gift.

At the beginning of the year:
Gift component of the permanent endowment
Unapplied total return
Expendable endowment
Total Endowments
Movements in the reporting period:
Gift of endowment funds
Investment return: total investment income
Investment return: realised and unrealised gains and losses
Less: Investment management costs
Other transfers
Total
Expendable endowments transferred to income
Net movements in reporting period
At end of the reporting period:
Gift component of the permanent endowment
Unapplied total return
Expendable endowment
Total Endowments
Trust for
Investment
£'000
26,406
-
-
26,406
145
-
-
-
-
145
-
-
145
26,551
-
-
26,551
Pe
Unapplied
Total
Return
£'000
-
26,761
-
26,761
-
1,810
4,661
(243)
-
6,228
(2,028)
(2,028)
4,200
-
30,961
-
30,961
rmanent Endowmen
Total
£'000
26,406
26,761
-
53,167
145
1,810
4,661
(243)
-
6,373
(2,028)
(2,028)
4,345
26,551
30,961
-
57,512
t
Expendable
Endowment
£'000
-
-
19,836
19,836
5
694
1,739
(93)
(11)
2,334
(757)
(757)
1,577
-
-
21,413
21,413
Total
Endowments
£'000
26,406
26,761
19,836
73,003
150
2,504
6,400
(336)
(11)
8,707
(2,785)
(2,785)
5,922
26,551
30,961
21,413
78,925

Prior year comparative of this note is shown in note 34.

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16 DEBTORS

Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors
Amounts owed by College members
Amounts owed by Group undertakings
Loans repayable within one year
Prepayments and accrued income
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Loans
17
CREDITORS: falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to Group undertakings
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
Other creditors
2024
Group
£'000
350
199
-
17
1,092
330
1,988
2024
Group
£'000
438
-
181
2,190
306
3,115
2023
Group
£'000
310
216
-
18
743
305
1,592
2023
Group
£'000
291
-
184
2,593
197
3,265
2024
College
£'000
279
199
195
17
648
330
1,668
2024
College
£'000
436
235
181
1,535
301
2,688
2023
College
£'000
204
216
523
18
398
305
1,664
2023
College
£'000
291
-
184
2,076
195
2,746

In the year, the College received deferred income of 29,329 Euros for a Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation fund grant for the Quill project. At 31st July, this was held as a creditor.

18 CREDITORS: falling due after more than one year

CREDITORS: falling due after more than one year
Bank loans
Other creditors
2024
Group
£'000
40,000
100
40,100
2023
Group
£'000
40,000
65
40,065
2024
College
£'000
40,000
100
40,100
2023
College
£'000
40,000
65
40,065

A placement of a private bond totalling £40m took place in January 2019. The bond has a fixed term of 45 years with a fixed coupon of 2.91%.

19 PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGES

The College has no provisions at 31 July 2024 (2023 - None)

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20
ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS
At 31st July 2024
Endowment Funds - Permanent
General College Capital
Damon Wells Trust
Stanley Ho Trust
TEPCo Trust
Lee Trust
Tanaka Fund in Numerical Mathematics
Damon Wells Chaplaincy Trust
Chris Rokos Fund in Computer Science
Shimizu Trust
Nuffield Fund
Aisbitt Fund
BTP Fund
Tanaka Fund in Biochemistry
Oxford Stanion Fund
Bandar Trust Fund
Saleh Trust Fund
Rokos Physics
Theology Fellowship
Rokos Economics
Blackstone-Heuston Trust
Leung Trust
Mike and Hilary Wagstaff Fund
Burt 1923 Scholarship Fund
Rhodes Pelczynski Fund
Eekelaar Law Fellowship Fund
Abraham Trust
Jose Gregorio Hernandez Award
Chris Rokos Fund for Black STEM Grad. Scholarships
Abraham O'Brien Trust
Italian Fellowship
Lewin Trust
Damon Wells Music and Chapel Fund
Sue Cormack Trust
Pension Fund
Other funds < £500k relating to:
Buildings
Bursaries
Fellowships
General purposes
Lecture
Chapel and Library
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Endowment Funds - Expendable
Expendable Capital Fund
Total Endowment Funds - College
Endowment funds held by subsidiaries
Total Endowment Funds - Group
At 1 August
2023
£'000
11,500
2,870
1,821
1,651
1,595
1,579
1,396
1,374
1,229
1,202
1,155
1,103
1,099
1,011
990
985
961
885
880
879
827
824
810
800
800
712
665
590
579
555
549
531
524
502
-
-
340
782
1,775
2,640
256
59
1,882
-
-
19,836
73,003
-
73,003
Incoming
resources
£'000
392
98
61
56
54
54
48
47
42
41
39
38
117
35
33
33
32
29
30
30
29
28
28
33
29
24
22
20
20
19
19
18
17
17
12
27
90
90
9
2
93
699
2,654
-
2,654
Resources
expended
£'000
(53)
(13)
(8)
(8)
(7)
(7)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(8)
(12)
(1)
(0)
(9)
(93)
(336)
-
(336)
Transfers
£'000
(439)
(110)
(69)
(63)
(61)
(60)
(53)
(52)
(47)
(46)
(44)
(43)
(42)
(39)
(38)
(38)
(37)
(34)
(34)
(33)
(32)
(31)
(31)
(31)
(31)
(27)
(25)
(23)
(22)
(21)
(21)
(21)
(20)
(17)
(11)
(30)
(68)
(100)
(10)
(2)
(71)
(768)
(2,795)
-
(2,795)*
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
1,008
252
160
145
140
138
122
120
108
105
101
97
96
89
87
86
84
77
77
77
72
72
71
71
70
62
58
52
51
49
48
47
46
44
30
69
156
231
22
5
165
1,739
6,399
-
6,399
At 31 July
2024
£'000
12,408
3,097
1,965
1,781
1,721
1,704
1,507
1,483
1,326
1,297
1,246
1,190
1,265
1,091
1,067
1,062
1,036
953
949
949
892
889
874
869
864
768
717
636
625
599
592
573
565
544
369
845
1,945
2,849
276
64
2,060
21,413
78,925
-
78,925

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Pembroke College

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 July 2024

Restricted Funds
Library
Research Centre - Quill
Research Centre - CCW
Funds < £500k relating to:
Buildings
Fellowships
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Research Centres
Other funds
Total Restricted Funds - College
Restricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Restricted Funds - Group
Unrestricted Funds
Designated funds:
Financial Resilience Fund
Private Placement Fund
Theology Fellowship
Physics Fellowship
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Other
Total designated funds
General funds
Revaluation reserve
Pension reserve
Total Unrestricted Funds - College
Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Unrestricted Funds - Group
Total Funds
At 1 August
2023
£'000
1,521
777
667
979
2,926
1,607
313
2,552
11,342
-
11,342
35,776
14,458
563
561
518
745
52,621
10,146
-
(2,176)
60,591
(175)
60,416
144,761
Incoming
resources
£'000
52
516
871
1,820
288
217
334
393
Resources
expended
£'000
(7)
(728)
(910)
(25)
(1,150)
(358)
(335)
(514)
(4,027)
-
(4,027)
(163)
(66)
(9)
(3)
(14)
(3)
(258)
(14,050)
-
2,176
(12,132)
-
(12,132)
(16,495)
Transfers
£'000
(215)
-
(14)
(1,648)
987
238
14
182
(456)
0
(456)
1,093
(551)
-
74
-
-
616
2,635
(0)
-
3,251
-
3,251
-*
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,136
1,267
50
49
34
43
4,579
-
-
-
4,579
-
4,579
10,978
At 31 July
2024
£'000
1,351
565
614
1,126
3,051
1,704
326
2,613
4,491 11,350
-
4,491
1,218
492
19
22
18
25
1,794
13,030
-
-
14,824
(256)
14,566
21,711
0
11,350
41,060
15,600
623
703
556
810
59,352
11,761
(0)
0
71,113
(431)
70,680
160,955

*Transfers included £1,114k and £1,671k released to unrestricted and restricted funds respectively in accordance with the College's total return policy. Prior year comparative of this note is shown in note 34

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21 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE DETAILS

The following is a summary of the origins and purposes of each of the Funds

Endowment Funds - Permanent:
General College Capital General Permanent Endowment
Damon Wells Trust Supports a Fellowship in History
Stanley Ho Trust Supports a Fellowship in Chinese History
TEPCo Trust Supports a Fellowship in Japanese
Lee Trust Supports a Fellowship in Engineering
Tanaka Fund in Numerical Mathematics Supports a Fellowship in Numerical Mathematics
Damon Wells Chaplaincy Trust Supports the Chaplaincy
Chris Rokos Fund in Computer Science Supports a Fellowship in Computer Science
Nuffield Fund Supports general expenditure
Aisbitt Fund Supports a Fellowship in English Literature
BTP Fund Supports a Fellowship in Chemistry
Oxford Stanion Fund Supports a Graduate Scholarship in Biochemisty
Bandar Trust Fund Supports the maintenance of College buildings
Saleh Trust Fund Supports a Fellowship in Arabic
Rokos Physics Fund Supports a Fellowship in Physics
Theology Fellowship Supports a Fellowship in Theology
Rokos Economics Fund Supports a Fellowship in Economics
Blackstone-Heuston Trust Supports a Fellowship in Law
Tanaka Fund in Biochemistry Supports a Fellowship in Biochemistry
Leung Trust Supports a Fellowship in Law
Mike and Hilary Wagstaff Fund Supports student activities and programmes
Burt 1923 Scholarship Fund Supports hardship and general expenditure
Rhodes Pelczynski Fund Supports a Fellowship in Politics
Eekelaar Law Fellowship Fund Supports a Fellowship in Law
Abraham Trust Supports a Fellowship in Zoology
Jose Gregorio Hernandez Award Advance the education of graduates of Venezuelan nationality
Chris Rokos Fund for Black STEM Scholarships Supports graduate scholarships for black students
Abraham O'Brien Trust Supports a Fellowship in Medicine
Italian Fellowship Supports a Fellowship in Italian
Lewin Trust Supports a Fellowship in Philosophy
Sue Cormack Trust Supports a Fellowship in Management
Damon Wells Music and Chapel Fund Supports Music and Chapel
Pension Fund Supports payment of Pensions
Endowment Funds - Expendable:
General College Capital General Expendable Endowment
Designated Funds
Financial Resilience Fund Supports resilience for the long term by generating a return, from the
long term investment pool, to support the charitable objects and aims.

The General Unrestricted Funds represent accumulated income from the College's activities and other sources that are available for the general purposes of the College.

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22 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Tangible fixed assets
Property investments
Other investments
Net current assets and other long term liabilities
Long term loan finance
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
50,616
-
64,087
(4,023)
(40,000)
70,680
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
3,848
7,502
-
11,350
Endowment
Funds
£'000
-
7,220
71,705
-
-
78,925
2024
Total
£'000
50,616
7,220
139,640
3,479
(40,000)
160,955

23 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION

The Fellows who are the Trustees of the College for the purposes of charity law receive no remuneration for acting as charity trustees but are paid by either or both of the University and the College for the academic services they provide to the College.

Trustees of the College fall into the following categories: Head of House Professorial Fellow Official Fellow Advisory Fellow

No trustee receives any remuneration for acting as a trustee. However, those trustees who are also employees of the College receive salaries for their work as employees. These salaries are paid on external academic and academic-related scales and often are joint arrangements with the University of Oxford.

All Official Fellows are eligible for a Housing Allowance to support academic and/or other employment services, which is disclosed within the salary figures below.

The College has a Remuneration Committee which makes recommendations to Governing Body on pay and benefits which are outside of external scales.

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Remuneration paid to trustees

Range
£2,001-£3,000
£6,001-£7,000
£8,001-£9,000
£12,001-£13,000
£13,001-£14,000
£15,001-£16,000
£18,001-£19,000
£20,001-£21,000
£22,001-£23,000
£23,001-£24,000
£25,001-£26,000
£26,001-£27,000
£27,001-£28,000
£28,001-£29,000
£29,001-£30,000
£30,001-£31,000
£31,001-£32,000
£32,001-£33,000
£35,001-£36,000
£39,001-£40,000
£53,001-£54,000
£54,001-£55,000
£58,001-£59,000
£61,001-£62,000
£62,001-£63,000
£63,001-£64,000
£64,001-£65,000
£66,001-£67,000
£67,001-£68,000
£75,001-£76,000
£82,001-£83,000
£94,001-£95,000
£95,001-£96,000
£119,001-£120,000
£123,001-124,000
£129,001-£130,000
£144,001-£145000
Total
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
8
2
5
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
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Number of
Trustees/Fellows
£
£
1
2,359
6,304
-
-
8,200
-
-
12,193
1
12,234
13,153
-
-
1
15,361
18,604
-
-
20,104
-
-
1
22,236
47,114
-
-
7
178,337
208,731
4
107,058
55,959
5
135,906
141,734
1
28,315
29,258
1
29,117
2
60,553
63,712
1
31,669
1
32,004
71,005
-
-
39,136
-
-
3
160,838
54,499
-
-
58,628
-
-
61,186
1
61,842
62,596
1
63,890
1
64,361
1
66,215
135,426
-
-
75,766
-
-
82,998
-
-
3
284,422
191,064
-
-
1
119,027
123,017
-
-
1
129,537
144,041
-
-
2024
2023
Gross remuneration, taxable benefits and
pension contributions
Number of
Trustees/Fellows
Gross remuneration, taxable benefits and
pension contributions
1,724,428
38
1,605,281

8 trustees are not employees of the College and do not receive remuneration.

All trustees may eat at common table, as can all other employees who are entitled to meals while working.

Other transactions with trustees

Fellows receive reimbursement of personal expenses necessarily incurred in connection with their services to the College as Trustees. During the year a total of £16 (2023 - £110) was reimbursed to one (2023 - one) of the Trustees .

See also note 31 Related Party Transactions.

Key management remuneration

The total remuneration paid to key management was £509k (2023: £460k). Key management are considered to be the College Officers as set out in the Report of the Governing Body.

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24 PENSION SCHEMES

The College participates in two principal pension schemes for its staff – the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS). The assets of each scheme are held in separate trustee-administered funds. USS and OSPS are contributory mixed benefit schemes (i.e. they provide benefits on a defined benefit basis – based on length of service and pensionable salary – and on a defined contribution basis – based on contributions into the scheme). Both are multi-employer schemes and the College is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities relating to defined benefits of each scheme on a consistent and reasonable basis. Therefore, in accordance with the accounting standard FRS 102 paragraph 28.11, the College accounts for the schemes as if they were defined contribution schemes. As a result, the amount charged to the Income and Expenditure Account represents the contributions payable to the schemes in respect of the accounting period. In the event of the withdrawal of any of the participating employers in USS or OSPS, the amount of any pension funding shortfall (which cannot be otherwise recovered) in respect of that employer will be spread across the remaining participating employers and reflected in the next actuarial valuation of the scheme. The College has also made available the National Employment Savings Trust for employees who are eligible under automatic enrolment regulations to pension benefits but not eligible for either USS or OSPS.

Schemes accounted for under FRS 102 as defined contribution schemes

Deficit Recovery Plans

For USS, a deficit recovery plan was put in place as part of the 2020 valuation, which required payment of 6.2% of salaries over the period 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2024, at which point the rate would increase to 6.3%. No deficit recovery plan was required under the 2023 valuation because the scheme was in surplus on a technical provisions basis. The College was no longer required to make deficit recovery contributions from 1 January 2024 and accordingly released the outstanding provision to the income and expenditure account. The latest available complete actuarial valuation of the Retirement Income Builder is as at 31 March 2023 (the valuation date), which was carried out using the projected unit method.

Since the College cannot identify its share of USS Retirement Income Builder (defined benefit) assets and liabilities, the following disclosures reflect those relevant for those assets and liabilities as a whole.

At 31 July 2023, the College’s balance sheet included a liability of £(2,176)k for future contributions, following the 2020 valuation when the scheme was in deficit. No deficit recovery plan was required from the 2023 valuation, because the scheme was in surplus. Changes to contribution rates were implemented from 1 January 2024 and from that date the College was no longer required to make deficit recovery contributions. The remaining liability of £(2,176)k was released to the income and expenditure account.

The 2023 valuation was the seventh valuation for the scheme under the scheme-specific funding regime introduced by the Pensions Act 2004, which requires schemes to have sufficient and appropriate assets to cover their technical provisions (the statutory funding objective). At the valuation date, the value of the assets of the scheme was £73.1 billion and the value of the scheme’s technical provisions was £65.7 billion indicating a surplus of £7.4 billion and a funding ratio of 111%.

The key financial assumptions used in the 2023 valuation are described below.

University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS)

The University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS) is a multi-employer hybrid scheme set up under trust and sponsored by the University. It is the pension scheme for support staff at the University, participating colleges and other related employers. New members joining the scheme build up benefits on a defined contribution basis. Members who joined before 1st October 2017 build up benefits on a career average revalued earnings basis.

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

The latest full actuarial valuation for the OSPS scheme was completed as at 31 March 2022. The funding position of this scheme has improved significantly moving from deficit of £113m to a surplus of £47m at the valuation date. As a result, the recovery plan agreed at the last valuation is no longer required and the deficit contribution ended on 30th September 2023. A provision of £2,176k was made at 31 July 2023 (2022: £3,396m) to account for deficit recovery payments up to 30th September 2023. That remaining liability of £2,176k was released to the income and expenditure account in 2024.

The latest full actuarial valuation for the OSPS scheme was completed as at 31 March 2022. The funding position of this scheme has improved significantly moving from deficit of £113m to a surplus of £47m at the valuation date. As a result, the recovery plan agreed at the last valuation is no longer required and the deficit contribution ended on 30th September 2023. A provision of £2,176k was made at 31 July 2023 (2022: £3,396m) to account for deficit recovery payments up to 30th September 2023. That remaining liability of £2,176k was released to the income and expenditure account in 2024.

The Trustee and the University have agreed a new contribution schedule which took effect from 1 October 2023 and takes account of the benefit improvements and changes to member contributions since the last valuation date. It was agreed that the scheme will meet its own running costs from the scheme's assets, including expenses relating to both the DB and DC Sections and the cost of pension Protection Fund /other statutory levies. The table below summarises the key actuarial assumptions. Further details of the assumptions are set out in the statement of funding principles dated 27 June 2023 and can be found at https://finance.admin.ox.ac.uk/osps-documents

Date of valuation: 31/03/2022
Value of liabilities: £914m
Value of assets: £961m
Funding surplus / (deficit): £47m

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

Pension charge for the year

The pension charge recorded by the College during the accounting period (excluding pension finance costs) was equal to the contributions payable after allowance for the deficit recovery plan as follows:

These amounts include £1.1m (2023: £1.2m) contributions payable to defined contribution schemes at rates specified in the rules of those plans.

25 TAXATION

The College is able to take advantage of the tax exemptions available to charities from taxation in respect of income and capital gains received to the extent that such income and gains are applied to exclusively charitable purposes. No liability to corporation tax arises in the College's subsidiary companies because the directors of these companies have indicated that they intend to make donations each year to the College equal to the taxable profits of the company under the Gift Aid scheme. Accordingly no provision for taxation has been included in the financial statements.

26 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The College holds basic financial instruments,as described in the accounting policy. No financial instruments are considered complex in nature.

27 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOMING RESOURCES TO
NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS 2024 2023
Group Group
£'000 £'000
Net income 16,194 35,806
Elimination of non-operating cash flows:
Investment income (5,138) (4,853)
Losses/(Gains) in investments (10,978) 3,749
Endowment donations (150) (213)
Depreciation 1,673 1,286
Financing costs 1,164 837
(Increase) in stock (8) (7)
(Increase)/Decrease in debtors (396) 44
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors (115) (424)
(Decrease)/Increase in provisions - -
(Decrease)/Increase in pension scheme liability (2,176) (1,220)
Write off of fixed assets 316 -
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 385 35,004

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 July 2024

28 ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT

ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
Cash at bank and in hand
Current asset investments
Investment cash held
Loans falling due after more than one year
Total net debt
2024
£'000
2,997
1,474
7,209
(40,000)
(28,320)
2023
£'000
2,722
5,509
28,758
(40,000)
(3,011)

29 FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

Outstanding costs in relation to an ongoing building project were estimated to be £0.5m at the year end. These costs will be paid in the financial year ending 31st July 2025.

30 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

The College had no new contracted commitments at 31 July 2024. ( 2023 - £1.5m)

31 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The College is part of the collegiate University of Oxford. Material interdependencies between the University and of the College arise as a consequence of this relationship. For reporting purposes, the University and the other Colleges are not treated as related parties as defined in FRS 102.

Members of the Governing Body, who are the trustees of the College and related parties as defined by FRS 102, receive remuneration and facilities as employees of the College. Details of these payments and reimbursed expenses as trustees are disclosed separately in these financial statements.

Loans to trustees are available under one scheme:

1) Loans up to £200,000 to assist with the purchase of a principal residence or significant extension and are interest free and repayable within 8 years of inception or when the trustee leaves the College, if earlier. These loans are made to assist recruitment and retention. The need for such a loan must be demonstrated to a committee comprising of the Bursar, the College Accountant and a Fellow who is not remunerated by the College.

2) Loans of up to £10k were available to all Fellows and interest was charged at 5% p.a.. There is now no one participating in this scheme.

Scheme 1
Scheme 2
2024
No.
3
-
3
2023
No.
3
1
4

Over the end of the financial year 31st July 2023 and start of financial year to 31st July 2024, the College hosted a Summer School for International Colour Vision Society where a College trustee also sits on the Board of Directors. The amount relating to this financial year was £15k (2023: £7k). There was nothing outstanding at the year end.

32 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The College does not have any contingent liabilities at 31 July 24 (2023 - Nil)

33 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

None

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

34 PRIOR YEAR COMPARATIVES

Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities
For the year ended 31 July 2023
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Charitable activities:
Teaching, research and residential
Other Trading Income
Donations and legacies
Investments
Investment income
Total return allocated to income
Other income
Total income
EXPENDITURE ON:
Charitable activities:
Teaching, research and residential
Generating funds:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Total Expenditure
Net Income/(Expenditure) before gains
Net gains/(losses) on investments
Other gains
Net Income/(Expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds for the year
Fund balances brought forward
Funds carried forward at 31 July
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
8,646
1,220
36,754
1,811
1,080
-
49,511
9,311
443
829
109
10,692
38,819
(1,643)
-
37,176
109
37,285
23,131
60,416
Restricted
Funds
£'000
1,766
-
1,963
316
1,651
120
5,816
4,638
57
-
62
4,757
1,060
-
-
1,060
(75)
984
10,358
11,343
Endowed
Funds
£'000
-
-
213
2,726
(2,731)
-
208
-
-
-
531
531
(323)
(2,106)
-
(2,429)
(34)
(2,463)
75,466
73,003
2023
Total
£'000
10,412
1,220
38,930
4,853
-
120
55,535
13,949
500
829
702
15,980
39,555
(3,749)
-
35,807
-
35,807
108,955
144,762

PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS 2023 (Note 14)

The results and their assets and liabilities of the parent and subsidiaries at the year end were as follows.

Income
Expenditure
Donation to College under gift aid
Result for the year
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net funds at the end of year
£'000
51,786
(15,980)
-
35,806
189,923
(44,987)
144,936
Parent College
£'000
3,124
(3,095)
(29)
-
519
(519)
-
Pembroke
College
Enterprises
£'000
1,190
(844)
(346)
Pembroke
College
Conferences
-
522
(522)
-

During the year an amount of £863k (2021: £196k) was paid by PCCE to the College in respect of costs incurred by the College on behalf of the subsidiary including staff costs, catering costs and a share of other running costs and overheads. At the year end, a balance of £425k (2021: £230k) was owed by PCCE to Pembroke College. At the year end, a balance of £919k was owed by the College to PCEL (2021: £224k was owed by the College).

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Pembroke College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2024

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN 2023 (Note 15)

The Trustees have adopted a duly authorised policy of total return accounting for the College investment returns with effect from 1 August 2010. The investment return to be applied as income is calculated as 3.5% (2022: 3.5%) of the average of the year-end values of the relevant investments in each of the last 3 years. The preserved (frozen) value of the invested endowment capital represents its open market value at 31 July 2002 together with all subsequent endowments valued at date of gift.

At the beginning of the year:
Gift component of the permanent endowment
Unapplied total return
Expendable endowment
Total Endowments
Movements in the reporting period:
Gift of endowment funds
Investment return: total investment income
Investment return: realised and unrealised gains and losses
Less: Investment management costs
Other transfers
Total
Expendable endowments transferred to income
Net movements in reporting period
At end of the reporting period:
Gift component of the permanent endowment
Unapplied total return
Expendable endowment
Total Endowments
Trust for
Investment
£'000
26,303
-
-
26,303
103
-
-
-
-
103
-
-
103
26,406
-
-
26,406
Pe
Unapplied
Total
Return
£'000
-
28,718
-
28,718
-
1,988
(1,535)
(387)
(31)
35
(1,991)
(1,991)
(1,958)
-
26,761
-
26,761
rmanent Endowmen
Total
£'000
26,303
28,718
-
55,021
103
1,988
(1,535)
(387)
(31)
138
(1,991)
(1,991)
(1,854)
26,406
26,761
-
53,167
t
Expendable
Endowment
£'000
-
-
20,445
20,445
110
738
(571)
(144)
(3)
130
(740)
(740)
(610)
-
-
19,836
19,836
Total
Endowments
£'000
26,303
28,718
20,445
75,466
213
2,726
(2,106)
(531)
(34)
268
(2,731)
(2,731)
(2,464)
26,406
26,761
19,836
73,003

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 July 2024

ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS(Note 20)
At 31st July 2023
Endowment Funds - Permanent
General College Capital
Damon Wells Trust
Stanley Ho Trust
TEPCo Trust
Lee Trust
Tanaka Fund in Numerical Mathematics
Damon Wells Chaplaincy Trust
Chris Rokos Fund in Computer Science
Shimizu Trust
Nuffield Fund
Aisbitt Fund
BTP Fund
Tanaka Fund in Biochemistry
Oxford Stanion Fund
Bandar Trust Fund
Saleh Trust Fund
Rokos Physics
Theology Fellowship
Rokos Economics
Blackstone-Heuston Trust
Leung Trust
Mike and Hilary Wagstaff Fund
Burt 1923 Scholarship Fund
Rhodes Pelczynski Fund
Eekelaar Law Fellowship Fund
Abraham Trust
Jose Gregorio Hernandez Award
Chris Rokos Fund for Black STEM Grad. Scholarships
Abraham O'Brien Trust
Italian Fellowship
Lewin Trust
Sue Cormack Trust
Damon Wells Music and Chapel Fund
Pension Fund
Other funds < £500k relating to:
Buildings
Bursaries
Fellowships
General purposes
Lecture
Chapel and Library
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Endowment Funds - Expendable
Expendable Capital Fund
Total Endowment Funds - College
Endowment funds held by subsidiaries
Total Endowment Funds - Group
Restricted Funds
Library
Research Centre - Quill
Research Centre - CCW
Funds < £500k relating to:
Buildings
Fellowships
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Research Centres
Other funds
Restricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Restricted Funds - Group
At 1 August
2022
£'000
11,918
2,975
1,887
1,711
1,653
1,636
1,447
1,424
1,273
1,246
1,197
1,143
1,139
1,048
1,025
1,020
995
916
912
911
857
854
839
829
827
738
689
611
600
575
569
551
543
520
385
809
1,839
2,736
266
61
1,847
20,445
75,466
-
75,466
1,478
576
741
888
2,796
1,188
338
2,353
10,358
-
10,358
Incoming
resources
£'000
430
107
68
62
60
60
51
52
47
45
42
41
41
37
37
36
36
33
32
32
31
31
30
30
32
27
25
22
22
21
21
19
20
20
15
31
67
98
9
2
167
849
2,939
-
2,939
53
915
1,382
182
269
566
587
211
4,165
-
4,165
Resources
expended
£'000
(84)
(21)
(13)
(12)
(12)
(12)
(10)
(10)
(9)
(9)
(8)
(8)
(8)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(5)
(5)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(6)
(13)
(19)
(2)
-
(13)
(144)
(531)
-
(531)
(10)
(714)
(1,456)
(99)
(1,150)
(373)
(611)
(343)
Transfers
£'000
(431)
(108)
(68)
(62)
(60)
(59)
(52)
(52)
(46)
(45)
(43)
(41)
(41)
(38)
(37)
(37)
(36)
(33)
(33)
(33)
(31)
(31)
(30)
(30)
(30)
(27)
(25)
(22)
(22)
(21)
(21)
(20)
(20)
(19)
(46)
(29)
(67)
(99)
(10)
(2)
(67)
(743)
(2,765)
-
(2,765)
-
-
-
8
1,011
226
-
331
1,576
-
1,576
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
(333)
(83)
(53)
(48)
(46)
(46)
(40)
(40)
(36)
(35)
(33)
(32)
(32)
(29)
(29)
(28)
(28)
(26)
(25)
(25)
(24)
(24)
(23)
(23)
(23)
(21)
(19)
(17)
(17)
(16)
(16)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(11)
(23)
(51)
(76)
(7)
(2)
(52)
(571)
1,491
-
13,518
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 July
2023
£'000
11,500
2,870
1,821
1,651
1,595
1,579
1,396
1,374
1,229
1,202
1,155
1,103
1,099
1,011
989
984
960
884
880
879
827
824
810
800
800
712
665
590
579
555
549
531
524
502
340
782
1,775
2,640
256
59
1,882
19,836
73,003
-
73,003
1,521
777
667
979
2,926
1,607
313
2,552
11,342
-
(4,757)
-
(4,757)
11,342

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 July 2024

Unrestricted Funds
Designated funds:
Financial Resilience Fund
Private Placement Fund
Theology Fellowship
Physics Fellowship
Scholarships, prizes & grants
Other
Total designated funds
General funds
Revaluation reserve
Pension reserve
Total Unrestricted Funds - College
Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Unrestricted Funds - Group**
Total Funds
At 1 August
2022
£'000
0
14,361
547
545
531
756
16,740
9,962
-
(3,396)
23,306
(175)
23,131
108,955
Incoming
resources
£'000
-
442
20
20
19
27
528
47,904
-
-
48,431
-
48,431
Resources
expended
£'000
-
(86)
(4)
(4)
(6)
(5)
(105)
(11,807)
-
1,220
(10,692)
-
(10,692)
Transfers
£'000
35,776
(259)
-
-
(15)
(19)
35,483
(34,294)
-
-
1,189
-
1,189
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
-
-
-
-
(11)
(14)
(25)
(1,618)
-
-
(1,643)
-
(1,643)
(3,749)
At 31 July
2023
£'000
35,776
14,458
563
561
518
745
52,621
10,146
-
(2,176)
60,591
(175)
60,416
55,535 (15,980) - 144,761
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2023(Note 22)
Tangible fixed assets
Property investments
Other investments
Net current assets and other long term liabilities
Long term loan finance
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
46,299
-
57,479
(3,363)
(40,000)
60,416
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
3,436
7,906
-
11,342
Endowment
Funds
£'000
-
7,425
65,578
-
-
73,003
2023
Total
£'000
46,299
7,425
126,494
4,543
(40,000)
144,761

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