# THE WARDEN AND SCHOLARS OF THE HOUSE OR COLLEGE OF SCHOLARS OF MERTON IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139022
- **Other names:** MERTON COLLEGE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 15, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1139022


## Contact

- **Address:** MERTON COLLEGE, MERTON STREET, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 4JD
- **Phone:** 01865276310
- **Email:** charles.alexander@merton.ox.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.merton.ox.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH AND TO BE A COLLEGE IN OXFORD OR ELSEWHERE

**Activities:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING THROUGH PROVISION OF TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO APPROXIMATELY 600 RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED ON A COURSE OF STUDIES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A DEGREE IN THE UNIVERISTY OF OXFORD AND THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT OR EMPLOYMENT OF FELLOWS AND ACADEMIC STAFF WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN RESEARCH

**Area of benefit:** OXFORDSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £20350000 | £23996000 | £419586000 | 153 |
| July 31, 2024 | £21160000 | £21855000 | £407549000 | 155 |
| July 31, 2023 | £16574000 | £19047000 | £358061000 | 153 |
| July 31, 2022 | £15112000 | £18981000 | £363494000 | 138 |
| July 31, 2021 | £13847000 | £16969000 | £339597000 | 132 |



## Trustees

- ANDREW MACKIE — appointed Dec. 5, 2013
- CHARLES ALAN HEATHCOTE ALEXANDER — appointed Feb. 14, 2013
- Dr Alice Brooke — appointed Oct. 1, 2018
- Dr Andres Bustamante — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Dr Bassel Tarbush — appointed Sept. 1, 2013
- Dr Gabrielle Messeder — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Dr JULIA CAROLINE WALWORTH
- Dr Jane Gover — appointed May 4, 2020
- Dr Jennifer Altehenger — appointed Oct. 9, 2019
- Dr Kate Blackmon — appointed Oct. 1, 2003
- Dr Katharina Friege — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Dr Lindsay Baker — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Dr Matthew Grimley
- Dr Raz Slutsky — appointed Oct. 8, 2025
- Dr Rory Gregson — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- Dr Sumali Bajaj — appointed Jan. 14, 2026
- Dr Ted Tregear — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- FRA' JOHN EIDINOW — appointed April 1, 2016
- Mark Coote — appointed May 4, 2021
- PROF DAVID PATERSON
- PROFESSOR ALAN MORRISON
- PROFESSOR ALEXANDER SCOTT
- PROFESSOR ARTUR EKERT
- PROFESSOR HUGH WATKINS — appointed May 1, 2016
- PROFESSOR IRENE LEMOS
- PROFESSOR PETER WILLIAM HAROLD HOLLAND
- PROFESSOR SIMON MARTIN HOOKER
- PROFESSOR SIR ANDREW WILES — appointed Nov. 14, 2011
- Prof Radek Erban — appointed Sept. 1, 2014
- Prof. Daniel MacGregor Grimley
- Professor ALAN BARR
- Professor ALEXANDER SCHEKOCHIHIN
- Professor Ehud Hrushovski — appointed Oct. 1, 2016
- Professor Helen Small — appointed Oct. 1, 2018
- Professor IAN MACLACHLAN
- Professor JONATHAN RALPH WARBURG PRAG
- Professor James Newton — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Professor Julian Knight — appointed Oct. 1, 2016
- Professor Lorna Hutson — appointed Oct. 1, 2016
- Professor MICHAEL WHITWORTH
- Professor Madhavi Krishnan — appointed June 1, 2018
- Professor Matthew Higgins — appointed Oct. 1, 2016
- Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith — appointed Sept. 1, 2023
- Professor PATRICIA THORNTON
- Professor Paul McGonigal — appointed May 21, 2025
- Professor RHIANNON ASH
- Professor STEVEN GUNN
- Professor Samuel Fletcher — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- Professor Stanislav Zivny — appointed Oct. 9, 2024
- Professor Thomas Richards — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- Rev Justin White — appointed Jan. 15, 2025
- Tim Lightfoot — appointed May 9, 2016
- Warden JENNIFER PAYNE