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Wolfson College

Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 July 2025

Charity Registration Number: 1141446

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Annual Report and Financial Statements Contents

Page
Governing Body, Officers and Advisers 2 - 4
Report of the Governing Body 5 - 13
Auditor’s Report 14 - 16
Statement of Accounting Policies 17 - 21
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 22
Consolidated & College Balance Sheets 23
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 24
Notes to the Financial Statements 25 - 54

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Governing Body, Officers and Advisers Year ended 31 July 2025

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY

The members of the Governing Body, who are the Trustees of the College, present their annual report for the year ended 31 July 2025 under the Charities Act 2011 together with the audited financial statements for the year.

Members of the Governing Body during the year to 31 July 2025, and those appointed since the year end, are listed below. The membership of the 11 main committees listed on page 3, for all or part of the year, is also shown for each member of the Governing Body.

For changes in Members of the Governing Body since 1 August 2024:

A = Appointed; Rs = Resigned; Rt = Retired

Changes
since 1 August
2024
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Andersson, Prof Ruben X
Bangha, Dr Imre
Barrett, Prof Jonathan
Boehmer, Prof Elleke
Charters, Dr Erica X
Cosmidis, Dr Julie X X
Costa, Prof Matthew
Curtis, Prof Julie A01/10/24 X X X X X X X X
Dahl, Prof Jacob X X
David, Dr Huw X X X X X
De Melo, Prof Wolfgang
Duyrat, Prof Frédérique
Eastham, Emily X X X X X X
El Khachab, Dr Chihab X
Fellerer, Prof Jan X
Gardner, Prof Frances X X X
George, Prof Alain X
Hammond, Prof Ester X
Hanson, Dr John X
Hitchens, Sir Tim X X X X X X X X X
Howgego, Prof Christopher Rt30/09/24 X X X
Jarvis, Prof Paul X X
Kamnitsas, Prof Konstantinos X
Landau, Prof Loren
Lange, Prof Bettina
Lewis, Dr James X X X X
Lizana, Dr Jesus X X
Lowe, Dr John X
Mathur, Dr Nayanika X X
McCutcheon, Prof Robert A10/02/25
McNamara, Dr Liam X
Morin, Mr Richard X X X X X X X X X
Mosleh, Dr Mohsen A01/10/24
Mukherjee, Pablo
Mulcahy, Prof Linda X
Naseemullah, Prof Adnan A01/10/25
Nanchahal, Prof Jagdeep X
Nicholls, Prof Rebecca
Pila, Prof Jonathan

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Changes
since 1 August
2024
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Piotrkowski, Dr Meron
Probert, Prof Philomen X
Ray, Prof David X X
Redfield, Prof Christina X
Riede, Prof Moritz X
Roesler, Prof Ulrike X X
Rushworth, Prof Matthew X
Schmid, Prof Annina X
Schulting, Prof Rick X
Sen, Prof Arjune X
Simpson, Prof Thomas A01/08/25
Stewart, Dr Peter X X X X X X X X
Sud, Prof Nikita X
Taylor, Prof David
Vedral, Prof Vlatko
Ventresca, Prof Marc
Vevaina, Dr Yuhan X X
Wood, Dr Rachel X X
Woodruff, Prof Christopher Rt31/12/24 X
Yoshida, Prof Nobuko X
Yurekli-Gorkay, Prof Zeynep X

The activities of the Governing Body were carried out through the 11 main committees listed below.

  1. General Purposes Committee

  2. Finance Committee

  3. Investment Committee

  4. Academic Committee

  5. Fellowships and Membership Committee

  6. Remuneration and Personnel Committee

  7. Domestic and Premises Committee

  8. Audit Committee

  9. Nominating Committee

  10. Social and Cultural Committee

  11. Equality and Welfare Committee

A Conflict-of-Interest Committee, which consists of a Chair and two other members independent of the Governing Body, reviews the Governing Body’s minutes and decisions to ensure that any conflicts of interest have been identified and handled appropriately. It also keeps under review the College’s Conflict of Interest Policy. The Chair of the Conflict-of-Interest Committee also chairs the Remuneration and Personnel Committee, the members of which include a majority who are not members of Governing Body.

There are also a number of College sub-committees, the membership of which includes some Members of the Governing Body.

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Governing Body, Officers and Advisers Year ended 31 July 2025

COLLEGE SENIOR STAFF

The senior staff of the College (the College Officers) to whom day-to-day management was delegated in the year was as follows:

President Sir Tim Hitchens
Vicegerent Professor Peter Stewart (until 30 September 2024)
Professor Julie Curtis (from 1 October 2024)
Bursar Mr Richard Morin
Senior Tutor Ms EmilyEastham
Development Director Dr Huw David
Secretaryto GoverningBody Professor Frances Gardner

COLLEGE ADVISERS

Investment Managers

Cazenove Capital, Schroder & Co Ltd,1 London Wall Place, London, EC2Y 5AU OU Endowment Management, King Charles House, Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1JD Charities Property Fund, Cordea Savills, Lansdowne House, 57 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6ER

Investment Property Managers

Savills, 33 Margaret Street, London, W1G 0JD

Personnel and Health & Safety Advisers

Peninsula Business Services, 2 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M4 4FB

Auditors

Wellers, 8 King Edward Street, Oxford, OX1 4HL

Bankers

Barclays Bank PLC, Wytham Court, 11 West Way, Oxford, OX2 0JB Natwest Bank PLC 43 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3HA

Solicitors

Penningtons Manches LLP, 9400 Garsington Road, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, OX4 2HN Mills & Reeve LLP, 24 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AT

COLLEGE CONTACT DETAILS

College address

Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford, OX2 6UD.

Website

www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Report of the Governing Body Year ended 31 July 2025

The Members of the Governing Body present their Annual Report for the year ended 31 July 2025 under the Charities Act 2011 together with the audited financial statements for the year.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Wolfson College in the University of Oxford is a chartered charitable corporation. It was founded by decree of the Congregation of the University of Oxford on 26 July 1966.

The College registered with the Charity Commission on 14 April 2011, registered number 1141446.

The names of all Members of the Governing Body at the date of this report and of those in office during the year, together with details of the senior staff and advisers of the College, are given on pages 2 to 4.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Documents

The College is governed by its Royal Charter and Statutes dated 15 January 1981. In the previous year, the College conducted a review of its governance arrangements, in consultation with the Charity Commission. Several significant changes were introduced, as set out in the letter to the Chair of the Charity Commission from the President on behalf of the Governing Body of 1[st] July 2024.

Governing Body

The Governing Body is constituted and regulated in accordance with the College Statutes, the terms of which are enforceable ultimately by the Visitor, who is the High Steward of the University of Oxford. The Governing Body is self-appointing.

New members of the Governing Body are elected on the basis of academic standing, position within the University of Oxford and suitability as decided by the Governing Body.

The Governing Body determines the ongoing strategic direction of the College and regulates its administration and the management of its finances and assets. It meets regularly under the chairmanship of the President and is advised by eleven main committees.

Recruitment and Training of Members of the Governing Body

New Members of the Governing Body are recruited on the basis of a consideration of suitability by the Fellowships and Membership Committee, formal interview and election at a meeting of the full Governing Body. They are inducted into the workings of the College, including Governing Body policies and procedures, by means of an introductory meeting with the President and provision of the Charity Commission “Essential Trustee” guide, which makes them aware of their responsibilities as trustees. Members of the Governing Body are able to attend external trustee training and information courses to keep them informed about current issues in the sector and regulatory requirements.

Remuneration of Members of the Governing Body and Senior College Staff

Members of the Governing Body, except for some College Officers, are Fellows with teaching and research employment at the University and receive a small academic stipend to support their academic work for the College. Those trustees that are also employees of the College receive remuneration for their work as employees of the College that is set based on the advice of the College’s Remuneration and Personnel Committee, members of which include a majority of Fellows independent of the Governing Body and who are not in receipt of remuneration from the College.

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Organisational Management

The Governing Body convenes at least six times a year. The President or Vicegerent can call additional meetings of the Governing Body. The eleven main Committees referred to above carry out the work of developing the Governing Body’s policies and monitoring their implementation. The day-to-day running of the College is delegated to the College Officers, who attend all meetings of the Governing Body and who are members of the main Committees as indicated above. The actions of the Governing Body are monitored by a separate Conflict of Interest Committee, comprising College members who are not Governing Body Fellows or Trustees.

Structure and Relationships

The College also administers a number of special trusts, as shown in the Note 17 to the financial statements. 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.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Charitable Objects and Aims

According to its Statutes “The College is incorporated for the furtherance of learning and education and to be a College wherein men and women may carry out advanced study or research”. To fulfil these objectives and aims, the College sets specific objectives concerning the admission of students, the number of scholarships awarded, and the educational provision it offers and supports.

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

Public Benefit

The College provides, in conjunction with the University of Oxford, academic and pastoral support for approximately 850 graduate students that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard. This support develops students academically and advances their leadership qualities and communication skills, and so prepares them to play full and effective roles in society. In particular, the College provides:

The College advances research through:

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The College maintains an extensive library and art collection, mostly acquired or loaned through benefaction, including important special collections, so providing a valuable resource for: students and Fellows of the College; members of other Colleges and the University of Oxford more widely; external scholars and researchers; and the public through regular exhibitions.

Strategy for Achieving Aims

The College’s strategy for achieving its aims is to: protect and grow the existing endowment; and to maximise the return from endowment to invest in supporting students and fellows in their endeavours.

The College has an Alumni Relations and Development Office, which seeks to raise funds for the College, which combined with the income generated from the endowment, provides funds to invest in its charitable aims, including the maintenance and creation of scholarships and bursaries and the funding of events and activities both to support students and fellows pastorally as well as academically.

The College seeks to maintain and develop its first-class environment and facilities, and to recruit and support the very best staff, who are committed to the College’s charitable aims.

The College assesses its success through the number of students that it is able to support, the success that they achieve in their endeavours, and the feedback that the College receives from students and researchers about the facilities and pastoral support that they receive whilst at the College. The College also measures its success in protecting and growing the endowment through its investment policies.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Admission of Students

The College annual admission recruitment target for 2025-26 was set at 283 full-time students and 35 parttime students.

In October 2025, 267 full-time students and 17 part-time students joined the College. This equates to 275.5 full-time equivalent students, under the 300.5 full-time equivalent target.

Key statistics were as follows:

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Scholarships and Financial Provision

39% of the 2025 new student cohort have received full or partial grant funding. There are 39 students on Wolfson-funded scholarships, with 16 of those being students who commenced their programmes of study in 2025/26.

Research Clusters, Lectures and Seminars

As part of its goal to further education and learning, the College has a number of research clusters which promote the study of specific subjects in an interdisciplinary forum. These include:

The Research Clusters are very active in holding events, including lectures, seminars and conferences. Many also offer scholarships and research grants to Wolfson members undertaking projects in relevant areas.

The College provides funding for members who wish to hold academic events at Wolfson. To meet the requirements of the Government’s PREVENT strategy, the College have agreed policies concerning free speech, in the context of lectures and other academic events, and also a monitoring process to ensure that no proposed speaker or event is associated with a proscribed terrorist organisation.

The College is an open and inclusive environment, and many of its academic events are open to the general public. Academic activities have continued to attract broad audiences from within the College, University and beyond. The College considers such high-profile events to be an important part of its outreach and community activities.

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Diversity

In 2020 the College set itself new aspirations for the diversity of its Fellowship, staff and students. The following table shows the latest available data:

shows the latest available data:
Fellows* Staff Students
Gender (self-identified)
Male 60% 49% 50%
Female 40% 51% 50%
Ethnicity (self-identified)
White 62% 83% 43%
Other 38% 17% 57%

* Governing Body, Supernumerary, Research and Junior Research Fellows data was calculated in October 2025.

†Staff data is published annually; the figures presented above capture the data for January 2024. Responses to ††Ethnicity include ‘white’ or ‘other or prefer not to say’

Student data refers to the 2024 census year (latest available data).

Alumni Relations and Development

The Alumni Relations and Development department engages with Wolfson’s alumni and friends in seeking donations in support of scholarships, fellowships and research projects, and improvements to the College’s buildings and grounds. It holds events for alumni in Oxford, London, overseas and online, and communicates with alumni via emails, telephone calls, and publications, such as The Wolfsonian e-newsletter, Wolfson: Plans & Prospects magazine, and the College Record . In 2024/25 the College received major donations to fund vital insulation and solar panels on the College roofs; to endow the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing; for unrestricted doctoral scholarships; and for scholarships in physics, computing, psychology, climate change, and the study of the ancient world. Other generous gifts were received for the renovation of the Family Room and the Upper Common Room, and for restoring the College’s floodplain meadows on the River Cherwell.

Wolfson College also benefitted from unrestricted, regular giving by alumni and from several donations for specific subject areas, including Tibetan & Himalayan Studies; machine-learning; and quantum computing. The College is very grateful for all the generosity of its alumni and friends.

Decarbonisation

In the College’s 2020 Estate Strategy, decarbonisation was made the top priority, and an energy audit and decarbonisation plan were commissioned. Decarbonising Wolfson’s estate was a complex and costly challenge given its unique architecture, original 50-year-old gas heating system and massive elevations of single glazing, but the project was completed in 2023 and the College is proud to be the first institution to have achieved zero carbon status.

The College continues to reduce its Scope 3 emissions where possible, and the introduction of an electric minibus in November 2023 helped achieve this. Irreducible Scope 3 has been offset with reinvestment in local energy saving initiatives.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

As shown in the Statement of Financial Activities, total incoming resources for the year amounted to £13.6 million. This amount included donations and legacies amounting to £3.5 million, and investment income amounting to £1.8 million, as well as College operating income.

Expenditure of £11.1 million was primarily in direct support of the running of the College in line with the objectives and activities outlined above, but also included fundraising costs, trading costs and investment management costs, all in relation to the generation of income to fund College activities.

A net gain on investments for the year amounted to £3.7 million as a result of favourable global market conditions.

Reserves Policy

The College’s reserves policy is: to maintain sufficient free reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall; to allow the College to be managed efficiently; and to provide a buffer that would ensure uninterrupted services.

Total funds of the College at the year-end amounted to £116.2million (2024: £110.1 million).

This total includes endowment capital of £70.6 million and unspent restricted income funds of £4.9 million. Free reserves at the end of the year amounted to £5.7million and designated funds totalled £35million.

Of the designated funds, £32.9million represent the book value of tangible fixed assets. The remaining £2.1million relates to sundry designated funds of which £0.5million relates to the common room.

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Risk Management

The College engages in risk assessment on an ongoing basis. When it is not able to address risk issues using internal resources, the College takes advice from external experts. The relevant College Committees review policies and procedures within the College. The Finance and Investment Committees assess financial and investment risks. Training courses and other forms of career development are available to members of staff to enhance their skills in risk-related areas.

The Governing Body, which has ultimate responsibility for managing any risks faced by the College, has given consideration to the major risks to which the College is exposed and has concluded that adequate systems are in place to manage these risks. It is recognised that systems can provide only reasonable but not absolute assurance that major risks have been managed. Principal risks and uncertainties faced by the College include the following:

Risk or uncertainty Strategies for managing
Possible continued financial
uncertainties of world events
Continued close monitoring of costs and cashflow.
Poor investment performance
affecting income available to
spend
Regular Investment Committee review, including monitoring of
investment managers’ performance. Long-term view maintained and
drawdown rates set on rolling averages to smooth peaks and
troughs.
Employer pension rates and other
non-discretionary costs increase
out of line with income
Close control of budgets and other financial planning to anticipate
changes and ensure timely decision-making.
Fall in recruitment and retention of
top quality students and fellows
Maintaining and improving financial support for students. Enhancing
academic activities and support, and ensuring they are well
publicised.

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Investment Policy, Objectives and Performance

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

To meet these objectives the College’s investments as a whole are managed on a total return basis, maintaining diversification across a range of asset classes and geographical areas to produce an appropriate balance between risk and return. In line with this approach, the College statutes allow the College to invest permanent endowments to maximise the related total return and to make available for expenditure each year an appropriate proportion of the unapplied total return.

The Governing Body, as advised by the Investment Committee from time to time, sets the investment policy and strategy. The Investment Committee also regularly monitors performance. At the year end, the College’s long-term investments, combining the securities and property investments, totalled £72.5 million. Investment income in the year amounted to £1.8 million and investment gains amounted to £3.7 million.

It is the Governing Body’s policy to grow the College’s investments by a minimum of 4% per annum in real terms, of which it will extract as income no more than 3% plus costs of the rolling five-year value of the relevant investments. The Governing Body will keep the level of income withdrawn under review to balance the needs and interests of current and future beneficiaries of the College’s activities.

FUTURE PLANS

The Governing Body has reviewed the College’s long-term strategy and plans, and will continue to do so, taking specialist advice where appropriate.

Key elements of the College’s plans include:

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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 has 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 it is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the College and of its net income or expenditure for the period. In preparing these financial statements, the Governing Body has, as required:

The Governing Body is responsible for keeping proper accounting records that: are sufficient to show and explain the College’s transactions, disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the College and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. It is 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 3rd of December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Sir Tim Hitchens President

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of the Governing Body of Wolfson College

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Wolfson College (the ‘Parent Charity’) and its subsidiaries (the ‘Group’) for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise the Statement of Accounting Policies, the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of 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 Parent Charity and 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 Governing Body’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 Parent Charity and 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 Governing Body with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The Governing Body are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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 course of 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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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of the Governing Body of Wolfson College

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 the Members of the Governing Body

As explained more fully in the Governing Body responsibilities statement set out on page 13, the Governing Body 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 Governing Body 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 Governing Body are responsible for assessing the Parent Charity and Group’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 Governing Body either intend to liquidate the Parent Charity or Group, 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 144/145 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Discussions were held with, and enquiries made of, management and those charged with governance with a view to identifying those laws and regulations that could be expected to have a material impact on the financial statements. During the engagement team briefing the outcomes of these discussions and enquiries were shared with the team, as well as consideration as to where and how fraud may occur in the entity. The following laws and regulations were identified as being of significance to the entity:

Those laws and regulations considered to have a direct effect on the financial statements include UK financial reporting standards, Charities Act, Tax and Pensions legislation, health and safety and employment law.

Audit procedures undertaken in response to the potential risks relating to irregularities (which include fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations) comprised of:

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of the Governing Body of Wolfson College

Inquiries of management and those charged with governance as to whether the entity complies with such laws and regulations; enquiries with the same concerning any actual or potential litigation or claims inspection of relevant legal correspondence; review of board minutes; testing the appropriateness of entries in the nominal ledger, including journal entries; reviewing transactions around the end of the reporting period; and the performance of analytical procedures to identify unexpected movements in account balances which may be indicative of fraud.

No instances of material non-compliance were identified. However, the likelihood of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is limited by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the entity’s controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK).

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report. 5

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Parent Charity and Group’s Governing 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 Parent Charity and Group Governing Body 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 Parent Charity and Group and its Governing Body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mr Matthew Wyatt (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of

Wellers Statutory Auditor 8 King Edward Street Oxford OX1 4HL

Date: 04-12-25

Wellers is eligible for appointment as auditor of the Parent Charity and Group by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Statement of Accounting Policies Year ended 31 July 2025

1. Scope of the financial statements

The financial statements comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (“SOFA”), the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and Notes numbered 1 to 30.

2. Basis of accounting

The College’s 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 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 financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis and 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 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 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 periodically to determine fair value at the balance sheet date.

Key estimates and assumptions are also required in the calculation of the pension recovery plan deficit (accounting policy number 15) and rates of depreciation of fixed assets (accounting policy number 8).

In the view of the Governing Body, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.

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, as listed below:

a. Income from fees, HEFCE support and other charges for services

Fees receivable, less any scholarships, bursaries or other allowances granted from the College unrestricted funds, HEFCE 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 College 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.

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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 added 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 ex-dividend 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 accrual’s 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 charged as an expense as the specified conditions of the grant are met.

All expenditure including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure categories in the SOFA.

Support costs, which include governance costs i.e., costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements, and other indirect costs, 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.

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.

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7. Tangible fixed assets

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

Land and buildings expenditure over £25,000 is capitalised as follows:

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

Equipment costing more than £5,000, and which is deemed to have a significant useful economic life, is also capitalised. Other expenditure on equipment incurred in the normal day-to-day running of the College is charged to the SOFA as incurred.

8. Depreciation

Depreciation is provided to charge as an expense the cost of all relevant 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 Equipment 4 - 20 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 changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable then the carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment.

9. Investments

Investment properties are initially recognised at their cost and subsequently measured at their 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 cost 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.

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WOLFSON COLLEGE Statement of Accounting Policies Year ended 31 July 2025

10. 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 of the reporting date are carried at their transaction price. Debtors and creditors that are receivable or payable in more than one year and not subject to a market rate of interest are measured at the present value of the expected future receipt or payment discounted at a market rate of interest.

11. 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.

12. Foreign currencies

The functional and presentation currency of the College 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.

13. Total Return investment accounting

The College statutes authorise the College to adopt a ‘total return’ basis for the investment of its permanent endowments. 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, which can be either retained for investment or released to income at the discretion of the Governing Body.

14. Fund accounting

The total funds of the College 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 decision will be accounted for by transfers to appropriate designated funds.

Restricted funds comprise gifts, legacies and grants where the donors have 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 both the capital and any income arising must be used for the purposes given or the income on gifts where the donor has required or permitted the capital to be maintained and with the intention that the income will be used for specific purposes within the College’s objects.

Permanent endowment funds arise where donors specify that the funds are to 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.

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

15. 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 trustee-administered 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 profit and loss account represents the contributions payable to each scheme. Since the College has entered into agreements (the Recovery Plans) that determine how each employer within the schemes will fund the overall deficit, the College recognises a liability for the contributions payable that arise from the agreements (to the extent that they relate to the deficit) with related expenses being recognised through the profit and loss account.

Critical accounting judgement

FRS 102 makes the distinction between a group plan and a multi-employer scheme. A group plan consists of a collection of entities under common control typically with a sponsoring employer. A multi-employer scheme is a scheme for entities not under common control such as the Universities Superannuation Scheme and OSPS. The accounting for a multi-employer scheme where the employer has entered into an agreement with the scheme that determines how the employer will fund a deficit result in the recognition of a liability for the contributions payable that arise from the agreement (to the extent that they relate to the deficit) and the resulting expense in profit or loss in accordance with section 28 of FRS 102. The Trustees are satisfied that USS and OSPS meet the definition of a multi-employer scheme and the College has therefore recognised the discounted fair value of the contractual contributions under the recovery plan in existence at the date of approving these financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

(If the deficit recovery scheme deficits or charges are material to the college a note should be made). The pension deficits recorded are dependent on estimates of future employment patterns and interest rates. The effects of changes to these assumptions are shown in note 21.

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Wolfson College

Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31 July 2025

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Charitable activities
Teaching, research and residential
1
Other trading income
3
Donations and legacies
2
Investments
Investment income
5
Total return allocated to income
17
Other income
4
Total income
EXPENDITURE ON:
Charitable activities
6
Teaching, research and residential
Generating funds
6
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
Investment management costs
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure) before gains
Net gains/(losses) on investments
11,12
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
17
Net movement in funds for the year
Fund balances brought forward
17
Funds carried forward at 31 July
17
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
7,465
776
749
596
1,466
27
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
2,126
-
460
-
Endowed
Funds
£'000
-
-
658
1,230
(1,926)
-
2025
Total
£'000
7,465
776
3,533
1,826
-
27
2024
Total
£'000
7,142
600
2,191
1,826
-
42
11,079 2,586 (38) 13,627 11,801
8,808
285
773
18
1,070
-
-
-
-
-
-
186
9,878
285
773
204
9,465
295
590
187
9,884 1,070 186 11,140 10,537
1,195
348
1,516
-
(224)
3,311
2,487
3,659
1,264
5,947
1,543 1,516 3,087 6,146 7,211
6 (6) - - -
1,549
39,183
1,510
3,418
3,087
67,485
6,146
110,086
7,211
102,875
40,732 4,928 70,572 116,232 110,086

The comparative Statement of Financial Activities for the prior year is shown in Note 29(a).

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Wolfson College

Consolidated & College Balance Sheets For the year ended 31 July 2025

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
10
Property investments
11
Other investments
12
Total fixed assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
Debtors
15
Cash at bank and in hand
25
Total current assets
LIABILITIES
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
16
NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
Provisions for liabilities and charges
NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) BEFORE PENSION ASSET OR LIABILITY
Defined benefit pension scheme liability
21
TOTAL NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)
FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE
17
Endowment funds
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Pension reserve
2025
Group
£'000
32,889
6,943
65,576
105,408
191
611
11,337
12,139
1,315
10,824
116,232
-
116,232
-
116,232
70,572
4,928
35,031
5,701
-
116,232
2024
Group
£'000
33,809
7,171
67,089
108,069
185
458
2,804
3,447
1,430
2,017
110,086
-
110,086
-
110,086
67,485
3,418
34,422
4,761
-
110,086
2025
College
£'000
32,889
6,943
65,576
105,408
191
712
11,240
12,143
1,319
10,824
116,232
-
116,232
-
116,232
70,572
4,928
35,031
5,701
-
116,232
2024
College
£'000
33,809
7,171
67,089
108,069
185
458
2,804
3,447
1,430
2,017
110,086
-
110,086
-
110,086
67,485
3,418
34,422
4,761
-
110,086

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Governing Body of Wolfson College on 3rd of December 2025

Sir Tim Hitchens President

Mr Richard Morin Bursar

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Wolfson College

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

For the year ended 31 July 2025

Notes
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
24
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sales of investments
Purchase of investments
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Receipt of endowment
Finance costs paid
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period
25
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
reporting period
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange
rate movements
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting
period
2025
£'000
1,360
2024
£'000
(1,124)
1,826
-
(808)
5,754
(353)
1,826
-
(1,656)
159
(1,581)
6,419 (1,252)
658
-
711
(20)
658 691
8,437 (1,685)
2,804
(1)
4,488
1
11,240 2,804

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Wolfson College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

1 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Teaching, research and residential
Unrestricted funds
Tuition fees - Home students
Tuition fees - Overseas students
Other Office for Students support
Other academic income
College residential income
2025
Total
£'000
666
2,007
88
598
4,106
2024
Total
£'000
680
2,001
92
527
3,842
7,465 7,142

The above analysis includes £2,762k received from the University of Oxford from publicly accountable funds under the College Funding Formula (2024: £2,773k).

To support the strategic priority to fund more graduate scholars and to enable outstanding students to take up their places regardless of their financial position, the College has waived £112k (2024: £58k). These waivers relate to graduate students with overseas fee status funded through the Clarendon or UKRI scholarship funding schemes. These are not included in the fee income reported above.

2
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
Donations and legacies
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Endowed funds
3
INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted funds
Other trading income
4
OTHER INCOME
Unrestricted funds
Other income
5
INVESTMENT INCOME
Total investment income:
Other property income
Equity dividends
Interest on fixed term deposits and cash
Other investment income
Bank interest
Total investment income was allocated to funds as follows:
Endowed funds
Unrestricted funds
2025
£'000
749
2,126
658
2024
£'000
504
976
711
3,533 2,191
2025
£'000
776
2024
£'000
600
2025
£'000
27
2024
£'000
42
27 42
2025
Total
£'000
120
72
38
1,130
466
2024
Total
£'000
101
132
69
1,156
368
1,826 1,826
1,230
596
1,356
470
1,826 1,826

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Wolfson College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

6
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE
Charitable expenditure - Teaching, research and residential
Direct staff costs
Other direct costs
Support and governance costs
Total charitable expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds
Direct staff costs allocated to:
Fundraising
Trading expenditure
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
2025
£'000
3,239
3,964
2,675
2024
£'000
2,284
4,610
2,571
9,878 9,465
242
443
25
298
201
18
32
3
230
293
47
256
184
18
41
3
1,262 1,072
11,140 10,537

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Wolfson College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

7 ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT AND GOVERNANCE COSTS

2025
Financial administration
Domestic administration
Human resources
IT
Depreciation
Fixed assets - gain on disposal
Governance costs
2024
Financial administration
Domestic administration
Human resources
IT
Depreciation
Fixed assets - gain on disposal
Other finance charges
Governance costs
Generating
Funds
£'000
36
2
2
13
-
-
-
Teaching,
Research &
Residential
£'000
320
214
130
256
1,728
-
27
2025
Total
£'000
356
216
132
269
1,728
-
27
53 2,675 2,728
Generating
Funds
£'000
36
10
3
13
-
-
-
-
Teaching,
Research &
Residential
£'000
312
182
141
245
1,657
(8)
20
22
2024
Total
£'000
348
192
144
258
1,657
(8)
20
22
62 2,571 2,633

Finance and domestic administration, IT and human resources costs are attributed according to the estimated staff time spent on each activity. Depreciation costs and fixed asset impairment are attributed in full to the College's charitable activities, since it is for the support of those activities that the buildings, plant and equipment being depreciated are held. Interest and other finance charges are attributed according to the purpose of the related financing. Governance costs are allocated to the core charitable activity of research.

Governance costs comprise:

Auditor's remuneration - audit services

2025
£'000
27
2024
£'000
22
27 22

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 in Note 20 within these financial statements.

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8 GRANTS AND AWARDS

GRANTS AND AWARDS
During the year the College funded research awards and bursaries to students
from its restricted and unrestricted funds as follows:
Unrestricted funds
Grants to individuals:
Scholarships, prizes and grants
Bursaries and hardship awards
Restricted funds
Grants to individuals:
Scholarships, prizes and grants
Bursaries and hardship awards
Total grants and awards
2025
Total
£'000
48
62
2024
Total
£'000
57
49
110 106
476
-
385
9
476 394
586 500

The above costs are included within the charitable expenditure on Teaching and Research.

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9
STAFF COSTS
The aggregate staff costs for the year were as follows.
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs:
Defined benefit schemes - contributions in year
Defined benefit schemes - staff costs element of pension provision movement
Defined contribution schemes
Other benefits
The average number of employees of the College, excluding Trustees, was as follows:
Tuition and research
College residential
Fundraising
Support
Total
The average number of employed Trustees of the College during the year was as follows.
Teaching and research
Other
Total
2025
£'000
3,793
349
229
-
135
16
2024
£'000
3,464
321
302
(829)
123
11
4,522 3,392
2025
31
100
2
10
2024
30
92
2
10
143 134
2025
56
3
2024
55
4
59 59

The following information relates to the employees of the College excluding the Trustees of the College. Details of the remuneration of employees who are also Trustees are included in Note 20.

The number of employees (excluding the Trustees of the College) during the year whose gross pay and benefits (excluding employer NI and pension contributions) fell within the following bands was:

£60,001 - £70,000
£70,001 - £80,001
The number of the above employees with retirement benefits accruing was as follows:
In defined benefits schemes
In defined contribution schemes
2025
2
2024
3
-
2025
-
-
2024
-
-

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Wolfson College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Leasehold
land and
Group & College
buildings
£'000
Cost
At start of year
Additions
Disposals
At end of year
Depreciation
At start of year
Charge for the year
Eliminated on disposals
At end of year
Net book value
At end of year
At start of year
Freehold
land and
buildings
£'000
47,791
800
-
Fixtures,
Fixtures,
fittings and
Fittings and
equipment
Equipment
£'000
£'000
849
8
-
857
604
55
-
659
198
245
Total
£'000
48,640
808
-
48,591 49,448
14,227
1,673
-
14,831
1,728
-
15,900 16,559
32,691 32,889
33,564 33,809

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Wolfson College Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

11 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS

Group & College

2025
Valuation at start of year
Additions and improvements at cost
Disposals net proceeds
Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year
Valuation at end of year
Agricultural
£'000
413
-
(477)
64
Commercial
£'000
-
-
-
-
Other
£'000
6,759
250
(90)
24
2025
Total
£'000
7,172
250
(567)
88
- - 6,943 6,943

Valuations for properties were as follows:

The Trustees consider that the values at 31 July 2024 are not expected to have changed materially since the valuation dates above, and therefore it was not necessary to procure new valuation reports.

2024
Valuation at start of year
Additions and improvements at cost
Disposals net proceeds
Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year
Valuation at end of year
Agricultural
£'000
475
-
-
(63)
Commercial
£'000
-
-
-
-
Other
£'000
6,759
-
-
-
2024
Total
£'000
7,234
-
-
(63)
412 - 6,759 7,171

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12 OTHER INVESTMENTS

Group & College

All investments are held at fair value.

Investments
Valuation at start of year
New money invested
Amounts withdrawn
Reinvested income
Investment management fees
Increase/(decrease) in value of investments
Group investments at end of year
Investment in subsidiaries
Investments at end of year
Investments comprise:
Equity investments
Global multi-asset funds
Property funds
Fixed interest stocks
Alternative and other investments
Fixed term deposits and cash
Total investments
Held outside
the UK
£'000
37,661
-
-
2,302
-
-
Held in
the UK
£'000
-
19,338
3,581
1,240
1,055
399
2025
Total
£'000
37,661
19,338
3,581
3,542
1,055
399
Held outside
the UK
£'000
35,468
-
-
2,268
1,099
460
2025
£'000
67,089
103
(5,000)
-
(187)
3,571
2024
£'000
59,658
1,581
-
-
(159)
6,009
65,576
-
67,089
-
65,576 67,089
Held in
the UK
£'000
-
23,009
3,496
1,289
-
-
2024
Total
£'000
35,468
23,009
3,496
3,557
1,099
460
39,963 25,613 65,576 39,295 27,794 67,089

13 PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

The College holds 100% of the issued share capital in Wolfson Oxford Developments Limited (WODL), a company providing design & build construction services to the College.

The results of the parent and subsidiary Company, and their assets and liabilities at the year end, were as follows:

Turnover
Expenditure
Donation to College under gift aid
Interest receivable
Result for the year
Total assets
Total liabilities
Net funds at the end of year
£'000
13,161
(11,140)
-
466
Wolfson
College
£'000
579
(579)
-
-
WODL
2,487 -
117,551
(1,319)
110
(110)
116,232 -

Associated Undertakings

From September 2020, the College has owned a 25% share in North Oxford Shared College Services Limited, a company providing IT and administrative services to its affiliated entities. The turnover for this company for the year was £769k and no profit was made.

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14 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN

With effect from February 2014, the Governing Body has adopted a duly authorised policy of total return accounting for the College investment returns. The investment return to be applied as income is calculated as up to 3% of the average of the year-end values of the relevant investments of the last five years. The preserved (frozen) value of the invested endowment capital represents its open market value at 31 July 2015 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
Recoupment of trust for investment
Allocation from trust for investment
Investment return: dividends and interest
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
Unapplied total return allocated to income in the reporting period
Permanent Endowment Permanent Endowment Permanent Endowment Expendable
Endowment
£'000
-
-
31,275
Total
Endowment
£'000
22,755
13,455
31,275
Trust for
Investment
£'000
22,755
-
-
Unapplied
Total
Return
£'000
-
13,455
-
Total
£'000
22,755
13,455
-
22,755
219
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,455
-
-
-
654
1,771
(102)
-
36,210
219
-
-
654
1,771
(102)
-
31,275
439
-
-
576
1,540
(84)
-
67,485
658
-
-
1,230
3,311
(186)
-
219
-
-
2,323
(1,026)
-
2,542
(1,026)
-
2,471
(900)
-
5,013
(1,926)
-
- (1,026) (1,026) (900) (1,926)
219
22,974
-
-
1,297
-
14,752
-
1,516
22,974
14,752
-
1,571
-
-
32,846
3,087
22,974
14,752
32,846
22,974 14,752 37,726 32,846 70,572

The comparative statement of investment total return for the prior year is shown in Note 29(b).

15 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
Other debtors
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Loans
2025
Group
£'000
296
39
-
3
255
18
-
2024
Group
£'000
143
59
-
1
235
20
2025
College
£'000
297
39
-
3
355
18
-
2024
College
£'000
143
59
-
1
235
20
-
611 458 712 458

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16 CREDITORS: falling due within one year

CREDITORS: falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to College Members
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
Other creditors
2025
Group
£'000
284
424
128
440
39
2024
Group
£'000
592
314
98
391
35
2025
College
£'000
276
424
142
438
39
2024
College
£'000
592
314
98
391
35
1,315 1,430 1,319 1,430

Amounts owed to College Members includes receipts in advance for rent, fees and other items.

17 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE MOVEMENTS

Endowment Funds - Permanent
General purposes
Jeremy Black Fund
Isaiah Berlin Academic Fund
Assyriology Scholarship Fund
Guy Newton Fund
Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Fund
Godfrey Lienhardt Fund
Sir Ronald Syme Memorial Fund
Ghazarian Fund
Anthony Aris Lecture Fund
Geoffrey Garton Fund
Isaiah Berlin Lecture Fund
Student Support Endowment Fund
Assyriology JRF Fund
Assyriology Research Fund
Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Fund
Rachel Conrad Fund
Ellen Rice Fund
Turing-Gandy Fund
Assyriology JRF
Marriott Scholarship Fund - capital
Derek Boyd Scholarship
OCLW Wosk Fund
Curtis Bursary Humanities fund
Endowment Funds - Expendable
General purposes
Charter Fund
Ullendorff Semitic Philology Endowment
OCLW Endowment Fund
Fay & Roger Booker Travel Grant Fund
Total Endowment Funds - Group & College
At 1 August
2024
£'000
21,653
1,131
1,355
978
521
356
324
96
34
47
1,375
201
360
2,061
610
91
916
415
59
104
3,524
-
29,374
531
634
714
21
Incoming
resources
£'000
396
20
25
18
9
6
6
2
-
1
25
4
16
39
11
1
16
5
1
-
65
79
107
21
539
10
12
454
-
Resources
expended
£'000
(59)
(3)
(4)
(3)
-
(1)
(2)
-
(2)
-
(4)
(1)
(1)
(6)
(2)
-
(3)
(1)
-
-
(10)
-
-
-
(79)
(1)
(2)
(2)
-
Transfers
£'000
(621)
(32)
(39)
(28)
(15)
(10)
(9)
(3)
-
(1)
(39)
(6)
(10)
(59)
(17)
(2)
(26)
(6)
(1)
(1)
(101)
-
-
-
(846)
(15)
(18)
(20)
(1)
Gains/
At 31 July
(losses)
2025
£'000
£'000
1,067
22,436
56
1,172
67
1,404
48
1,013
26
541
18
369
16
335
5
100
2
34
2
49
68
1,425
10
208
18
383
101
2,136
30
632
4
94
45
948
10
423
1
60
3
106
174
3,652
-
79
-
107
-
21
1,447
30,435
26
551
31
657
35
1,181
1
21
3,311
70,572
67,485 1,888 (186) (1,926)

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Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

17 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE MOVEMENTS (continued)

At 1 August Incoming Resources Gains/ At 31 July
2024 resources expended Transfers (losses) 2025
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Restricted Funds
Revenue funds of endowments:
Jeremy Black Fund 67 - (38) 32 - 61
Isaiah Berlin Academic Fund 140 - (91) 39 - 88
Assyriology Scholarship 74 - (31) 28 - 71
Guy Newton Fund 76 - (18) 15 - 73
Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Fund 100 - (9) 10 - 101
Godfrey Lienhardt Fund 108 - - 9 - 117
Sir Ronald Syme Memorial Fund 9 - (1) 3 - 11
Ghazarian Fund 8 - - 1 - 9
Anthony Aris Lecture Fund 5 - (1) 2 - 6
Geoffrey Garton Fund 52 - - (21) - 31
Isaiah Berlin Lecture Fund 28 - (5) 6 - 29
Charter Fund 4 - (30) 56 - 30
Ullendorff Semitic Philology Scholarship 72 - - 19 - 91
Ellen Rice fund 6 - - 6 - 12
Turing Gandy fund 1 - - 1 - 2
OCLW Revenue Fund 44 - - (24) - 20
Assyriology JRF Fund 4 - (44) 59 - 19
Assyriology Research Fund (12) 9 7 18 - 22
Student Support Fund 17 24 - 10 - 51
Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Fund 3 - (3) 2 - 2
Fay & Roger Booker Travel Grant Fund 2 - - - - 2
Rachel Conrad Fund 44 - (14) 26 - 56
Assyriology JRF fund 7 - - 1 - 8
Marriott Graduate Scholarships Revenue Fund 94 - (114) 131 - 111
Derek Boyd Scholarship - 75 - - - 75
OCLW Wosk Fund - - (1) - - (1)
Other restricted income funds:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing (OCLW) 309 38 (162) 44 - 229
OCLW Scholarship Fund 4 - - - - 4
Beazley Archive Trust 15 - - - - 15
Isaiah Berlin Legacy Project 34 22 5 - - 61
Ancient World Fund 86 65 (85) - - 66
Joyce Farley Award 9 - (1) 1 - 9
Mougins Ashmolean Fellowship Fund 9 - (9) - - -
Ti-Se Foundation Fund 2 - - - - 2
Law Justice & Society Fellowship Fund - - - - - -
Harrison Scholarship Fund 203 76 (80) (1) - 198
Ancient History Scholarship Fund 1 - - - - 1
Ancient Documents Scholarship Fund 9 - - - - 9
I C Gandy Fund 14 - (1) 1 - 14
Assyriology Research Fund 27 - (9) - - 18
Coulson Visiting Fellowship Fund 5 - - 1 - 6
Littman Vermes Scholarship Fd 14 14 - (1) - 27
Pakistan Lecture Series 10 - (1) - - 9
Innovation Network Fund 27 - - - - 27
Grants & Awards Fund 10 - - - - 10
Gardens Fund 24 65 - (20) - 69
Manar Al-Athar fund - - - - - -
Berggruen Fellowship Fund 17 - - - - 17
Quantum Research Cluster (incl. CT/SV) 44 8 (5) (1) - 46
COVID-19 Hardship Fund 1 - - - - 1
Tibetan & Himalayan Cluster 11 41 (39) - - 13
Lacey Philosophy Fund 9 - - - - 9
Sciama Memorial Fund 5 - - - - 5
Academics at Risk Fund 16 50 - - - 66
The Singh Fellowship Fund 184 1 (28) - - 157
GYA Science Leadership Fund 55 - (14) - - 41
South Asia Academic Staff Fund 9 - - - - 9
Africans at Oxford Fund 1 - - - - 1
Library Fund 31 - (30) 1 - 2
continued

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17 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE MOVEMENTS (continued)

Other restricted income funds (continued):
Thyssen Imperial History Scholarship Fund
Macau Scholarship Fund
Bob Sim Uruguay Biochemistry Fund
Carbon off set fund
Law in Society
Wolfson Wellbeing fund
Central Asian & Turkic Cluster
Zero carbon project donations
Margit pengelly scholarship
The Academic Futures Fund
Eutopia Foundation Research
Tregidgo Atomic & Laser Scholarship Fund
Mind Brain Behaviour Cluster
Physics Scholarship Fund
Ukraine - Cara fund
Tim Rolph Climate Change
Experimental Psychology
John & Lizbeth Adams Lectures
Total Restricted Funds - Group & College
Unrestricted Funds
General reserves
Marriott Scholarship Fund - capital
Marriott Scholarship Fund - revenue
Common Room Fund
Sundry designated reserves
Fixed asset designated funds
Decarbonisation project designated funds
Pension reserve
Total Unrestricted Funds - College
Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Unrestricted Funds - Group
Total Funds - Group
At 1 August
2024
£'000
84
195
5
1
29
460
4
-
30
60
184
97
121
-
-
-
-
-
Incoming
resources
£'000
125
-
-
4
-
-
1
1,000
3
31
-
-
117
5
70
97
105
80
Resources
expended
£'000
(29)
(64)
(3)
(5)
(10)
(2)
-
-
1
(15)
-
-
(86)
(5)
-
-
-
-
Transfers
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1)
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 July
2025
£'000
180
131
2
-
19
458
5
1,000
33
77
184
97
152
-
70
97
105
80
3,418 2,126 (1,070) 454 - 4,928
At 1 August
2024
£'000
4,761
-
-
536
77
33,809
-
-
Incoming
resources
£'000
7,901
-
-
540
593
-
-
-
Resources
expended
£'000
(8,755)
-
-
(547)
(3)
-
-
Transfers
£'000
1,446
-
-
-
938
(912)
-
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
348
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 July
2025
£'000
5,701
-
-
529
1,605
32,897
-
-
39,183
-
9,034
579
(9,305)
(579)
1,472
-
348
-
40,732
-
39,183 9,613 (9,884) 1,472 348 40,732
110,086 13,627 (11,140) - 3,659 116,232

The comparative analysis of movements on funds for the prior year is shown in Note 29(c).

18 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE DETAILS

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

Endowment Funds - Permanent: General purposes

Jeremy Black Fund

Isaiah Berlin Academic Fund

Assyriology Scholarship Fund Marcel & Tessa Hornik Trust Fund

Guy Newton Fund

Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Fund

A consolidation of gifts and donations where income, but not capital, can be used for the general purposes of the charity.

Fund established by a bequest from Dr Jeremy Allen Black and supplemented by further funds donated at the time of his death. Original funds are required to be preserved. Income of the fund is for a scholarship supporting Sumarian and Akkadian research.

Fund established in 1989 to commemorate the College's founding President's 80th birthday. The funds were raised to support Isaiah Berlin research. Subsequent funds raised for this purpose have been added to the original funds.

Fund established to endow a scholarship for the study of Assyriology.

Fund established from the Lincombe Lodge Research Library Trust and includes the Hornik Library collection. Income from the fund may be spent in a variety of areas including expenses of the library, and supporting research in a number of subjects.

Fund endowed in 1975 from the EPA Cephalosporia Fund. The deed limits expenditure on subjects to be studied to chemical, biological and medical research and states that the endowment should be preserved.

Fund established by a bequest from Mrs Josefina Hargreaves-Mawdsley in memory of her son. Income is to be used to finance research in specific arts subject areas.

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18 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE DETAILS (continued)

Godfrey Lienhardt Fund Fund established in 1994 from a legacy and subscription on the death of Godfrey Lienhardt. Capital is to be preserved and income is to be used for scholarships in social anthropology and Sub-Saharan Africa. Sir Ronald Syme Memorial Fund Fund established in memory of Sir Ronald Syme to support research into the classics. Ghazarian Fund Fund established in 2006 by a donation from Professor Ghazarian to secure in perpetuity an annual grant in support of research in the history and culture of Christianity in the Mediterranean basin, 400-1500 A.D. Anthony Aris Lecture Fund Fund established as an endowment to fund an annual lecture in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. Geoffrey Garton Fund Fund established in 2017 by a legacy from Dr Geoffrey Garton. Income from the fund is to be used to support College activities including arts, music concerts and gardens. Isaiah Berlin Lecture Fund Fund established in 2017 from a specific gift to create the endowment. Income from the fund is to be used to support the annual Isaiah Berlin lecture. Student Support Fund Fund established in 2020 from a series of gifts of the same nature to create the endowment. Income from the fund is to be used to support students in hardship through bursaries, both named and un-named. Assyriology JRF Fund Fund established in 2019 from a specific gift to create the endowment. Income from the fund is to be used to support a JRF post in Assyriology. Assyriology Research Fund Fund established in 2019 from a specific gift to create the endowment. Income from the fund is to be used to support research in Assyriology. Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Fund Fund established in 2020 to enable the Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize to continue as a permanent tribute to Professor Stallworthy. Rachel Conrad Fund Fund established in 2020 by a legacy from Mr Reuben Conrad CBE towards scholarship and research in the field of clinical depression. Endowment Funds - Expendable: General purposes A consolidation of gifts and donations where either income, or income and capital, can be used for the general purposes of the charity. Charter Fund Fund established in 1981, the income of which supports various stipendary research fellowships. Ullendorff Semitic Philology Endowment Fund established by Mrs Dina Ullendorff towards endowing expenditure in the study of Semitic Philology. OCLW Endowment Fund established in 2019. Income from the endowment is to be used to support the research, scholarship, conferences, lectures seminars, performance and other public events of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at Wolfson College. Fay & Roger Booker Travel Grant Fund Fund established in 2021 by a legacy from Fay Booker to create the endowment. Income from the fund is to be used to support travel for students of the Materials department. Restricted Funds: Restricted funds of endowments Income generated from specific purpose endowments not spent and available for future costs of specified purposes. Other restricted income funds Gifts and donations that must be applied in support of other specified College activities. Designated Funds Fixed asset designated fund Unrestricted funds which are represented by the fixed assets of the College and therefore not available for expenditure on the College's general purposes. Oxford Marriott Scholarship Fund Allocation of funds to generate an income to be used towards match-funded scholarships in conjunction with the University of Oxford. Common Room Fund Unrestricted funds allocated by the College for the costs of providing social, sporting and cultural activities for College members. Pension reserve Unrestricted funds which are represented by the College's pension fund liabilities.

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

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19
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
2025
Tangible fixed assets
Property investments
Other investments
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Pension fund liability
2024
Tangible fixed assets
Property investments
Other investments
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Pension fund liability
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
32,889
1,041
(191)
6,993
-
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
1,097
3,831
-
Endowment
Funds
£'000
-
5,902
64,670
-
-
2025
Total
£'000
32,889
6,943
65,576
10,824
-
40,732 4,928 70,572 116,232
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
33,809
1,076
4,746
(448)
-
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
953
2,465
-
Endowment
Funds
£'000
-
6,095
61,390
-
-
2024
Total
£'000
33,809
7,171
67,089
2,017
-
39,183 3,418 67,485 110,086

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20 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION

The Trustees of the College comprise the Governing Body Fellows, many of whom are research and teaching employees of the University of Oxford and who sit on Governing Body by virtue of their University and College duties.

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. Governing Body Fellows receive a stipend for their support of the academic functions of the College. All salaries are subject to review by the College's Remuneration and Personnel Committee. The composition of the Remuneration and Personnel Committee is: the President; the Bursar; the Chair of the Conflict of Interest Committee; and three Emeritus Fellows.

There are also six Trustees (President, Vicegerent, Bursar, Senior Tutor, Development Director, Secretary to Governing Body) who work full or part time.

Some Trustees receive allowances for additonal work carried out as part-time college officers (Fellows for Library and Archives; Deans of Degrees). These amounts are included within the remuneration figures below.

Remuneration paid to Trustees

Range
£1 - £999
£1,000 - £2,999
£3,000 - £3,999
£4,000 - £4,999
£5,000 - £5,999
£7,000 - £7,999
£8,000 - £8,999
£9,000 - £11,999
£12,000 - £12,999
£13,000 - £13,999
£70,000 - £79,999
£80,000 - £89,999
£90,000 - £99,999
£100,000 - £109,999
£110,000 - £119,000
£120,000 - £129,999
£130,000 - £139,999
£140,000 - £149,999
Total
2025 2025 2024 2024
£
0
0
1
2,445
43
150,721
1
4,877
5
27,700
0
0
0
0
1
9,105
0
0
1
13,722
0
0
1
87,471
1
95,945
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
271,990
0
0
56
663,975
Number of
Trustees
Gross remuneration, taxable
benefits and pension
contributions
£
0
0
3
6,747
45
156,076
2
8,903
3
16,197
1
7,673
0
0
1
11,967
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
168,273
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
265,659
0
0
59
641,495
Number of
Trustees
Gross remuneration, taxable
benefits and pension
contributions
663,975 641,495

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

Other transactions with trustees

No Trustee claimed expenses in connection with any work performed in discharge of duties as a trustee. Note 27 provides further information on related party transactions.

Key management remuneration

The total remuneration paid to key management was £466k (2024: £454k).

Key College officers are considered to be the President, the Vicegerent, the Bursar, the Senior Tutor, the Development Director and the Secretary to Governing Body.

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21 PENSION SCHEMES

Significant accounting policies

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 both defined benefits and benefits based on defined contributions. The assets of each scheme are held in a separate trustee-administered funds.

Due to the mutual nature of the schemes, the assets are not attributed to individual employers, and scheme-wide contribution rates are set. As a result, the College is exposed to actuarial risks arising from employees of other employers and is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of the schemes on a consistent and reasonable basis.

In accordance with Section 28 of FRS 102 ‘Employee Benefits’, the College therefore accounts for the schemes as if they were wholly defined contribution schemes. Consequently, the amount charged to the income and expenditure account represents the contributions payable to each scheme.

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 scheme’s Trustee must agree a Recovery Plan that sets out how each participating employer will fund an overall deficit. The College recognises a liability for the contributions payable under such an agreement (to the extent that they relate to the deficit) with related expenses being recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Critical accounting judgements

FRS 102 distinguishes between a group plan and a multi-employer scheme. A group plan typically consists of a collection of entities under common control, usually with a sponsoring employer. In contrast, a multi-employer scheme involves entities that are not under common control, such as the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS). The College is satisfied that both USS and OSPS meet the definition of a multi-employer scheme.

Schemes accounted for under FRS 102 as defined contribution schemes

Deficit Recovery Plans

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 in the prior year. The latest available complete actuarial valuation of the Retirement Income Builder, the defined benefit part of the scheme, 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.

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.

Price inflation – Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 3.0% p.a. (based on a long-term average expected level of CPI, broadly
consistent with long-term market expectations)
RPI / CPI gap 1.0% p.a. to 2030, reducing to 0.1% p.a. from 2030
Discount rate Fixed interest gilt yield curve plus:
Pre-retirement: 2.5% p.a.
Post-retirement: 0.9% p.a.
Pension increases(all subject to a floor of 0%) Benefits with no cap: CPI assumption plus 3bps
Benefits subject to a ‘soft cap’ of 5% (providing inflationary increases up to
5%, and half of any excess inflation over 5% up to a maximum of 10%): CPI
assumption minus 3bps

The main demographic assumptions used relate to the mortality assumptions. These assumptions are based on analysis of the scheme’s experience carried out as part of the 2023 actuarial valuation. The mortality assumptions used in these figures are as follows:

Mortalitybase table 101% of S2PMA “light” for males and 95% of S3PFA for females
Future improvements to mortality CMI_2021 with a smoothing parameter of 7.5, an initial addition of 0.40%
p.a., 10% w2020 and w2021 parameters, and a long-term improvement rate
of 1.80% p.a. for males and 1.60% p.a. for females

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21 PENSION SCHEMES (continued)

The current life expectancies on retirement at age 65 are:

Females currently aged 65 (years)
Males currently aged 45 (years)
Females currentlyaged 45(years)
Males currently aged 65 (years)
25.5
25.7
27.2
23.8
2025
25.6
25.4
27.2
23.7
2024

University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme

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.

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 £810k was made at 31 July 2023 (2022: £1,581k) to account for deficit recovery payments up to 30th September 2023. That remaining liability 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

The principal assumptions used by the actuary were:

Rate of interest (periods up to retirement) Gilts' +2.25%
Rate of interest (periods after retirement) Gilts' +0.5%
RPI Break-even RPI curve less 0.5% pa pre-2030 and 1.0% pa
post-2030
CPI RPI inflation assumption less 1% pa pre-2030 and 0.1% pa
post-2030
Pensionable Salary increases RPI +pa

Funding Ratios:

Funding Ratios:
Technical provisions basis: 105%
‘Buy-out’ basis: 62%

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21 PENSION SCHEMES (continued)

Non-financial assumptions: Non-financial assumptions:
Post-retirement mortality - base table Non-Pensioners: 105% of standard S3PxA medium tables for both males
and females
Pensioners: 105% of standard S3PxA medium tables for both males and
females
Post-retirement mortality -
improvements
Non-Pensioners: 105% of standard S3PxA medium tables for both males
and females
Pensioners: 105% of standard S3PxA medium tables for both males and
females
Recommended employer’s contribution rate (as %
of pensionable salaries)
16.5% DB for members from 01/10/2023
10% /12% /14% DC members in relation to 4% /6% /8% cost plan - from
01/10/2023
Effective date of next valuation: 31/03/2025

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:

Scheme 2024/25 £'m 2023/24 £'m
Universities Superannuation Scheme 192 212
Universityof Oxford Staff Pension Scheme 217 213
Other schemes – contributions 0
Total Employer Contributions 409 425

These amounts include £135k (2024: £123k) contributions payable to defined contribution schemes at rates specified in the rules of those plans.

Included in other creditors are pension contributions payable of £0K (2024: £0K).

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22 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. Accordingly no provision for taxation has been included in the financial statements.

23
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Group
Note
Financial assets
Measured at fair value
Other investments
12
Measured at undiscounted amount receivable
Trade debtors and amounts owed by College members
15
Cash at bank
25
Financial liabilities
Measured at undiscounted amount payable
Trade creditors and amounts owed to College members
16
2025
£'000
65,576
2024
£'000
67,089
335
11,240
202
2,804
708 906

24 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOMING RESOURCES TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS

Net income/(expenditure)
Elimination of non-operating cash flows:
Investment income
(Gains)/losses in investments
Endowment donations
Financing costs
Depreciation
(Profit)/loss on sale of fixed assets
Decrease/(Increase) in stock
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors
(Decrease)/Increase in creditors
(Decrease)/Increase in pension scheme liability
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
25
ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash at bank and in hand
Total cash and cash equivalents
2025
£'000
6,146
(1,826)
(3,659)
(658)
-
1,728
-
(6)
(254)
(111)
-
2024
£'000
7,211
(1,826)
(5,947)
(711)
20
1,657
-
18
(148)
(588)
(810)
1,360 (1,124)
2025
£'000
11,240
2024
£'000
2,804
11,240 2,804

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26 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

The Group had contracted commitments of £14.5m at 31 July 2025, (2024: £0k) for ongoing capital projects.

27 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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. 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 Note 20.

The College has properties with the following net book values owned jointly with Trustees under joint equity ownership agreements between the Trustee and the College.

Total net book value of properties owned jointly with Trustees (three properties) 2025
£'000
443
2024
£'000
259
443 259

All joint equity properties are subject to sale on the departure of the Trustee from the College. The Trustees pay an annual payment to the College on the College owned share at the assessed market rate.

28 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There are no post balance sheet events which require disclosure.

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(a) Statement of Financial Activities ("SOFA")

The SOFA for the year ended 31 July 2025 is presented on page 22. The comparative SOFA for the year ended 31 July 2024 is presented below:

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
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Other recognised gains/losses
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit pension schemes
Net movement in funds for the year
Fund balances brought forward
Funds carried forward at 31 July
Unrestricted
Funds
£'000
7,142
600
504
470
1,463
42
Restricted
Funds
£'000
-
-
976
-
458
-
Endowed
Funds
£'000
-
-
711
1,356
(1,921)
-
2024
Total
£'000
7,142
600
2,191
1,826
-
42
10,221 1,434 146 11,801
8,422
295
590
16
1,043
-
-
-
-
-
-
171
9,465
295
590
187
9,323 1,043 171 10,537
898
417
391
-
(25)
5,530
1,264
5,947
1,315 391 5,505 7,211
(2,457)
-
(391)
-
2,848
-
-
-
(1,142)
40,325
-
3,418
8,353
59,132
7,211
102,875
39,183 3,418 67,485 110,086

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(b) Statement of investment total return

The statement of investment total return for the year ended 31 July 2025 is presented in Note 14. The comparative for the year ended 31 July 2024 is presented below:

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
Recoupment of trust for investment
Allocation from trust for investment
Investment return: dividends and interest
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
Investment return: realised and unrealised gains and losses
Unapplied total return allocated to income in the reporting period
Unapplied
Trust for
Total
Investment
Return
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
22,198
-
22,198
-
8,040
8,040
-
-
-
22,198
8,040
30,238
557
-
557
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
726
726
-
2,961
2,961
-
(92)
(92)
-
2,848
2,848
557
6,443
7,000
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
-
-
-
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
557
5,415
5,972
22,755
-
22,755
-
13,455
13,455
-
-
-
22,755
13,455
36,210
Permanent Endowment
Unapplied
Trust for
Total
Investment
Return
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
22,198
-
22,198
-
8,040
8,040
-
-
-
22,198
8,040
30,238
557
-
557
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
726
726
-
2,961
2,961
-
(92)
(92)
-
2,848
2,848
557
6,443
7,000
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
-
-
-
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
557
5,415
5,972
22,755
-
22,755
-
13,455
13,455
-
-
-
22,755
13,455
36,210
Permanent Endowment
Unapplied
Trust for
Total
Investment
Return
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
22,198
-
22,198
-
8,040
8,040
-
-
-
22,198
8,040
30,238
557
-
557
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
726
726
-
2,961
2,961
-
(92)
(92)
-
2,848
2,848
557
6,443
7,000
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
-
-
-
-
(1,028)
(1,028)
557
5,415
5,972
22,755
-
22,755
-
13,455
13,455
-
-
-
22,755
13,455
36,210
Permanent Endowment
Expendable
Endowment
£'000
-
-
28,895
Total
Endowments
£'000
22,198
8,040
28,895
22,198
557
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,040
-
-
-
726
2,961
(92)
2,848
30,238
557
-
-
726
2,961
(92)
2,848
28,895
154
-
-
630
2,568
(79)
-
59,133
711
-
-
1,356
5,529
(171)
2,848
557
-
-
6,443
(1,028)
-
7,000
(1,028)
-
3,273
(893)
-
10,273
(1,921)
-
- (1,028) (1,028) (893) (1,921)
557
22,755
-
-
5,415
-
13,455
-
5,972
22,755
13,455
-
2,380
-
-
31,275
8,352
22,755
13,455
31,275
22,755 13,455 36,210 31,275 67,485

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(c) Funds of the College movements

The analysis of movements on funds for the year ended 31 July 2025 is presented in Note 17. The comparative for the year ended 31 July 2024 is

presented below:

Endowment Funds - Permanent
General purposes
Jeremy Black Fund
Isaiah Berlin Academic Fund
Assyriology Scholarship Fund
Marcel & Tessa Hornik Trust Fund
Guy Newton Fund
Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Fund
Godfrey Lienhardt Fund
Sir Ronald Syme Memorial Fund
Ghazarian Fund
Anthony Aris Lecture Fund
Geoffrey Garton Fund
Isaiah Berlin Lecture Fund
Student Support Endowment Fund
Assyriology JRF Fund
Assyriology Research Fund
Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Fund
Rachel Conrad Fund
Ellen Rice Fund
Turing-Gandy Fund
Assyriology JRF Fund
Marriott Scholarship Capital Fund
Endowment Funds - Expendable
General purposes
Charter Fund
Ullendorff Semitic Philology Endowment
OCLW Endowment Fund
Fay & Roger Booker Travel Grant Fund
Total Endowment Funds
At 1 August
2023
£'000
20,104
1,050
1,258
908
490
484
331
300
89
31
44
1,277
186
274
1,913
566
84
850
-
-
-
-
27,271
493
589
520
20
Incoming
resources
£'000
438
23
27
20
-
10
7
7
2
1
-
28
5
6
42
13
2
18
405
57
101
71
596
10
13
165
-
Resources
expended
£'000
(55)
(3)
(3)
(3)
-
(1)
(1)
(1)
-
-
-
(4)
(1)
(1)
(5)
(2)
-
(2)
(1)
-
-
(9)
(75)
(1)
(2)
(1)
-
Transfers
£'000
(621)
(32)
(39)
(28)
(490)
(15)
(10)
(9)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(40)
(6)
57
(59)
(17)
(3)
(26)
(6)
(1)
(1)
3,171
(843)
(15)
(18)
(16)
(1)
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
1,787
93
112
81
-
43
29
27
8
3
4
114
17
24
170
50
8
76
17
3
4
291
2,424
44
52
46
2
At 31 July
2024
£'000
21,653
1,131
1,355
978
-
521
356
324
96
34
47
1,375
201
360
2,061
610
91
916
415
59
104
3,524
29,374
531
634
714
21
59,132 2,067 (171) 927 5,529 67,485

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At 1 August Incoming Resources Gains/ At 31 July
2023 resources expended Transfers (losses) 2024
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Restricted Funds
Revenue funds of endowments:
Jeremy Black Fund 53 - (19) 33 - 67
Isaiah Berlin Academic Fund 101 - - 39 - 140
Assyriology Scholarship 46 - - 28 - 74
Marcel & Tessa Hornik Trust Fund 57 - (57) - - -
Guy Newton Fund 77 - (16) 15 - 76
Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley Fund 90 - - 10 - 100
Godfrey Lienhardt Fund 99 - - 9 - 108
Sir Ronald Syme Memorial Fund 9 - (3) 3 - 9
Ghazarian Fund 7 - - 1 - 8
Anthony Aris Lecture Fund 5 - (1) 1 - 5
Geoffrey Garton Fund 32 - (20) 40 - 52
Isaiah Berlin Lecture Fund 23 - (1) 6 - 28
Charter Fund 15 - (26) 15 - 4
Ullendorff Semitic Philology Scholarship 54 - - 18 - 72
Ellen Rice Fund - - - 6 - 6
Turing-Gandy Fund - - - 1 - 1
OCLW Revenue Fund 28 - - 16 - 44
Assyriology JRF Fund 13 - (68) 59 - 4
Assyriology Research Fund (12) - (17) 17 - (12)
Student Support Fund 9 - - 8 - 17
Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Fund 2 - (2) 3 - 3
Fay & Roger Booker Travel Grant Fund 1 - - 1 - 2
Rachel Conrad Fund 32 - (14) 26 - 44
Assyriology JRF Fund - 5 - 2 - 7
Marriott Graduate Scholarships Revenue Fund - - (8) 102 - 94
Other restricted income funds:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing (OCLW) 359 77 (127) - - 309
OCLW Scholarship Fund 4 - - - - 4
Beazley Archive Trust 21 - (6) - - 15
Isaiah Berlin Legacy Project 89 19 (74) - - 34
Ancient World Fund 127 63 (104) - - 86
Joyce Farley Award - - - 9 - 9
Mougins Ashmolean Fellowship Fund 9 - - - - 9
Ti-Se Foundation Fund 2 - - - - 2
Harrison Scholarship Fund 171 72 (40) - - 203
Ancient History Scholarship Fund 1 - - - - 1
Ancient Documents Scholarship Fund 9 - - - - 9
I C Gandy Fund 15 - - (1) - 14
Assyriology Research Fund 41 - (14) - - 27
Coulson Visiting Fellowship Fund 5 - - - - 5
Littman Vermes Scholarship Fund - 14 - - - 14
Pakistan Lecture Series 13 - (3) - - 10
Innovation Network Fund 27 - - - - 27
Grants & Awards Fund 10 - - - - 10
Gardens Fund 12 12 - - - 24
Manar Al-Athar fund 20 - (20) - - -
Berggruen Fellowship Fund 17 - - - - 17
Quantum Research Cluster (incl. CT/SV) 49 3 (8) - - 44
COVID-19 Hardship Fund 85 - (84) - - 1
EJKS Fund (1) 1 - - - -
Tibetan & Himalayan Cluster 19 3 (11) - - 11
Lacey Philosophy Fund 9 - - - - 9
Sciama Memorial Fund 5 - - - - 5
Academics at Risk Fund 71 - (55) - - 16
Electric Minibus Fund 86 - (86) - - -
The Singh Fellowship Fund 14 170 - - - 184
GYA Science Leadership Fund 70 5 (20) - - 55
South Asia Academic Staff Fund 9 - - - - 9
Africans at Oxford Fund 1 - - - - 1
Library Fund 10 25 (4) - - 31

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Other restricted income funds (continued):
Thyssen Imperial History Scholarship Fund
Macau Scholarship Fund
Bob Sim Uruguay Biochemistry Fund
Carbon Offset Fund
Law in Society
Wolfson Wellbeing fund
Central Asian & Turkic Cluster
Zero carbon project donations
Margit pengelly scholarship
The Academic Futures Fund
Eutopia Foundation Research
Tregidgo Atomic & Laser Scholarship Fund
Mind Brain Behaviour Cluster
Total Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General reserves
Marriott Scholarship Fund - capital
Marriott Scholarship Fund - revenue
Common Room Fund
Sundry designated reserves
Fixed asset designated funds
Decarbonisation project designated funds
Revaluation reserve
Pension reserve
Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries
Total Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds
At 1 August
2023
£'000
112
243
7
-
39
226
-
400
32
30
184
25
-
Incoming
resources
£'000
-
-
-
5
4
237
6
-
8
30
-
97
121
Resources
expended
£'000
(28)
(48)
(2)
(4)
(14)
(2)
(2)
-
(10)
-
-
(25)
-
Transfers
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(400)
-
-
-
-
-
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 July
2024
£'000
84
195
5
1
29
460
4
-
30
60
184
97
121
3,418 977 (1,043) 67 - 3,418
At 1 August
2023
£'000
2,416
2,791
56
563
80
33,810
1,419
-
(810)
-
Incoming
resources
£'000
8,115
-
-
422
-
221
-
-
-
Resources
expended
£'000
(9,680)
-
-
(449)
(4)
-
-
810
-
Transfers
£'000
3,493
(2,791)
(56)
-
1
(1)
(1,640)
-
-
-
Gains/
(losses)
£'000
417
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 July
2024
£'000
4,761
-
-
536
77
33,809
-
-
-
-
40,325 8,758 (9,323) (994) 417 39,183
102,875 11,802 (10,537) - 5,946 110,086

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Docusign Envelope ID: 145969F4-AA92-46ED-A43D-EFCC3BDFDDA6

Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

Wolfson College

30 US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

In satisfaction of its obligations to facilitate students’ access to US federal financial aid, the College is required, by the US Department of Education, to present, the following Supplemental Schedules in a prescribed format.

The schedules have been:

2025 2025 2024 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Expendable Net Assets
Balance Sheet - Net assets
without donor restrictions
Net assets without donor
restrictions
17,18,19 40,732 39,183
Balance Sheet - Net assets with
donor restrictions
Net assets with donor
restrictions
15, 16 75,500 70,903
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable
Secured and Unsecured
relatedpartyreceivable
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable)
Unsecured related party
receivable
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Property, Plant
and equipment, net
Property, plant and
equipment, net (includes
Construction in progress)
Note 10, c9 &
Note 11, d5

39,832
40,980
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Property, plant and equipment -
pre-implementation
Property, plant and
equipment - pre-
implementation
Note 10, c9,
less Note 10,
c2, add Note
11, d5
38,774 39,324
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Property, plant and equipment -
post-implementation with
outstanding debt for original
purchase
Property, plant and
equipment - post-
implementation with
outstanding debt for original
purchase
N/A - -
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Property, plant and equipment -
post-implementation without
outstanding debt for original
purchase
Property, plant and
equipment - post-
implementation without
outstanding debt for original
purchase
Note 10, c2 1,058 1,656
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Construction in progress
Construction in progress N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Lease right-of-
use assets, net
Lease right-of-use asset, net N/A - -
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Lease right-of-use asset pre-
implementation
Lease right-of-use asset pre-
implementation
N/A - -
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Lease right-of-use asset post-
implementation
Lease right-of-use asset post-
implementation
N/A
- -
Balance Sheet - Goodwill Intangible assets N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Other intangible
assets
Intangible assets N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Post-
employment and pension
liabilities
Post-employment and
pension liabilities
13 - -

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Docusign Envelope ID: 145969F4-AA92-46ED-A43D-EFCC3BDFDDA6

Wolfson College

Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

30 US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE (continued)

2025 2025 2024 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Expendable Net Assets continued
Balance Sheet - Note Payable
and Line of Credit for long-term
purposes (both current and long
term) and Line of Credit for
Construction in process
Long-term debt - for long
term purposes
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Note Payable
and Line of Credit for long-term
purposes (both current and long
term) and Line of Credit for
Construction in process
Long-term debt - for long
term purposes pre-
implementation
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Note Payable
and Line of Credit for long-term
purposes (both current and long
term) and Line of Credit for
Construction in process
Line of Credit for
Construction post
implementation
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Note Payable
and Line of Credit for long-term
purposes (both current and long
term) and Line of Credit for
Construction in process
Line of Credit for
Construction in process
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Lease right-of-
use asset liability
Lease right-of-use asset
liability
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Lease right-of-
use asset liability pre-
implementation
Pre-implementation right-of-
use leases
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Lease right-of-
use asset liability post-
implementation
Post-implementation right-of-
use leases
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Annuities Annuities with donor
restrictions
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Term
endowments
Term endowments with donor
restrictions
N/A
- -
Balance Sheet - Life Income
Funds
Life income funds with donor
restrictions
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Perpetual Funds Net assets with donor
restrictions: restricted in
perpetuity
15 70,572 67,485

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Docusign Envelope ID: 145969F4-AA92-46ED-A43D-EFCC3BDFDDA6

Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

Wolfson College

30 US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE (continued)

2025 2025 2024 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Total Expenses and Losses
Statement of Financial Activities -
Total Unrestricted Operating
Expenses (Total from Statement
of Financial Activities prior to
adjustments)
Total expenses without donor
restrictions - taken directly
from Statement of Financial
Activities
a12, Note
29a a12
9,884 9,323
Statement of Financial Activities -
Non-Operating (Investment
return appropriated for
spending), Investments, net of
annual spending gain (loss),
Other components of net
periodic pension costs, Pension-
related changes other than net
periodic pension, changes other
than net periodic pension,
Change in value of split-interest
agreements and Other gains
(loss) - (Total from Statement of
Financial Activities prior to
adjustments)
Non-Operating and Net
Investment gain(loss)
4, 14 5,485 7,773
Statement of Financial Activities -
(Investment return appropriated
for spending) and Investments,
net of annual spending, gain
(loss)
Net investment
gains/(losses)
4, 14 5,485 7,773
Statement of Financial Activities -
Pension related changes other
than periodic pension
Pension-related changes
other than net periodic costs
N/A - -
2025 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Modified Net Assets
Balance Sheet - Net assets
without donor restrictions
Net assets without donor
restrictions
17,18,19 40,732 39,183
Balance Sheet - Net assets with
donor restrictions
Net assets with donor
restrictions
15, 16 75,500 70,903
Balance Sheet - Goodwill Intangible assets N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable
Secured and Unsecured
relatedpartyreceivable
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable
Unsecured related party
receivable
N/A - -

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Docusign Envelope ID: 145969F4-AA92-46ED-A43D-EFCC3BDFDDA6

Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

Wolfson College

30 US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE (continued)

2025 2025 2024 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Modified Assets
Balance Sheet - Total Assets Total Assets 4,8 117,547 111,516
Notes to the Financial
Statements - Balance Sheet -
Lease right-of-use asset pre-
implementation
Lease right-of-use asset pre-
implementation
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Goodwill Intangible assets N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable (note 15) and Related
party note disclosure (note 27)
Secured and Unsecured
related party receivable
N/A - -
Balance Sheet - Related party
receivable (note 15) and Related
party note disclosure (note 27)
Unsecured related party
receivable
N/A - -
2025 2024
Line Ref. £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Net Income Ratio
Statement of Financial Activities -
Change in Net Assets Without
Donor Restrictions
Change in Net Assets
Without Donor Restrictions
a18 1,549 (1,142)
Statement of Financial Activities -
(Net assets released from
restriction), Total Operating
Revenue and Other Additions
and Sale of Fixed Assets, gains
(losses)- Total income less
investment income
Total Revenue and Gains c7 less c4 - 1,826
Expendable Net Assets
Net Assets without donor restrictions
Net Assets with donor restrictions
Restricted in perpetuity
Annuities
Term endowments
Life income funds
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
Property, Plant and Equipment
Lease right-of-use assets
Remove pre-implementation lease right-of-use asset
Post employment pension liability
Line of credit - short term for CIP
Notes payable
Line of credit for long term purposes
Modify for post implementation debt not related to purchase of assets
Lease right-of-use asset liability
Remove pre-implementation lease right-of-use asset liability
Related party receivable
Expendable Net Assets
Lines
17,18,19
15, 16
15
Note 10, c9 & Note 11, d5
13
2025
£'000
40,732
75,500
(70,572)
-
-
-
-
-
(39,832)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,828
2024
£'000
39,183
70,903
(67,485)
-
-
-
-
-
(40,980)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,621

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Docusign Envelope ID: 145969F4-AA92-46ED-A43D-EFCC3BDFDDA6

Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 July 2025

Wolfson College

30 US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE (continued)

Lines
Total Expenses and Losses Without Donor Restrictions
Total Operating Expenses
a12, Note 29a a12
Other components of net periodic pension costs
Change in value of split-interest agreements
Other gains (losses) - change in FV of hedging instrument
Total Expenses and Losses Without Donor Restrictions
Modified Net Assets
Net assets without donor restrictions
17,18,19
Remove pre-implementation lease right-of-use asset
Remove pre-implementation lease right-of-use asset liability
Total Net Assets with Donor Restrictions
15, 16
Goodwill
Related party receiveable
N/A
Modified Net Assets
Modified Assets
Total assets
4, 8
Remove pre-implementation lease right-of-use asset
Goodwill
Related party receivable
N/A
Modified Assets
Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions
Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions
a18
Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions
Total Revenues and Gains Without Donor Restrictions
Total Operating Revenue and Other Additions
7, Note 29a a7
Investment return appropriated for spending
4,5, Note 29a 4,5
Sale of fixed assets, gains (losses)
Total Revenues and Gains Without Donor Restrictions
2025
£'000
9,884
-
-
-
2024
£'000
9,323
-
-
-
9,884 9,323
40,732
-
-
75,500
-
-
39,183
-
-
70,903
-
-
116,232 110,086
117,547
-
-
-
111,516
-
-
-
117,547 111,516
1,549 (1,142)
1,549 (1,142)
11,079
(2,062)
-
10,221
(1,933)
-
9,017 8,288

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