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Annual Report and Financial Statements

Year ended 31 July 2024

Registered charity 1142701

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Annual Report and Financial Statements

Contents

	page
Governing Body, Officers, and Advisers	2 - 5
Report of the Governing Body	6 - 13
Auditor’s Report	14 - 16
Statement of Accounting Policies	17 - 22
Statement of Financial Activities	23
Balance Sheet	24
Statement of Cash Flows	25
Notes to the Financial Statements	26 - 43

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Governing Body, Officers and Advisers

Year ended 31 July 2024

MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY

The Members of the Governing Body as the Warden & Fellows are the College’s charity trustees under charity law. The Members of the Governing Body during the year and at the date of this Report are listed below: (* indicates from 1/9/24 or 1/10/24; the year is the year of election to a Fellowship; the College appointment is listed in italics, including as a College Officer, and then any University appointment)

Warden

2016 Young, Peter Miles, MA Oxford

Fellows
1988	Palfreyman, David, OBE, FRSA, MA Oxford, LLB Oxford Brookes, MBA Aston_Bursar_
1989	Williams, Martin Stewart, BSc PhD Bristol, MA Oxford_Professorial Fellow; Professor of Engineering_
	Science, Pro-Vice Chancellor - Education
1990	Helm, Dieter, CBE, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Economics; Professor of Energy Policy_
1992	Parrott, David Anthony, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in History, Precentor; CUF Lecturer in History_
1995	Griffth, Mark Stephen, MA DPhil Oxford_Richard Ellmann Fellow, Tutor in English_
1995	Burden, Michael John, BA MA Adelaide, MA Oxford, PhD Edinburgh_Tutor in Music, Dean, Chattels_
	and Pictures Fellow, Portraits Fellow, Professor of Opera Studies
1995	Wathen, Andrew John, MA Oxford, PhD Reading_Tutor in Mathematics; Professor of Computational_
	Mathematics
1996	Whittington, Richard, MBA Aston, MA Oxford, PhD Manchester_Millman Tutorial Fellow in Business_
	Studies; Professor of Strategic Management
1998	Mulhall, Stephen James, MA DPhil Oxford, MA Toronto_Tutor in Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy_
2000	Williamson, Timothy, MA Dublin, MA DPhil Oxford, FBA, FRSE_Professorial Fellow_;Wykeham
	Professor of Logic
2001	Mash, Richard Terry Bernard, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Economics_
2001	Kimel, Dori, BA LLB Tel Aviv, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Law; Reader in Legal Philosophy_
2002	Gavaghan, David John, BA Durham, MA MSc DPhil Oxford_Supernumerary Fellow, Sub-Warden (to_
	30.09.22); Professor in Computational Biology
2003	Lightfoot, Jane Lucy, MA DPhil Oxford_Charlton Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Sub-Warden (from_
	01.10.22 to 30.09.23); Professor in Classical Languages and Literature
2003	Bañares-Alcántara, René, BSc Mexico, MA Oxford, MS PhD Carnegie Mellon_Tutor in Engineering,_
	Sub-Warden (from 01.10.23); Reader in Engineering Science
2004	Bright, Susan, BCL MA Oxford_Harvey McGregor Fellow, Tang Lecturer and Tutor in Law; Professor_
	of Land Law
2004	Halbach, Volker, MA PhD Munich, MA Oxford_Tutor in Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy_
2004	Poole, William Everitt, MA DPhil Oxford_John Galsworthy Fellow and Tutor in English, Fellow_
	Librarian, Senior Tutor
2004	Zorin, Andrei, MA PhD Habil Moscow, MA Oxford_Professorial Fellow; Professor of Russian_
2005	Pybus, Oliver, BSc Nott, MSc York, MA DPhil Oxford_Professorial Fellow; Professor of Evolution and_
	Infectious Disease
2005	Flynn, Eugene Victor, BA Otago, MA Oxford, PhD Cambridge_Tutor in Mathematics; Professor of_
	Mathematics
2005	Timmel, Christiane Renate, Dipl Chem TU Dresden, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Chemistry; Professor_
	in Inorganic Chemistry

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2006 Slyz, Adrianne, BSc Harvard, MSc PhD Columbia, MA Oxford_Tutor in Physics; University Lecturer in_	2006 Slyz, Adrianne, BSc Harvard, MSc PhD Columbia, MA Oxford_Tutor in Physics; University Lecturer in_	2006 Slyz, Adrianne, BSc Harvard, MSc PhD Columbia, MA Oxford_Tutor in Physics; University Lecturer in_	2006 Slyz, Adrianne, BSc Harvard, MSc PhD Columbia, MA Oxford_Tutor in Physics; University Lecturer in_	2006 Slyz, Adrianne, BSc Harvard, MSc PhD Columbia, MA Oxford_Tutor in Physics; University Lecturer in_
Physics
2007 Temple, Rosalind Ann Marie, MA MPhil Oxford, PhD Wales_Supernumerary Fellow; University_
Lecturer in French Linguistics
2007 Sako, Mari, MA Johns Hopkins, MSc PhD London, MA Oxford_Professorial Fellow; Professor of_
Management Studies
2008 Black, Jonathan, MA MEng Cambridge, MA Oxford_Professorial Fellow, IT Fellow, Tutor for Welfare;_
Director of the University Careers Service
2008 du Sautoy, Marcus, OBE, MA DPhil Oxford, FRS_Professorial Fellow;_		Charles Simonyi Professor of
the Public Understanding of	Science, Professor of Mathematics
2009 McGrady, John Ewart, MA PhD ANU_Tutor in Chemistry, Tutor for Undergraduate Admissions (to_
30.09.22); Professor of Computational Inorganic Chemistry
2011 Curtis, Mark Edward, MA Oxford_Director of Development_
2011 Longfellow, Erica, BA Duke,	DPhil Oxford_Chaplain and Dean of Divinity_
2012 Sullivan, Hannah, BA Cambridge, MRes London, PhD Harvard_Tutor_		in English;		University Lecturer
in English
2012 Conlon, Joseph Patrick, BSc Reading, MA PhD Cambridge_Tutor in Physics;_			Royal Society University
Research Fellow
2012 Fait, Paolo, BA PhD Florence_Anthony Quinton Fellow and Tutor in Classical_			Philosophy
2012 Husain, Masud, BM BCh MA DPhil Oxford, FRCP (London) FMedSci		Professorial Fellow; Professor
of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience Philosophy
2012 Balbus, Steven Andrew, SB	MIT, PhD Berkeley, FRS_Professorial Fellow; Savilian Professor of_
Astronomy
2013 Churchill, Grant Charles, BSA MSc Saskatchewan, MA Oxford, PhD Minnesota				Tutor in Medicine,
Equality & Diversity Fellow; Professor in Chemical Pharmacology
2013 Griffin, Ashleigh Susannah	BSc PhD Edinburgh_Tutor in Biological Sciences, Tutor for Graduates_
and Graduate Admissions; University Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology
2014 Spackman, Giles Richard Lovell, MA Oxford, MBA Harvard_Professorial Fellow;_				Group Finance
Director OUP(resigned 30.09.23)
2014 Quinney, Robert James Henry, MA MPhil Cambridge_Tutor in Music,_		Organist; Associate Professor in
Music
2014 Meadows, Andrew Robert, MA DPhil Oxford, AM Michigan_Tutor in Ancient History; Associate_
Professor in Ancient History
2015 Counter, Andrew Joseph, MA MPhil PhD Cambridge_Tutor in French, Tutor for Undergraduate_
Admissions (from 01.10.22); Professor in French
2017 Morrison, Alexander, MA DPhil Oxford_Tutor in History; Associate Professor in History of Modern War_
2018 Kirwan, Frances, DBE, FRS, BA Cambridge, DPhil Oxford_Professorial Fellow; Savilian Professor of_
Geometry
2018 Wells, Gerald Raymond, BSc Open University_Home Bursar_
2018 Luraghi, Nino, BA Venice, PhD Rome_Professorial Fellow; Wykeham_		Professor of Ancient History
2019 Rossi, Barbara, BEng MSc MAS PhD Liege_Tutor in Engineering, Equality &_			Diversity Fellow;
Associate Professor in Engineering Science
2020 Hepach, Robert, BSc Konstanz, MA Oxford, PhD Leipzig_Tutor in Psychology; Associate Professor in_
Developmental Psychology
2020 Fallanca, Vittoria Graziella, BA Cambridge, MSt DPhil Oxford_Career_		Development Fellow, Tutor in
French(resigned 31.12.2023)

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2021	Carvalho, Jean Paul, BEc PhD Western Australia, MPhil DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Economics; Associate_
	Professor of Economics
2021	Morefield, Jeanne, BA Oberlin, MA PhD Cornell_Tutor in Politics; Associate Professor of Political_
	Theory
2021	Uphoff, Stephan, MSc DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Biochemistry; Associate Professor of Biochemistry_
2021	Ares, Natalia, Lic. Buenos Aires, PhD Grenoble Alpes_Tutor in Engineering; Associate Professor of_
	Engineering Science
2021	Sondhi, Shivaji Lal, BSc Delhi, MA Stony Brook, PhD UCLA_Professorial Fellow; Wykeham Professor_
	of Physics
2022	Baena-Gonzales, Elena, MSc Oulu, PhD Turku_Tutor in Plant Sciences; Associate Professor in Plant_
	Sciences
2022	Conconi, Paola, BA Bologna, MA John Hopkins, MSc DPhil Warwick_Professorial Fellow; BP_
	Professor of Economics(appointed 01.10.2022)
2023	Sabaratnam, Meera, MA Oxford, MSc PhD London_Tutor in Politics; Associate Professor in_
	International Relations(appointed 01.09.23)
2023	Malkmus, Bernhard, MA Konstanz, PhD Cambridge_Tutor in German; Associate Professor in German_
	and Environmental Humanities(appointed 01.09.23)
2023	Boxall, Peter, BA MA Southampton, DPhil Sussex_Professorial Fellow; Goldsmiths’ Professor of_
	English Literature(appointed 01.09.23)
2023	Waite, Polly Louise, BSc Surrey, DClinPsy UCL, PhD Reading_Tutor in Psychology; Associate_
	Professor in Clinical Psychology(appointed 01.09.23)
2023	Vaysman, Margarita, MA PhD Perm, DPhil Oxford_Tutor in Russian; Associate Professor in_
	Russophone Literature, Thought, and Culture(appointed 18.09.23)
2023	Sahner, Christian, BA MA PhD Princeton, MPhil Oxford_Margoliouth Fellow in Arabic; Associate_
	Professor of Islamic History(appointed 01.10.23)
2024	* Murphy, Thomas, MPhil PhD New York University_Career Development Fellow, Tutor in French_
	(appointed 01.10.24)

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COLLEGE OFFICERS

Besides the Warden, there are certain College Officers, all of whom are also Fellows: the Sub-Warden (elected and changing annually); Bursar, Dean, Development Director, Fellow Librarian, Home Bursar, Senior Tutor, Tutor for Admissions, Tutor for Graduates, Tutor for Welfare, Chaplain, and Precentor. The Fellows holding such posts are listed above.

COLLEGE SENIOR STAFF

There are certain College Senior Staff: Headmaster of New College School, Accountant, Catering Manager, Clerk of Works, IT Services Director, Librarian, Academic Registrar, HR Manager.

COLLEGE ADVISERS:

Investment managers

BLACKROCK: 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL OXFORD UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED: King Charles House, Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1JD VANGUARD: Vanguard Asset Management Limited, 4th Floor, The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AF WILLIS TOWERS WATSON: Towers Watson Investment Management Limited, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ

Investment property managers

COLLIERS : Colliers International, Central London Division, 9 Marylebone Lane, London, W1U 1HL Auditor CRITCHLEYS: Critchleys Audit LLP, First Floor, Park Central, 40-41 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1JD

Bankers

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER : National Westminster Bank plc, 43 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3ES

Solicitors

STEPHENSON HARWOOD :

Stephenson Harwood LLP, 1 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7SH

PENNINGTON MANCHES COOPER :

Pennington Manches Cooper LLP, 9400 Garsington Road, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, OX4 2HN

COLLEGE ADDRESS & WEBSITE

New College, Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3BN, UK (01865 279500 Lodge)

www.new.ox.ac.uk

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

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

The College of St Mary of Winchester in Oxford, commonly called New College, is a constituent college within the University of Oxford, and is known as New College, Oxford. It is an eleemosynary lay chartered charitable corporation aggregate. It was founded by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, under a Royal Charter of Richard the Second (dated 30[th] June 1379) and a Deed of Foundation (dated 26[th] November 1379). The corporation comprises the Warden and Fellows as the Members of the Governing Body; and the foundation comprises the Warden, Fellows, and Scholars. New College is a Registered Charity (Number 1142701). The trade-name ‘New College Oxford’ is registered (No. 2588652). The names of all Members of the Governing Body at the date of this Report and of those who were Fellows during the year - together with list of the College Officers, of its Senior Staff, and of its Advisers - are given above.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing documents

The College is governed by its Charter & Statutes, and the terms of the latter are ultimately enforceable by the Visitor, the Lord Bishop of Winchester. The College Statutes are as made from time to time by Order of Her Majesty in Council in accordance with the Royal Charter of 1379 and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1923. The Statutes were extensively revised in 2005-6, and the revisions approved by the Privy Council in July 2006.

Governing Body

The Governing Body is constituted and regulated in accordance with the College Statutes, and comprises the Warden & Fellows who are a self-appointing corporate body. The Governing Body determines the ongoing strategic direction of the College and regulates its administration, and also the management of its finances and assets. It meets regularly under the chairmanship of the Warden and is advised by Committees, whose remit and membership it determines from time to time.

Recruitment and training of Members of the Governing Body

New Members of the Governing Body are elected and duly inducted into the workings of the College, including Governing Body policy and procedures. Members of the Governing Body are kept informed on current issues in the charities sector and on its regulatory requirements, as well as on the university sector, by the College Officers/Committees.

Remuneration of Members of the Governing Body and Senior College Staff

Members of the Governing Body are primarily Fellows who also are teaching and research employees of the College and receive no remuneration or benefits from their trusteeship of the College. Those trustees that are also employees of the College receive remuneration for their work as employees of the College which is based on the advice of the College’s Remuneration Committee, members of which are not trustees and are not in receipt of remuneration from the College. Where possible, remuneration is set in line with that awarded to the University’s academic staff, which in turn links to national pay awards for university employees.

The remuneration of Senior Staff is set by Governing Body.

Organisational management

The Members of the Governing Body meet termly. The work of developing its policies and monitoring the implementation of these is carried out mainly by certain key Committees: Academic Strategy, Admissions, Buildings, Development, Endowment, Equality & Diversity, Finance & General Purposes, IT, Library, Remuneration, Tuition, Research & Graduates, Warden & Tutors. The Endowment Committee benefits from the presence of alumni as non-voting members; and the Remuneration Committee comprises Honorary Fellows and external members, none of whom are Members of the Governing Body.

The day-to-day running of the College is delegated to the College Officers as supported by the Senior Staff and as advised by the College Advisers, all as listed above.

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Governance

This year saw the completion of the College’s extensive reform of Governance in response to the concerns expressed by the Charity Commission to Oxford Colleges. The Statutes & By-Laws Committee guided the process, and successive meetings of Governing Body extensively reviewed its recommendations. These were also discussed in detail with representatives of the Charity Commission at a meeting held on 3[rd] May. The Charity Commission were further updated on some of the action points from the meeting in early July. The College received legal advice from Farrers as part of the Governance Consortium of the Conference of Colleges on the particular legal position of Oxford Colleges, and also took extensive advice from other charities and other advisers. A full package of proposals was prepared and approved, with the purpose of dealing with the issue of “inattentive trusteeship”. These include a range of improvements in three areas: actions to promote more trustee engagement; better and more complete policies; and measures to promote active and independent scrutiny. To this end, a new General Purposes Committee has been established which fulfils many functions analogous to that of an Executive Committee, to which the non-ex-officio officers are elected annually. A complete review of all the College’s policies, including the addition of some very important new ones – especially in terms of serious incident reporting – was conducted, and these have been circulated to all Trustees. For the first time a set of registers has been set up which covers issues such as attendance, and an attendance policy agreed. These have all been circulated to Fellows in hard copy and soft copy form; and Fellows have been required to sign a form - “Statement of Charitable Trustee Responsibilities”. A new committee, the Risk, Audit & Governance Committee has been established with some elected Fellows and external members, and an external Chair. The external members comprise a majority, and College Officers are “in attendance” (not as members). The purpose of this Committee is to ensure that College governance is properly carried out and, also, at times, if necessary to provide a fast-track for emergency issues to be handled in a nimble way. All the members of this Committee have now been appointed, including the external Chair, Mr Giles Spackman. Starting from next year, the RAGCO will provide its own report on the College’s compliance to its governance responsibilities in addition to this annual report.

Group structure and relationships

The College administers a number of special trusts, as detailed in the Notes to the Financial Statements. The College has two wholly-owned non-charitable subsidiaries, Longwall Limited and Longwall II Limited, both of which were active during the year.

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.

The College is supported financially by the New College Development Fund (Registered Charity No. 900202), which is managed by three trustees (two alumni and the College as a corporate trustee).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Charitable Objects and Aims

The College’s charitable objectives as registered with the Charity Commission are: the advancement of education, learning and research (as discussed below); and the advancement of religion (in that the College is a choral college in accordance with the Founder’s intentions and hence it sustains a Choir and a Choir School).

The College provides, in conjunction with the University of Oxford, an education for over 700 undergraduate and graduate students. This education develops students academically and advances their leadership qualities and interpersonal skills, and so prepares them to play full and effective roles in society and within the economy. In particular, the College provides: teaching facilities and individual or small-group supervision, as well as pastoral, administrative and academic support through its tutorial and graduate mentoring systems; specialist choral musical education for its choral students, who with the New College School choristers make-up the College’s Choir; and social, cultural, musical, recreational and sporting facilities – all so as to enable as far as possible its students to fulfil their academic and personal potential whilst studying at the College.

In addition, the College advances research by: providing Junior Research Fellowships to outstanding academics at the early stages of their careers, which enable them to develop and focus on their research in this formative period before they undertake the full teaching and administrative duties of an academic post; supporting research work pursued by its other Fellows through promoting interaction across disciplines, providing facilities, and providing grants for national and international conferences, research trips and research materials;

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encouraging visits from outstanding academics from abroad; and encouraging the dissemination of research undertaken by members of the College through the publication of papers in academic journals or other suitable means.

The College maintains an extensive Library (including important special collections), so providing a valuable resource for students and Fellows of the College, and the University of Oxford more widely, as well as external scholars and researchers.

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

• the advancement of education and learning by providing education to undergraduate and postgraduate students, the students being selected on academic merit;

• the provision of research and scholarship;

• the provision of bursaries to those students in need of financial support, and, more widely, of scholarships to support students in financial difficulty, so that all students should be able to attend the College, regardless of household income; and

• the maintenance of the English choral tradition, with the Chapel being open as a place of public worship.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

During the last year, the College’s financial recovery following the pandemic continued at pace. Prudent control of expenses was reinforced. Two revenue sources in particular bounced back considerably: the tourism “gate”, where income was increased to £0.5m and conferences/summer schools where £1.8m was achieved, both substantial increases, and a result of dedicated planning and effort. The equity and investment portfolio has now been held long enough in Black Rock and the OUem for the Investment Committee to assess sensibly its performance. To date, the College is pleased with both vehicles, which provide a good balance of returns. Our land portfolio has been subject of considerable focus in relation to one important development site (Banbury “2”), and negotiations are now at an advanced stage for a sale which we hope will generate very substantial capital receipts.

Academically, our number of First-Class degrees increased from fifty-two to fifty-five and our number of Firsts in the Preliminary exams from twenty-two to thirty-three. Additionally, our students were successful in winning twenty-one university prizes. College sports drew record numbers of participants in the year, rowing to netball, both men and women. Of particular note were victories in intercollegiate rugby and powerlifting. The Chapel and Choir – representing one of our charitable purposes – remained vibrant. While Evensong is the principal act of worship during term, our larger festivals drew very substantial congregations. Preparations were made for the celebration of the anniversary of our Founder’s birth in 1324 with the participation of the Visitor, the new Bishop of Winchester, to be accompanied by an exhibition of archives relating to the Foundation.

During the year a number of other very successful exhibitions took place mounted by our Archivist and Librarian covering aspects of the College’s history and collections.

New College School continued to recruit well. A working party was set up during the year to define policy in relation to the Government’s imposition of VAT on private school fees. As a result of various mitigations an overall fee increase of 16% was agreed. The medium-term effect of this price increase will be closely monitored. The School continues to provide a first-class competitive education on the back of its exemplary Inspection Reports.

This year we appointed our first Oglander Fellow, a JRF in mathematics. This Fellowship was established as part of our Diversity and Inclusion strategy to attract more persons of minority ethnic background into the Senior Common Room. The successful candidate was Bang Hyunh, who joins College on October 2024. During the year four Dummett Fellows – representing different forms of diversity – all visited the College and interacted with students. An important portrait of Dambudzo Marechera – the leading African novelist of the 20[th] century – was unveiled in Hall as a commitment to ensuring ethnic diversity in our portraiture.

Thomas Murphy was appointed Career Development Fellow in Modern Languages, also from October 2024.

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A major focus of the year has been the continued scaling of our Outreach Strategy in Wales, our University assigned contact region. The combination of managerial effort, Welsh speaking expertise and Welsh language marketing, accompanied by physical visits to schools, seems to be gaining positive traction.

The primary focus of the College during the year has been the completion of the new Gradel Quadrangles. Designed by architect David Kohn, these are situated on land owned by the College a few minutes from our main site, on the corner of Mansfield Road and Savile Road. The building was completed slightly later than scheduled, and students had to be housed for one term in a hotel, at the contractor’s expense. The management of the building contract was carefully handled during the period and the eventual outturn will be more or less exactly on budget. A Grand Opening took place in the spring, performed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, accompanied by the Lord Mayor of Oxford and the Leader of the County Council. The accommodation in these Quadrangles allows us to house those students who wish to live in in their third year, something which had not previously been possible, and which represented a significant disadvantage to the College in attracting students, especially those from widening participating backgrounds. The rooms have been very well received by students, particularly the kitchens which provide the opportunity for students to do some self-catering. Beneath the Quadrangles is a hundred-seater concert hall, (“the New Space”). This has now started to host concerts and is a major addition to our already very strong musical reputation, with the ability to provide a needed venue in Oxford particularly for chamber music, having been acoustically engineered to the highest standard.

Also situated in the Gradel Quadrangles is the Gradel Institute of Charity (GIC). The GIC has now had its first full year in operation, under the leadership of Academic Director, Professor Peter Frumkin, and Executive Director, Sir Stephen Bubb. Two further academic members of staff have since been appointed, both with an expertise in the sector. The Centre fills a major gap in the Third Sector, which has previously lacked any dedicated academic research centre. The Centre has already started to gather a network of researchers around it, and is close to delivering its first major programmes, which will include a MOOC. The Centre has been well integrated into the academic and social life of the College.

Fundraising Activity

Fundraising for the College is carried out by the Development Office, a department of the College, and supported by volunteers who provide advice to the Office. The Development Committee meets termly and provides advice on and oversight of fundraising and Old Member engagement, and which in turn is also supported by a volunteer group, the New College Society Committee. Priorities for fundraising in the past year have been raising funds for the Gradel Quadrangles, the Gradel Institute of Charity, graduate scholarships, and to allow for increased Access and Outreach activity.

New College does not fundraise from member of the general public; its activities are focussed on building relationships with Old Members (former students), existing donors and other friends of the College. A series of fundraising activities through the year encourage a broad base of donations either as one-off donations or regular support through Direct Debits. In addition, more personalised face to face visits are arranged to seek major donations for the College’s priority projects. The College continues to work to maintain the integrity of its data and to ensure that all evidence of consent, whenever it is required, is recorded. The College’s compliance with General Data Protection Regulations is central to the governance of its development activity.

The College is registered with the Fundraising Regulator and follows their guidance and best practice. This includes having particular consideration when working with vulnerable people and the College has a clear policy on fundraising with and responding to people in vulnerable circumstances, which is posted on the College website. The College also publishes on its website a fundraising complaints procedure. During the year there were no fundraising complaints brought to the College’s attention. The total raised in the year from donations and legacies was £4.7m (£5.3m in the previous year).

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The financial year saw income from charitable and trading activities improving to £14.8m (2023: £11.8m) and the College’s consolidated funds increase by £26.4m to £404.2m (2023: £377.8m). This increase is made up of a £21.5m increase in endowment funds, a £0.9m increase in restricted funds, and a £4m increase in unrestricted funds.

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Income during the year was £24.3m (2023: £22.1m):

		2024	2023
	Tuition fees and other academic income	£4.18m	£4.05m
	Residential income	£6.29m	£4.69m
	Donations and legacies	£4.66m	£5.31m
	Choir School fees and public worship	£3.07m	£2.73m
	Admission charges, facilities fees & other trading income	£1.31m	£0.35m
	Investment income	£4.74m	£4.93m
	Other income	£0.01m	£0.01m

Donations in the year included £0.8m for the Gradel Quadrangles project (2023: £2.4m), £2.0m for the establishment of the Gradel Institute of Charity (this being the second of four £0.5m annual donations and the first £1.5m endowment instalment of the £8m previously pledged to provide ongoing funding for the Institute), and £0.2m for student support and scholarships (2023: £0.2m). Endowment donations increased to £2.0m including the £1.5m above and £0.3m to support College’s choir. (2023: £0.3m).

Expenditure rose by £1.7m to £22.9m (2023: £21.2m). The two most significant changes were the continued decrease in the USS and OSPS pension scheme deficits and the introduction of depreciation of the new Gradel Quadrangles.

			2024	2023
	Teaching	and residential activity	£18.23m	£17.19m
	Choir School and public worship		£3.12m	£2.99m
	Fundraising, trading, and investment fees		£1.54m	£1.01m
The major changes in spend in the year were:
	-£2.46m	USS & OSPS pension scheme deficits and related interest	-£3.40m	-£0.94m
	+£0.54m	Gross pay costs	£13.03m	£12.49m
	+£1.71m	Depreciation	£3.33m	£1.62m
	+£0.36m	Gas & electricity	£1.59m	£1.25m
	+£0.37m	Legal & other professional fees	£0.40m	£0.04m
	+£0.60m	Temporary student accommodation/transport	£0.60m	£nil

The scheme deficit recovery plans for Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS) were, following their latest valuations, sufficiently robust to enable the remaining deficits to be cleared in full during the year. Notes 22 and 30 to the following Financial Statements detail more about the two Schemes’ deficit recoveries.

Gains on investments during the year were £25.1m (2023: £13.6m).

College’s unrestricted funds showed a £4.1m increase for the year (2023: £3.5m).

The School recorded a surplus for the year of £0.13m (2023: £0.08m).

Fixed asset additions in the year were £7.2m (2023: £30.5m). In-year expenditure on the Gradel Quadrangles development amounted to £7.0m (2023: £30.5m) with total spend to year-end of £73.1m.

The Governing Body continues to exercise firm control over costs and to seek additional income via existing and new income-generating activities, ranging from the conference trade to alumni-giving.

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 and to allow the College to be managed efficiently and to provide a buffer that would ensure uninterrupted services. The Warden & Fellows are satisfied that the overall level of the Reserves of the College as a charity are appropriate in relation to the present levels of activity and the perceived levels of risk identified as part of the risk assessment and risk management process.

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Report of the Governing Body Year ended 31 July 2024

Total funds of the College at the year-end amounted to £404.2m (2023: £377.8m), comprised of:

			£m	£m
	Endowment funds
	o	General purpose	290.2
	o	Restricted purpose	44.1	334.3
	Restricted funds
	o	Unspent endowment income	1.9
	o	Other	4.8	6.7
	Unrestricted funds
	o	General free reserves	1.6
	o	Designated reserves	61.6	63.2

Designated reserves include £60.6m depreciation reserves (to fund the book value of tangible fixed assets, less associated funding arrangements).

Risk management

The College has processes which operated through-out the financial year for identifying, evaluating, and managing the principal risks and uncertainties faced by the College in undertaking its activities. When it is not able to address risk issues using internal resources, the College takes advice from experts external to the College with specialist knowledge. Policies and procedures within the College are reviewed by the relevant College Committee. Financial risks are assessed by the Finance Committee and investment risks are monitored by the Endowment Committee. In addition, the Home Bursar and domestic staff heads meet regularly to review health and safety issues. 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 reviewed the processes in place for managing risk and the principal identified risks to which the College and its subsidiaries are exposed, and has concluded that adequate systems are in place to manage these risks. Risk assessment systems provide reasonable, rather than absolute, certainty that all major risks are managed. The impact of Covid on the College remained under review throughout the year. The principal risks and uncertainties faced by the College that have been identified are categorised as follows:

Risk	Measures
Fall in endowment asset value	Monitoring by Endowment Committee (see below)
Increase in USS pension liability	Monitoring by Finance & General Purposes Committee
Breaches in IT security	Monitoring by IT Sub-Committee, IT Fellow and IT Director
Weakness in teaching	Monitoring by Tuition, Research & Graduates Committee and Senior Tutor
Failures in pastoral care	Monitoring by Welfare Committee
Fire and loss of buildings	Monitoring by Buildings Committee
Pandemic	Monitoring by FGPC and the H&S Committee

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Investment policy, objectives, and performance

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

• maintaining (at least) the value of the investments in real terms;

• producing a consistent and sustainable amount to support expenditure; and

• delivering these objectives within acceptable levels of risk.

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 in order 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 investment policy and strategy are set by the Governing Body as advised by the Endowment Committee, and performance is regularly monitored by the Endowment Committee. Appropriate benchmarks are set for the fund-managers and their performance measured against them.

At year-end the College’s long-term endowment investments, combining the securities and property investments, totalled £295.8m (2023: £277.3m). Valuation gains during the year of £24.7m (2023: £13.6m) come from £2.4m gains on the College’s estate property and £22.3m from managed funds. During the year £3m (2023: £26.7m) was transferred from Endowment to contribute to the funding of the Gradel Quadrangles project. The overall investment total return was +9.3% (2023: +6.0%) over the year.

The carrying value of the preserved permanent capital and the amount of any unapplied total return available for expenditure was taken as the open market values of these funds as at 1 August 2002 together with the original gift value of all subsequent endowment received.

Under the total return accounting basis it is the Governing Body’s policy to extract as income 3.25% of the value of the relevant investments, smoothed by taking the year-end values for the current year (before in-year withdrawal) and for the previous four years. 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.

Policy on ethical investment

The College considered the issues involved in underpinning its investment policy with a specifically ethical and sustainability stance and, in consultation with the Junior and Middle Common Rooms, had examined how an effective policy might be implemented. In light of its broad charitable objects, the conclusion had previously been that it would be difficult to isolate any particular sector or company whose activities were specifically antithetical to those of the College without excluding many companies whose activities, taken in the round, are broadly positive for the College’s charitable objectives. It was also concluded that any such policy on ethical investment would risk limiting the overall investment return to the College by excluding particular areas of investment but without necessarily advancing the College’s charitable objectives. The review as noted had amended our thinking on the balancing of excluding certain areas of economic activity (such as fossil-fuels industries) with the ability to meet the fiduciary duty imposed upon the Fellows as charity trustees to maximise the value of the College’s Endowment assets. The College has now adopted a Statement on Ethical, Social, and Governance Principles impacting on our Investment policy.

FUTURE PLANS

The College’s future planning is agreed and monitored by the Governing Body, on the advice of various committees and sub-committees. The five-year plan is in the process of being further refined. The Academic & Strategy Committee reviews the “size and shape” of the College. Following the introduction of Arabic (with the first three students arriving in 2024-25), it is currently giving consideration to whether and how Computer Science can be introduced into the syllabus.

A number of new capital projects are currently being considered by the College. These include a reconfiguration of the medieval Gate House in New College Lane to help accommodate the increase in tourism already noted; a new gate to provide a greater security at the Weston Buildings; and an opening up of the gardens behind the College’s properties in Longwall to create an “Orchard Quadrangle” with access directly into the College at the rear of the Sacher Building. However, the major necessary project for the future is the extension of the Library, which is neither large enough nor modern enough to cope with the needs

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of an Oxford college at a time when library usage is increasing significantly around the University. Initial designs have now been received by the College from the appointed firm of architects and these are undergoing feasibility studies prior to a discussion with the planning authorities. At the right time, the intention is to fundraise for this project.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES

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

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

Under charity law the Governing Body must not approve the Financial Statements unless 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 that period. In preparing these Financial Statements, the Governing Body is required to:

• select the most suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• state whether applicable accounting standards, including FRS 102, have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

• state whether a Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applies and has been followed, subject to any material departures which are explained in the financial statements and

• prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the College will continue to operate.

The Governing Body is responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the College’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the College, and enable it to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. The Governing Body 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 and signed by the Warden and Bursar on behalf of the Governing Body on 13 January 2025.

Peter Miles Young David Palfreyman Warden/ Trustee Bursar/ Trustee

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

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of New College (the “Charity”) for the year ended 31 July 2024 which comprise the Statement of Accounting Policies, the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, the Consolidated and College Balance Sheets, the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements. 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:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the group and charity’s affairs as at 31 July 2024 and of the group’s income and expenditure for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

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 Charity 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 Members of 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 charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information

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

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

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• sufficient accounting records have not been kept;

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

• we have not obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of our audit.

Responsibilities of the Members of the Governing Body

As explained more fully in the Statement of Accounting and Reporting Responsibilities [set out on page 13], the Members of 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 they 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 Members of the Governing Body are responsible for assessing the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Members of the Governing Body either intend to liquidate the Charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under Section 144 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:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

• the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

• we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charity through discussions with Members of the Governing Body and other management, and from our knowledge and experience of the client’s sector;

• we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the charity, including Charities Act 2011, Office for Students and Oxford University requirements, taxation legislation, data protection, employment and pensions, planning and health and safety legislation;

• we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and, where relevant, inspecting legal correspondence; and

• identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

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• making enquiries of Members of Governing Body and other management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

• considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations;

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

• performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

• tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

• assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and

• investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions;

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

• agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;

• reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;

• enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;

• if considered necessary, reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators and the charity’s legal advisors.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the Members of Governing Body and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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

This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the College’s Governing Body, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and the regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Members of the 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 College’s Governing Body as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Critchleys Audit LLP

Statutory Auditor

First Floor, Park Central, 40-41 Park End Street, Oxford. OX1 1JD

Date: 14/1/2025

Critchleys Audit LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Statement of Accounting Policies Year ended 31 July 2024

1. Scope of the Financial Statements

The Financial Statements present the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA), the Consolidated and College Balance Sheets and the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows of the College and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Longwall II Limited and Longwall Limited. Longwall II Limited has been consolidated from the date of its formation by the College, which owns 100% of the share capital. College also owns 100% of the share capital in Longwall Limited, which is consolidated from 1 August 2019 when it resumed trading, having been dormant for a number of years previously. No separate SOFA has been presented for the College alone as currently permitted by the Charity Commission on a concessionary basis for the filing of consolidated financial statements. A summary of the results and financial position of the charity and each of its material subsidiaries for the reporting year are in note 14.

2. Basis of accounting

The College’s 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 a 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 Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA). The Members of the Governing Body have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the College to continue as a going concern, including the impact of the current COVID-19 emergency. The College has prepared cash flow and other forecasts, taking into account the potential pressures on income, which confirm the College will have sufficient liquidity to operate for at least the next twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The College therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

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.

• Before legacies are recognised in the financial statements, the Governing Body has to exercise judgement as to what constitutes sufficient evidence of entitlement to the bequest. Sufficient entitlement exists once notification of payment has been received from the executor(s) of the estate or estate accounts are available which indicate there are sufficient funds in the estate after meeting liabilities for the bequest to be paid.

• The College and its subsidiaries carry investment property at fair value in the balance sheet, with changes in fair value being recognised in the income and expenditure section of the SOFA. Independent valuations are obtained to determine fair value at the balance sheet date.

• 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 and represents an industry-wide scheme such as Universities Superannuation Scheme and Oxford Staff Pension Scheme. 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 results in the

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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 Governing Body is satisfied that Universities Superannuation Scheme and Oxford Staff Pension Scheme both meet the definition of a multi-employer scheme.

With respect to the next financial year, the most significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the College are the level of investment return and the performance of investment markets.

4. Income recognition

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

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

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

b. Income from donations, grants, and legacies

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

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

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

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

c. Investment income

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

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

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

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

5. Expenditure

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

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

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

Support costs which includes governance costs (costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements) and other indirect costs are is 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.

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

6. Leases

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

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

7. Tangible fixed assets

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

Expenditure on the acquisition, construction, or enhancement of land and on the acquisition, construction and enhancement of buildings which is directly attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use, together with expenditure on equipment, is capitalised, subject to a minimum cost as follows:

Land and building acquisition no minimum cost New building construction and improvements £50,000 Plant & machinery £20,000 Other fixtures, fittings, and equipment £10,000

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

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

8. Depreciation

Depreciation is provided to write off 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 (up to 100 years for new buildings) Building improvements 15 - 30 years Plant and machinery 5 - 10 years Other equipment 4 - 10 years

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

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

Plant, machinery, and other equipment assets acquired prior to the 2015 implementation of the above useful economic lives are depreciated on their pre-existing lives.

9. Heritage Assets

The College has chosen to hold heritage assets at cost. The college has a number of assets, including items of art and historic texts that meet the definition of heritage assets under the SORP. The depreciated historic cost of the majority of these items is nil. Items purchased are recognised at cost and items donated to the College are recognised at fair value. The college has taken advantage of the exemption within FRS 102 not to disclose transactions before 1 January 2015 as obtaining fair values for these assets would be impracticable and the cost of obtaining such valuations would outweigh the benefits to the users of these financial statements.

10. Investments

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

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

Other unquoted investments are valued using primary valuation techniques such as earnings multiples, recent transactions and net assets where reliable estimates can be made – otherwise at cost less any impairment.

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

11. Other financial instruments

a. Derivatives

Derivative financial instruments are initially measured at fair value on the date the contract is entered into and are subsequently measured at fair value. Changes in fair value are credited or charged to the income or expenditure section of the SOFA. Hedge accounting is not currently applied to derivatives.

b. 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.

c. Debtors and creditors

Debtors and creditors receivable or payable within one year of the reporting date are carried at their at 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 receipts or payment discounted at a market rate of interest.

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12. Stocks

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

13. Foreign currencies

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 sterling at the rates applying at the reporting date.

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

14. Total Return investment accounting

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

15. 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 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 that the capital be maintained and the income used for specific purposes within the College’s objects.

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

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

16. Pension costs

The College participates in Universities Superannuation Scheme and the University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme. These schemes are hybrid pension schemes, providing defined benefits as well as benefits based on defined contributions. The assets of both schemes are each held in a separate trusteeadministered fund. Because of the mutual nature of the schemes the assets are not attributed to individual employers and scheme-wide contribution rates are set. The College is therefore exposed to actuarial risks associated with other employers’ employees and is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of either scheme 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

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contribution schemes. As a result, the amount charged to the SOFA represents the contributions payable to each scheme and any deficit recovery contributions payable under a scheme Recovery Plan.

Where a scheme valuation determines that the scheme is in deficit on a technical provisions basis (as was the case following the 2020 USS valuation), the trustee of the scheme must agree a Recovery Plan that determines how each employer within the scheme will fund an overall deficit. The College recognises a liability for the contributions payable that arise from such an agreement (to the extent that they relate to a deficit) with related expenses being recognised through the SOFA. Further disclosures relating to the deficit recovery liability can be found in note 22.

The costs of retirement benefits provided to employees of the College through the multi-employer defined Teachers’ Pension Scheme is accounted for as if it was a defined contribution scheme as information is not available to use defined benefit accounting in accordance with the requirements of FRS 102. The College's contributions to this scheme is recognised as a liability and an expense in the period in which the salaries to which the contributions relate are payable.

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

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowed 2024 2023
Funds Funds Funds Total Total
Notes £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:
Charitable activities: 1
Teaching, research and residential 10,476 - - 10,476 8,744
Public worship and Choir School 3,068 - - 3,068 2,730
Donations and legacies 2 601 2,047 2,013 4,661 5,309
Other Trading Income 3 1,305 - - 1,305 345
Investments
Investment income 4 21 43 4,674 4,738 4,928
Total return allocated to income 15 8,496 1,229 (9,725) - -
Other income 5 4 - - 4 10
Total income 23,971 3,319 (3,038) 24,252 22,066
EXPENDITURE ON: 6 to 9
Charitable activities:
Teaching, research and residential 16,463 1,763 - 18,226 17,187
Public worship and Choir School 3,021 95 - 3,116 2,985
Generating funds:
Fundraising 527 - - 527 566
Trading expenditure 643 - - 643 41
Investment management costs 1 - 373 374 406
Total Expenditure 20,655 1,858 373 22,886 21,185
Net Income/(Expenditure) before gains 3,316 1,461 (3,411) 1,366 881
Net gains/(losses) on investments 12, 13 41 360 24,680 25,081 13,569
Net Income/(Expenditure) 3,357 1,821 21,269 26,447 14,450
Transfers between funds 18 696 (910) 214 - -
Net movement in funds for the year 4,053 911 21,483 26,447 14,450
Fund balances brought forward 18 59,224 5,755 312,774 377,753 363,303
Funds carried forward at 31 July 63,277 6,666 334,257 404,200 377,753
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Consolidated and College Balance Sheets As at 31 July 2024

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2024 2023 2024 2023
Group Group College College
Notes £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 10 102,262 98,358 103,409 98,358
Property investments 12 102,346 99,992 102,346 99,992
Other investments 13 193,439 177,359 192,827 177,363
Total Fixed Assets 398,047 375,709 398,582 375,713
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 476 470 476 470
Debtors 16 2,425 5,499 2,212 4,647
Investments 13 2,177 1,758 2,177 1,758
Cash at bank and in hand 4,289 2,888 4,264 2,823
Total Current Assets 9,367 10,615 9,129 9,698
LIABILITIES
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 17 3,214 5,172 4,298 4,424
NET CURRENT ASSETS 6,153 5,443 4,831 5,274
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 404,200 381,152 403,413 380,987
Defined benefit pension scheme liability 22 - 3,399 - 3,399
TOTAL NET ASSETS 404,200 377,753 403,413 377,588
FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE 18, 19
Endowment funds 334,257 312,774 333,643 312,774
Restricted funds 6,666 5,755 6,666 5,755
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds 61,589 60,993 61,589 60,993
General funds 1,688 1,630 1,515 1,465
Pension reserve 22 - (3,399) - (3,399)
404,200 377,753 403,413 377,588
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The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Warden and Bursar on behalf of Governing Body of New College on 13 January 2025.

Warden/ Trustee:

Bursar/ Trustee:

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended 31 July 2024

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2024 2023
Notes £'000 £'000
Net cash used in operating activities 24 (3,948) (4,661)
Cash flows from investing activities
Dividends, interest and rents from investments 4,738 4,928
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment 10 -
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (7,240) (30,528)
Proceeds from sale of investments 5,922 61,169
Purchase of investments 324 (28,639)
Rounding adjustment 1 (1)
Net cash provided by investing activities 3,755 6,929
Cash flows from financing activities
Receipt of endowment 2,013 318
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 2,013 318
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period 1,820 2,586
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period 4,646 2,060
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 25 6,466 4,646
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1 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Teaching, Research and Residential Unrestricted funds Tuition fees - UK and EU students Tuition fees - Overseas students Other fees Other academic support/grants Other academic income College residential income Total Teaching, Research and Residential Public worship, Choir and Choir School Unrestricted funds Choir school fees Other Total public worship, Choir and Choir School Total income from charitable activities	2024 £'000 1,957 1,197 474 282 274 6,292 10,476 10,476 3,041 27 3,068 3,068 13,544	2023 £'000 1,979 1,055 554 301 164 4,691 8,744 8,744 2,645 85 2,730 2,730 11,474

The above analysis includes £3,456k received from Oxford University from publicly accountable funds under the CFF Scheme (2023: £3,340k).

2 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Donations and Legacies Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowed funds	2024 £'000 601 2,047 2,013 4,661	2023 £'000 497 4,494 318 5,309

3 INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

Entrance and facility fees Other trading income INVESTMENT INCOME Unrestricted funds Equity dividends Bank interest Restricted funds Equity dividends Bank interest Endowed funds Agricultural rent Commercial rent Other property income Equity dividends Interest on fixed term deposits and cash Other investment income Total Investment income	2024 £'000 530 775 1,305 2024 £'000 5 16 21 31 12 43 787 555 139 3,187 6 - 4,674 4,738	2023 £'000 330 15 345 2023 £'000 6 56 62 30 4 34 691 569 157 3,299 116 - 4,832 4,928

• 4 INVESTMENT INCOME

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5 OTHER INCOME

Government grants: Welsh Assembly grant ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE Charitable expenditure Direct staff costs allocated to: Teaching, research and residential Public worship & Choir School Other direct costs allocated to: Teaching, research and residential Public worship & Choir School Support and governance costs allocated to: Teaching, research and residential Public worship & Choir School 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 generating funds Total expenditure	2024 £'000 4 4 2024 £'000 9,224 1,896 7,603 840 1,399 380 21,342 402 34 128 607 199 (3) 2 175 1,544 22,886	2023 £'000 10 10 2023 £'000 8,780 1,839 6,294 768 2,113 378 20,172 404 30 136 7 260 26 4 146 1,013 21,185

6 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE

The 2023 resources expended of £21,185k represented £19,110k from unrestricted funds, £1,699k from restricted funds and £376k from endowed funds - see note 31a.

The College is liable to be assessed for Contribution under the provisions of Statute XV of the University of Oxford. The Contribution Fund is used to make grants and loans to colleges on the basis of need. Contributions are calculated annually under the current Scheme, introduced in 2018-19, in accordance with regulations made by the Council of the University of Oxford.

The teaching and research costs include College Contribution payable of £291k (2023: £286k).

	2024	2023
	Total	Total
Included within the resources expended above are:	£'000	£'000
Stock recognised as an expense in the year	1,078	1,022
Operating lease payments	3	3

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• 7 ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT AND GOVERNANCE COSTS

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

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

8 GRANTS AND AWARDS

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During the year the College funded research awards and bursaries to students from its funds as follows:

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The Bursaries and hardship awards above include the cost to the College of the Oxford Bursary scheme. Students of this college received £333k (2023: £217k).

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 Pension deficit recovery plan adjustments (note 22) Pension costs are stated to exclude deficit-related finance costs (see note 8). The number of employees of the College, including temporary/occasional staff and excluding Trustees, was as follows: Tuition and research College residential Public worship and Choir School Fundraising Support Total The number of employed College Trustees during the year was as follows. University Lecturers CUF Lecturers Other teaching and research Other Total	2024 £'000 10,579 950 1,499 (3,477) 9,551 2024 243 184 97 16 16 556 20 19 16 7 62	2023 £'000 9,919 886 1,685 (1,093) 11,397 2023 338 189 125 15 21 688 18 18 14 7 57

The following information relates to the employees of the College excluding the College Trustees. Details of the remuneration and reimbursed expenses of the College Trustees are included as a separate note in these financial statements. The number of employees (excluding the College Trustees) during the year whose gross pay and benefits (excluding employer NI and pension contributions) fell within the following bands was:

£60,001-£70,000 £70,001-£80,000 £80,001-£90,000 The number of the above employees with retirement benefits accruing was as follows: In defined benefits schemes In defined contribution schemes The College contributions to pension schemes were: to defined benefit schemes to defined contribution schemes	7 1 3 11 - £137,353 -	7 2 - 8 - £127,143 -

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10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Group Leasehold land and buildings £'000 Cost At start of year - Additions - Disposals - Construction completed in year At end of year - Depreciation and impairment At start of year - Depreciation charge for the year - Depreciation on disposals - At end of year - Net book value At end of year - At start of year - No assets are held under finance leases (2023: none). College Cost At start of year Additions Disposals Completed in yr At end of year Depreciation and impairment At start of year Charge for the year On disposals At end of year Net book value At end of year At start of year No assets are held under finance leases (2023: none).	Assets under construction £'000 67,023 7,083 - (73,620) 486 - - - - 486 67,023 Assets under construction £'000 67,023 8,230 - (74,767) 486 - - - - 486 67,023	Freehold land and buildings £'000 50,472 (8) (10) 73,620 124,074 19,606 3,177 (9) 22,774 101,300 30,866 Freehold land & buildings £'000 50,472 (8) (10) 74,767 125,221 19,606 3,177 (9) 22,774 102,447 30,866	Plant and machinery £'000 296 10 (14) 292 277 11 (14) 274 18 19 Plant & machinery £'000 296 10 (14) 292 277 11 (14) 274 18 19	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £'000 1,634 155 (72) 1,717 1,184 137 (62) 1,259 458 450 Fixtures, fittings, & equipment £'000 1,634 155 (72) 1,717 1,184 137 (62) 1,259 458 450	Total £'000 119,425 7,240 (96) - 126,569 21,067 3,325 (85) 24,307 102,262 98,358 Total £'000 119,425 8,387 (96) - 127,716 21,067 3,325 (85) 24,307 103,409 98,358

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

11 HERITAGE ASSETS

The College's collection of medieval manuscript volumes and early printed books, as well as chattels and works of art, was started by William of Wykeham at its foundation in 1379. This collection has been supplemented by a steady (and continuing) stream of donated assets over the centuries, and by acquisition, with approximately 400 manuscript volumes and over 30,000 antiquarian books available to view by appointment, and a number of works of art on display around the College. These donated assets were given on the understanding that the College would preserve them and make them accessible to scholars and, where not constraining scholars' access to them, to the public. These heritage assets are held at cost, which in the Trustees' opinion is now immaterial. The Trustees consider the cost to obtain a valuation of these assets would not be commensurate with the benefit to the readers of the financial statements. Many of the works of art are on display in Hall, Chapel, and Ante-Chapel, which are normally open to members of the public on most days. Ancient manuscripts and books may be viewed by appointment.

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12 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS

2024 Group & College Valuation at start of year Additions and improvements at cost Disposals Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year Valuation at end of year 2023 Group & College Valuation at start of year Additions and improvements at cost Disposals Revaluation gains/(losses) in the year Valuation at end of year	Agricultural £'000 86,550 296 (490) 2,475 88,831 Agricultural £'000 80,064 409 (147) 6,224 86,550	Commercial £'000 10,452 - - - 10,452 Commercial £'000 6,002 - - 4,450 10,452	Other £'000 2,990 505 (371) (61) 3,063 Other £'000 3,001 96 - (107) 2,990	2023 Total £'000 99,992 801 (861) 2,414 102,346 Total £'000 89,067 505 (147) 10,567 99,992

Agricultural properties includes residential and commercial properties in the College's rural estates. Valuation of the agricultural properties was prepared by Savills (UK) Ltd as at 31 July 2024. Commercial property includes a central London site, which was revalued in the previous year by Colliers International. Other property includes College houses, which are revalued annually by reference to the Nationwide Building Society house price index (Outer S-East UK region).

13 OTHER INVESTMENTS

All investments are held at fair value.

13a: Fixed Asset investments ETB check ETB check Group College Investments 238,330 Valuation at start of year 177,125,088 177,363,418 New money invested -1,125,550 -1,125,550 Amounts withdrawn -5,060,706 -5,060,706 Reinvested income -1,002 3,600 Investment management fees -143,914 -143,914 Increase/(decrease) in value of investments 22,409,432 21,794,616 Investments at end of year	2024 Group £'000 177,359 (1,125) (5,061) - - 22,266 193,439	2023 Group £'000 207,191 28,134 (61,010) 4 (16) 3,056 177,359	2024 College £'000 177,363 (1,125) (5,061) - - 21,650 192,827	2023 College £'000 207,199 28,134 (61,010) - (16) 3,056 177,363

Investments comprise: Equity investments Global multi-asset funds Alternative and other investments Fixed term deposits and cash Total investments	Held outside the UK £'000 - - - - -	Held in the UK £'000 112,538 78,821 1,027 1,053 193,439	2024 Total £'000 112,538 78,821 1,027 1,053 193,439	Held outside the UK £'000 - - - - -	Held in the UK £'000 99,384 75,370 1,046 1,559 177,359	2023 Total £'000 99,384 75,370 1,046 1,559 177,359

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13b: Current Asset Investments Group & College Valuation at start of year New money invested Amounts withdrawn Increase/(decrease) in value of investments Investments at end of year	2024 £'000 1,758 41 (23) 401 2,177	2023 £'000 1,137 1,167 (492) (54) 1,758

14 PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

The College holds 100% of the issued share capital (£2) in Longwall Limited and 100% (£100) of the issued share capital in Longwall II Limited, which was incorporated on 16 October 2018. Longwall Limited's principal activity is the letting and operating of agricultural real estate; Longwall II Limited's principal activity is the design and build of the College's new Gradel quadrangles. The registered address of both subsidiaries is New College, Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3BN.

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

Income Expenditure Donation to College under gift aid Result for the year Total assets Total liabilities Net funds at the end of year	£'000 47,995 (22,338) 170 25,827 407,711 (4,298) 403,413 New College	£'000 9,675 (8,182) (170) 1,323 1,378 (55) 1,323 2024 Longwall II	£'000 1,579 (965) - 614 2,020 (10) 2,010 Longwall	£'000 36,999 (21,375) 6 15,630 385,411 (7,823) 377,588 New College	£'000 28,781 (28,606) (6) 169 2,810 (2,640) 170 Longwall II 2023	£'000 2 (2) - - 1,400 (4) 1,396 Longwall

15 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN

The Trustees have adopted a duly authorised policy of total return accounting for the College investment returns with effect from 1 August 2002. The investment return to be applied as income is calculated as in a range from 3% to 4% of the average of the year-end values of the relevant investments in each of the last 5 years. The preserved (frozen) value of the invested endowment capital represents its open market value in 2002 together with all subsequent endowments valued at date of gift.

2024 At the beginning of the year: Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return Expendable endowment Total Endowments Movements in the reporting period: Gift of endowment funds Investment return: total investment income Investment return: realised and unrealised gains and losses Less: Investment management costs Other transfers Total Unapplied total return allocated to income in the reporting period Expendable endowments transferred to income Net movements in reporting period At end of the reporting period: Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return Expendable endowment Total Endowments	Trust for investment Unapplied total return Total £'000 £'000 £'000 78,140 78,140 217,347 217,347 78,140 217,347 295,487 2,008 - 2,008 - 4,361 4,361 - 22,559 22,559 - (373) (373) - 214 214 2,008 26,761 28,769 - (9,129) (9,129) - - - - (9,129) (9,129) 2,008 17,632 19,640 80,148 - 80,148 - 234,979 234,979 - - - 80,148 234,979 315,127 Permanent Endowment	Expendable Endowment £'000 17,287 17,287 5 313 2,121 - - 2,439 (596) - (596) 1,843 - - 19,130 19,130	£'000 78,140 217,347 17,287 312,774 2,013 4,674 24,680 (373) 214 31,208 (9,725) - (9,725) 21,483 80,148 234,979 19,130 334,257 Total Endowments

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15 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN (continued)

2023 At the beginning of the year: Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return Expendable endowment Total Endowments Movements in the reporting period: Gift of endowment funds Investment return: total investment income Investment return: realised and unrealised gains and losses Less: Investment management costs Other transfers Total Unapplied total return allocated to income in the reporting period Net movements in reporting period At end of the reporting period: Gift component of the permanent endowment Unapplied total return Expendable endowment Total Endowments 16 DEBTORS Amounts falling due within one year: Trade debtors Amounts owed by College members Amounts owed by Group undertakings Taxation and social security Loans repayable within one year Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors Amounts falling due after more than one year: Loans 17 CREDITORS: falling due within one year Trade creditors Amounts owed to College Members Amounts owed to Group undertakings Taxation and social security Accruals and deferred income Other creditors	Trust for investment Unapplied total return Total £'000 £'000 £'000 77,827 77,827 208,227 208,227 77,827 208,227 286,054 313 - 313 - 4,539 4,539 - 13,359 13,359 - (376) (376) - 214 214 313 17,736 18,049 - (8,616) (8,616) 313 9,120 9,433 78,140 - 78,140 - 217,347 217,347 - - - 78,140 217,347 295,487 2024 2023 Group Group £'000 £'000 697 635 186 211 - - - 852 15 10 1,392 3,577 127 212 8 2 2,425 5,499 2024 2023 Group Group £'000 £'000 581 2,828 53 1 - - 491 243 1,025 1,050 1,064 1,050 3,214 5,172 Permanent Endowment	Expendable Endowment £'000 17,270 17,270 5 293 264 - - 562 (545) 17 - - 17,287 17,287 2024 College £'000 484 186 - - 15 1,392 127 8 2,212 2024 College £'000 572 53 1,131 500 978 1,064 4,298	£'000 77,827 208,227 17,270 303,324 318 4,832 13,623 (376) 214 18,611 (9,161) 9,450 78,140 217,347 17,287 312,774 2023 College £'000 635 211 - - 10 3,577 212 2 4,647 2023 College £'000 303 1 1,724 381 965 1,050 4,424 Total Endowments

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18 ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS - see note 31 for prior year comparatives

Movements in major funds are detailed below. Movements in smaller funds are aggregated by purpose or as 'Other' in each section.

At 1 August 2023 £'000 Endowment Funds - Permanent General purpose: Founder's Endowment 263,172 Other unrestricted named endowments 1,054 Bolney Brown Benefaction 1,126 Ella Stevens Greek Studies Fund 1,361 Student scholarship & prize funds 5,599 Gradel Institute of Charity - Philosophy Fellowship 1,891 Other restricted named endowments 1,331 Classical Philosophy Fellowship Fund 1,388 Engineering Fellowship Fund 1,249 Graduate Scholarships Fund 1,609 Ancient History Fellowship Fund 1,594 McGregor Law Fellowship Fund 1,179 Millman Management Studies Fellowship Fund 1,919 Millman Management Studies Graduate Studentship 1,041 Herbert Nicholas Fund 1,232 Student Bursaries Fund 2,076 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 6,666 Endowment Funds - Expendable General purpose: College Endowment 6,532 Other unrestricted named endowments 1,260 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 2,793 Restricted purpose: Schwarzman Fund 981 Other restricted named endowments 711 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 5,010 Total Endowment Funds - College 312,774 312,774 Endowment funds held by subsidiaries - Total Endowment Funds - Group 312,774 Restricted Funds Restricted purpose endowments - unspent income 1,663 New Quadrangles and other capital grants - ex-New College Development Fund 1,808 Battcock Fund for Environmental Economics 1,117 Easton Fund 610 Gradel Institute of Charity Fund 303 Other restricted funds 254 Total Restricted Funds - College and Group 5,755 5,755 Unrestricted Funds Designated funds: fixed assets - donated 25,413 Designated funds: fixed assets - general 34,677 Other designated funds 11 General Fund 1,464 ex-New College Development Fund - designated funds 892 ex-New College Development Fund - General Fund - Pension reserve (deficit) (3,399) Total Unrestricted Funds - College 59,058 59,058 Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries 166 Total Unrestricted Funds - Group 59,224 Total Funds 377,753	Incoming resources £'000 3,768 20 21 24 115 1,500 34 380 25 23 87 33 22 35 18 22 38 202 118 23 51 18 12 96 6,685 6,685 2 6,687 - 945 503 13 17 500 112 2,090 2,090 - - 8 14,096 44 564 - 14,712 14,712 763 15,475 24,252	Resources expended £'000 (370) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (370) (370) (3) (373) (1,037) - (375) (2) (86) (259) (99) (1,858) (1,858) - - - (23,296) - - 3,399 (19,897) (19,897) (758) (20,655) (22,886)	Transfers £'000 (7,844) (36) (37) (44) (182) - (61) (43) (45) (41) (52) (52) (38) (62) (34) (40) (63) (241) (213) (41) (123) (33) (23) (163) (9,511) (9,511) - (9,511) 1,229 (936) 26 - - - - 319 319 451 101 (7) 9,253 (42) (564) - 9,192 9,192 - 9,192 -	Gains/ (losses) £'000 17,939 130 138 167 688 - 232 197 170 153 198 196 144 235 128 151 254 824 802 155 341 120 88 615 24,065 24,065 615 24,680 - - 66 67 227 - - 360 360 - - - - 41 - - 41 41 - 41 25,081	At 31 July 2024 £'000 276,665 1,168 1,248 1,508 6,220 1,500 2,096 1,865 1,538 1,384 1,842 1,771 1,307 2,127 1,153 1,365 2,305 7,451 7,239 1,397 3,062 1,086 788 5,558 333,643 333,643 614 334,257 1,855 9 2,028 1,195 768 544 267 6,666 6,666 25,864 34,778 12 1,517 935 - - 63,106 63,106 171 63,277 404,200

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18 ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS (continued)

Under the provisions of s30 University and College Estates Act 1925 (amended 1964), and in accordance with the policy of the Charity Commission under s26(4) Charities Act 2011, College has 'borrowed' some £22.9m from its permanent endowment capital for the repair, improvement and modernisation of its functional buildings. That sum is being repaid via a sinking or redemption fund at 3.5% over 40 years in accordance with s32 of the 1925 (1964) Act.

Endowment Fund transfers of £9.5m to Restricted and Unrestricted funds represents the total return from endowment assets. £0.9m is transferred from Restricted Funds to Unrestricted Funds (designated fixed assets), being donations used in the year mainly to finance the Gradel Quadrangles development. £0.2m is transferred from Unrestricted General Fund to Endowment Funds, being the yearly repayment of borrowing from Endowment.

19 FUNDS OF THE COLLEGE DETAILS

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

Endowment Funds - Permanent: Founder's Endowment

William of Wykeham endowment to establish New College in Oxford, where income can be used for the general purposes of the charity

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

Other unrestricted named endowments Restricted purpose endowments

• Restricted purpose endowments Capital balance of past donations where related income, but not the original capital, can be used for the following purposes of the charity:

• • Bolney Brown Benefaction - Chapel support - Ella Stevens Greek Studies Fund - Ancient Greek studies and scholarships - Gradel Institute of Charity Fund - research into the nature and role of charities - Named scholarship funds - student scholarships and prizes - Other named funds - a variety of funds providing support for student bursaries/hardship, Library, Choir and choristerships, tutorial fellowships, junior research fellowships, and grants to parishes

Endowment Funds - Expendable: College Endowment The expendable balance of endowment where either income, or income and capital, can be used for the general purposes of the charity Other unrestricted named funds Capital balance of past donations where related income, or income and capital, can be used for College's general purposes Restricted purpose named funds A consolidation of gifts and donations where either income, or income and capital, can be used to support tutorial fellowships, junior research fellowships, student bursaries/hardship, student prizes, and Library Restricted Funds: Restricted purpose endowments - income Income generated from restricted purpose endowments not spent and available for future scholarships, tutorial fellowships, junior research fellowships, Choir, chorister, Library, and parish support New Quad For the construction of a new quad at Savile Road, and transferred to unrestricted funds once spent Battcock Fund To provide 5-year funding for the Professor of Environmental Economics Other restricted purpose funds Donations to support student scholarships/bursaries and the establishment of a centre for research into charity ex-New College Development Fund Donations to support College expenditure on student scholarships/bursaries and prizes, student outreach, research fellowships, choir, and equipment/chattels Designated Funds Fixed asset designated funds Unrestricted funds which are represented by the bulk of the College's fixed assets and are therefore not available for expenditure on the College's general purposes ex-New College Development Fund designated funds Donations received where the College intends to observe wishes expressed by the donors General Fund The accumulated income from the College's activities and other sources that are available for the general purposes of the College ex-New College Development Fund - General Fund The accumulated unrestricted and undesignated donations received, available for the College's general purposes Pension reserve (deficit) Unrestricted funds, in accordance with FRS 102, representing defined benefit pension scheme deficits

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20 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

2024 Tangible fixed assets Property investments Other investments Inter-fund loan Net current assets Pension scheme liability	Unrestricted Funds £'000 102,262 - - (38,466) (519) - 63,277	Restricted Funds £'000 - - - - 6,666 - 6,666	Endowment Funds £'000 - 102,346 193,439 38,466 6 - 334,257	2024 Total £'000 102,262 102,346 193,439 - 6,153 - 404,200

Endowment Funds and Unrestricted Funds include a £38,466k inter-fund loan from Endowment Funds to Unrestricted Funds for the Gradel Quadrangles development. This will be repaid as funds allow following completion of the development in 2023-24 over the following 25-30 years.

2023 Tangible fixed assets Property investments Other investments Inter-fund loan Net current assets Pension scheme liability	Unrestricted Funds £'000 98,358 - - (35,419) (316) (3,399) 59,224	Restricted Funds £'000 - - - - 5,755 - 5,755	Endowment Funds £'000 - 99,992 177,359 35,419 4 - 312,774	2023 Total £'000 98,358 99,992 177,359 - 5,443 (3,399) 377,753

21 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION

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

Most trustees of the College fall into the following categories:

• Warden

• Tutorial Fellow

• Professorial Fellow

• Supernumerary Fellow

• Career Development Fellow

There are four other trustees, three of whom (Bursar, Director of Development, and Home Bursar) work full-time on management and fund-raising; the fourth is the College's Chaplain.

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

Some trustees are eligible for College housing schemes. Seven trustees lived in College-owned property and had a deduction from salary as 'rent'. Other trustees may be eligible for a housing allowance which is disclosed within the following salary figures. During the year, eight trustees lived in houses owned jointly with the College (2023: six); two jointly-owned houses were bought (2023: none) and none were sold (2023: none). Additionally, College's share of a deposit on a house to be owned jointly with a trustee was paid during the year, ahead of expected completion in October 2024.

Some trustees receive allowances for additional work carried out as part-time college officers (eg, Senior Tutor, Dean, Precentor, Sub-Warden). These amounts are included within the remuneration figures in the following table. The total remuneration and taxable benefits as shown below is £3,321k (2023: £3,024k). The total of pension contributions is £414k (2023: £470k).

The College Governing Body refers to a Remuneration Committee all aspects of the pay and allowances for the Warden and Fellows - this Remuneration Committee has a membership that is completely external to that of the Governing Body.

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21 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION (continued) Remuneration paid to trustees

Range £1-£4,999 £5,000-£9,999 £10,000-£14,999 £20,000-£24,999 £25,000-£29,999 £30,000-£34,999 £35,000-£39,999 £40,000-£44,999 £45,000-£49,999 £50,000-£54,999 £55,000-£59,999 £60,000-£64,999 £65,000-£69,999 £70,000-£74,999 £75,000-£79,999 £80,000-£84,999 £85,000-£89,999 £90,000-£94,999 £95,000-£99,999 £105,000-£109,999 £120,000-£124,999 £125,000-£129,999 £130,000-£134,999 £135,000-£139,999 £140,000-£144,999 Total	Number of Trustees/ Fellows 15 2 - 2 1 - - 3 9 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 1 2 1 1 1 - 1 2 62	£ 54,834 10,575 - 43,870 25,276 - - 131,783 428,177 158,162 116,221 63,220 68,498 141,746 155,055 417,748 433,170 94,178 198,476 111,461 122,789 127,058 - 135,993 282,660 3,320,950 2024 Gross remuneration, taxable benefits and pension contributions	Number of Trustees/ Fellows 11 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 8 3 1 1 2 2 - 7 3 1 1 1 2 - 1 2 - 57	£ 45,220 15,606 11,834 22,184 25,174 63,009 39,860 85,969 367,957 155,257 57,479 60,193 133,462 147,098 - 578,793 258,597 94,708 99,776 109,437 244,839 - 132,618 275,090 - 3,024,160 2023 Gross remuneration, taxable benefits and pension contributions

All trustees are employees of the college and receive remuneration.

All trustees, together with other senior employees, are eligible for private health insurance as part of their remuneration package. All trustees may eat at common table, as can all other employees who are entitled to meals while working.

Other transactions with trustees

No trustee claimed expenses for any work performed in discharge of duties as a trustee.

See also note 28 - Related Party Transactions.

Key management remuneration

The total remuneration paid for the key management of College was £766k (2023: £739k). Key management is considered to be delivered by the Warden, Bursar, Dean, Head of New College School, Home Bursar, and Senior Tutor.

22 PENSION SCHEMES

The College participates in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme (OSPS), and the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) on behalf its staff. The assets of each scheme are held in separate trustee-administered funds. USS and OSPS schemes are contributory mixed benefit schemes (i.e. they provide benefits on a defined benefit basis - based on length of service and pensionable salary - and on a defined contribution basis – based on contributions into the scheme). TPS is a contributory defined benefit scheme (i.e. it provides benefits based on length of service and pensionable salary).

Each scheme is a multi-employer scheme and the College is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities relating to defined benefits of each scheme on a consistent and reasonable basis. Therefore, in accordance with the accounting standard FRS 102 paragraph 28.11, the College accounts for the schemes as if they were defined contribution schemes. As a result, the amount charged to the Statement of Financial Activities represents the contributions payable to the schemes in respect of the accounting period.

In the event of the withdrawal of any of the participating employers in USS or OSPS the amount of any pension funding shortfall (which cannot be otherwise recovered) in respect of that employer will be spread across the remaining participating employers and reflected in the next actuarial valuation of the scheme.

The College has also made available the National Employment Savings Trust for employees who are eligible under automatic enrolment regulations to pension benefits but are not eligible for USS, OSPS, or TPS.

Schemes accounted for under FRS 102 paragraph 28.11 as defined contribution schemes

Actuarial valuations

Qualified actuaries periodically value USS and OSPS defined benefits using the ‘projected unit method’, embracing a market value approach. The resulting levels of contribution take account of actuarial surpluses or deficits in each scheme. The financial assumptions were derived from market conditions prevailing at the valuation date.

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22 PENSION SCHEMES (continued)

Members of the TPS contribute on a 'pay as you go' basis with contributions from members and the employer being credited to the Exchequer. Retirement and other pension benefits are paid by public funds provided by Parliament.

The employer contribution rate is set following scheme valuations undertaken by the Government Actuary Department and was set at 23.6% following the 2019 scheme valuation plus an additional employer charge equivalent to 0.08% to cover the scheme's administration expenses. The latest Scheme valuation based on 2020 data and published in 2023 determined the employer contribution rate would increase by 5% to 28.6% from 1 April 2024; the addtional employer charge is unchanged at 0.08%. The next valuation is expetced to take effect in 2027.

A copy of the valuation report and other details on the scheme are available on the Teachers' pensions website at www.teacherspensions.co.uk.

Deficit recovery plans

University Superannuation Scheme

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

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

At 31 July 2023, the College’s balance sheet included a liability of £3,377k for future contributions, following the 2020 valuation when the scheme was in deficit. No deficit recovery plan was required from the 2023 valuation, because the scheme was in surplus. Changes to contribution rates were implemented from 1 January 2024 and from that date the College was no longer required to make deficit recovery contributions. The remaining liability of £3,377k was released to the income and expenditure account

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

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

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Price inflation - 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
Pension increases (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
Discount rate (forward rates) Fixed interest gilt yield curve plus:
Pre-retirement: 2.5% p.a.
Post-retirement: 0.9% p.a.
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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:

Mortality base 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 0.4% p.a. and a long-term
	improvement rate of 1.8% pa for males and 1.6% pa for females

The current life expectancies on retirement at age 65 are:

The current life expectancies on retirement at age 65 are:
	2024	2023
Males currently aged 65 (years)	23.7	24.0
Females currently aged 65 (years)	25.6	25.6
Males currently aged 45 (years)	25.4	26.0
Females currently aged 45 (years)	27.2	27.4

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 £22k was made at 31 July 2023 (2022: £478k) to account for deficit recovery payments up to 30th September 2023. That remaining liability of £22k was released to the income and expenditure account in 2024.

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22 PENSION SCHEMES (continued)

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.

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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:
Technical provisions basis: 105%
‘Buy-out’ basis: 62%
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 16.5% DB for members from 01/10/2023
pensionable salaries): 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
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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 Universities Superannuation Scheme University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme Teachers' Pension Scheme National Employment Savings Trust Total employer contributions	2024 £000 (2,644) 410 256 - (1,978)	2023 £000 342 22 221 7 592

Included in other creditors are pension contributions payable of £29k (2023: £nil).

23 TAXATION

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

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

Net income/(expenditure) Elimination of non-operating cash flows: Investment income Gains in investments Endowment donations Depreciation Loss on sale of fixed assets Increase in stock Decrease/(increase) in debtors (Decrease)/increase in creditors Decrease in pension scheme liability Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at bank and in hand Notice deposits (less than 3 months) Total cash and cash equivalents	2024 £'000 26,447 (4,738) (24,680) (2,013) 3,325 - (6) 3,074 (1,958) (3,399) (3,948) 2024 £'000 4,289 2,177 6,466	2023 £'000 14,450 (4,928) (13,623) (318) 1,617 3 (4) (1,107) 193 (944) (4,661) 2023 £'000 2,888 1,758 4,646

25 ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

26 FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

The College has an annual pensions commitment to a number of retired employees whose service predated the introduction of the main occupational schemes (see note 5). These payments, which are subject to annual inflationary increases, currently total £5,500 per annum, and the net present value of future payments is estimated to be of the order of £50,000.

The College had no non-cancellable operating leases during the year (2023: none).

27 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

There were no contracted commitments at 31 July (2023: £5,197k). There were no non-cancellable operating leases during the year (2023: none).

28 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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

One trustee had a loan from the College during the year (one trustee had a loan in 2023). The outstanding balance at 31 July was £1,245 (2023: £2,241). Interest is charged on the loans at HMRC's prevailing Official Rate of Interest, and the upper limit for such loans is £5,000. All loans are repayable within five years or on the departure of the trustee from the College, if earlier.

Trustees are entitled to a 50% reduction in school fees at the College's school. During the year one trustee had children in the school (2023: one).

The College has properties owned jointly with trustees under joint equity ownership agreements between the trustee and the College. College's equity is valued at £2,099k.

Trustee: Mulhall Kimel Timmel Churchill Rossi Meadows Baena-Gonzales Sabaratnam Vaysman Total net book value	2024 £'000 275 340 291 134 318 233 231 252 25 2,099	2023 £'000 278 344 294 136 321 235 - - - 1,608

All joint equity properties are subject to sale on the departure of the trustee from the College. The College-owned share is declared as a taxable benefit in kind for each trustee to HMRC each year.

29 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

There were no contingent liabilities at 31 July 2024.

30 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There are no post-Balance Sheet events requiring disclosure at 31 July 2024.

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31 ADDITIONAL PRIOR YEAR COMPARATIVES a CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: Charitable activities: 1 Teaching, research and residential Public worship and Choir School Donations and legacies 2 Other Trading Income 3 Investments Investment income 4 Total return allocated to income 15 Other income 5 Total income EXPENDITURE ON: 6 to 9 Charitable activities: Teaching, research and residential Public worship and Choir School Generating funds: Fundraising Trading expenditure Investment management costs Total Expenditure Net Income/(Expenditure) before gains Net gains/(losses) on investments 12, 13 Net Income/(Expenditure) Transfers between funds 18 Net movement in funds for the year Fund balances brought forward 18 Funds carried forward at 31 July	Unrestricted Restricted Endowed 2023 Funds Funds Funds Total £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 8,744 - - 8,744 2,730 - - 2,730 497 4,494 318 5,309 345 - - 345 62 34 4,832 4,928 7,984 1,177 (9,161) - 10 - - 10 20,372 5,705 (4,011) 22,066 15,570 1,617 - 17,187 2,903 82 - 2,985 566 - - 566 41 - - 41 30 - 376 406 19,110 1,699 376 21,185 1,262 4,006 (4,387) 881 17 (71) 13,623 13,569 1,279 3,935 9,236 14,450 2,181 (2,395) 214 - 3,460 1,540 9,450 14,450 55,764 4,215 303,324 363,303 59,224 5,755 312,774 377,753	2022 Total £'000 7,415 2,496 4,107 180 5,927 - 42 20,167 17,801 2,661 516 43 317 21,338 (1,171) 16,806 15,635 - 15,635 347,668 363,303

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31 ADDITIONAL PRIOR YEAR COMPARATIVES

b ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS - see note 18

Movements in major funds are detailed below. Movements in smaller funds are aggregated by purpose or as 'Other' in each section.

At 1 August 2022 £'000 Endowment Funds - Permanent General purpose: Founder's Endowment 254,087 Other unrestricted named endowments 1,053 Restricted purpose: Bolney Brown Benefaction 1,125 Ella Stevens Greek Studies Fund 1,360 Student scholarship & prize funds 5,502 Philosophy Fellowship 1,887 Other restricted named endowments 1,313 ex-New College Development Fund: Classical Philosophy Fellowship Fund 1,386 Engineering Fellowship Fund 1,248 Graduate Scholarships Fund 1,608 Ancient History Fellowship Fund 1,590 McGregor Law Fellowship Fund 1,177 Millman Management Studies Fellowship Fund 1,917 Millman Management Studies Graduate Studentsh 1,040 Herbert Nicholas Fund 1,231 Student Bursaries Fund 1,968 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 6,562 Endowment Funds - Expendable General purpose: College Endowment 6,527 Other unrestricted named endowments 1,259 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 2,790 Restricted purpose: Schwarzman Fund 982 Other restricted named endowments 710 Other: ex-New College Development Fund 5,002 Total Endowment Funds - Group 303,324 Restricted Funds Restricted purpose endowments - unspent income 1,458 New Quadrangles - ex-New College Development Fund 1,640 Battcock Fund for Environmental Economics - Easton Fund 790 Gradel Institute of Charity Fund - Other restricted funds 327 Total Restricted Funds - College and Group 4,215 4,215	Incoming resources £'000 3,993 18 19 23 185 35 40 24 21 27 30 22 33 18 21 134 209 111 21 48 17 12 89 5,150 - 2,395 490 1,106 16 500 21 4,528 4,528	Resources expended £'000 (376) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (376) (972) - (349) (3) (84) (197) (94) (1,699) (1,699)	Transfers £'000 (7,403) (33) (35) (43) (171) (60) (43) (43) (39) (51) (50) (38) (60) (33) (39) (56) (205) (206) (40) (88) (33) (22) (156) (8,947) 1,177 (2,395) - - (1,218) (1,218)	Gains/ (losses) £'000 12,871 16 17 21 83 29 21 21 19 25 24 18 29 16 19 30 100 100 20 43 15 11 75 13,623 - - 27 14 (112) - (71) (71)	At 31 July 2023 £'000 263,172 1,054 1,126 1,361 5,599 1,891 1,331 1,388 1,249 1,609 1,594 1,179 1,919 1,041 1,232 2,076 6,666 6,532 1,260 2,793 981 711 5,010 312,774 1,663 - 1,808 1,117 610 303 254 5,755 5,755

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31 ADDITIONAL PRIOR YEAR COMPARATIVES

b ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS (continued)

Unrestricted Funds Designated funds: fixed assets - donated Designated funds: fixed assets - general Designated funds: major maintenance reserve Other designated funds General Fund ex-New College Development Fund - designated funds ex-New College Development Fund - General Fund Pension reserve (deficit) Total Unrestricted Funds - College Unrestricted funds held by subsidiaries Total Unrestricted Funds - Group Total Funds	At 1 August 2022 £'000 23,249 34,508 - 7 1,401 952 - (4,343) 55,774 55,774 (10) 55,764 363,303	Incoming resources £'000 - - - 9 11,971 31 418 - 12,429 12,429 (41) 12,388 22,066	Resources expended £'000 - - - - (20,271) - - 944 (19,327) (19,327) 217 (19,110) (21,185)	Transfers £'000 2,164 169 - (5) 8,363 (108) (418) - 10,165 10,165 - 10,165 -	Gains/ (losses) £'000 - - - - - 17 - - 17 17 - 17 13,569	At 31 July 2023 £'000 25,413 34,677 - 11 1,464 892 - (3,399) 59,058 59,058 166 59,224 377,753

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