MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
(ltteorpor•i￿ by Roy•l Charter •nd
regtst¢r¢41 ** •n Edue•tlo•*l Ch*rity No: 309486)
REPORT OF COUNCIL
AiYD CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 AUGusf 2023
Haysmxintyre LLP
RegisteredAuditors

MARLBOROUGU COLLEGE
(Incorporated by Royal Ch*rter amd
regiitered as an Edlleatlon￿ Ch*rity No: J09486)
FOR TRE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2DZ3
ll¥DEX
CIMJncil's R¢port
5-19
Staternent of Thist¢e$' R¢spoDs1￿l11IICS
IndependeDtAuditcr's Re￿rt
21-22
Stst¢m¢nts of Financial Activits¢S
23
Balan¢¢ shee¢
24
Cath Flow Statem¢DI
25
Statemeni of AecouttiillR Pojtciog
26-29
Not¥ w the Finan¢i*l Statements
3￿50

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
IblARLBOROUGH COLLEGE TRUSTEFS. OFFICERSAND ADVISERS
TRUSTEES
The T￿Ste¢S of Marknugh College cotL8titttte the c¢￿￿L
The Lord Bishop of Sali5bwy IPresident- L% offi¢x))
Gile5 1 Henderson CBE (CtL&irnWI of Council. ch81rll￿ of MC (OV¢￿¢aS) Lt￿ chain￿ of DevelcyDienL and
Nomtnations Committtts untsl rdifftl 31 Aug￿$t 2023)
Penny Catlleron Watt (Cbatrn1￿ of Health and We]]beiDg Cotnmitt¢e) (rKtiDg Chair of C￿An¢1] from I September
2023)
Prof Sir Joho Bell {retireAI 17 June 2023)
Michael BI￿1￿
Joe chambe￿ (appointed 9 October 2023)
Piers Colenwi
Peter Denton (Chaimian of the FIna￿e Committee and Choirnw of R¢munuation Committee)
Eil Ellioll (Chairmall of Ac&lemic Comtllittee untAI rfirem¢ni in D￿ber 2022)
R¢vd Stephen Grny
Ka$￿ K8bw¢ {apFQiDt¢d 17 June 2023)
Tim M4rtiti.J¢nkins (chain￿ of F(xuklaliw cha11n￿n of Developomit from I Swmb¢r2023)
Prof Cav Simon Mordant
Rob Perrins (Chairnthn of Builth8s Coznmii*¢)
Ros KftnR
Sabina Reeves (apkK)iti*d Chairn￿ of Collullittee 25 January 2023)
Internitional Membtt of Council:

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE TRUSTEF4 OFFICERS AND ADVISERS (Contlllned)
OFFICERS
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The M&st¢r
L J Moelwyn-Hu8h¢s
AGHart
Executlve Team:
Se£oDd m￿ter
Deputy Head (Acadern￿)
Depury Head (P&%tOT&I)
rkputy Head [Crtu￿1￿14r)
S M Wessejs
D T Cl81*
E C Nightitigok
J R B ScTa88
Senlor Ma￿8¢m¢M¢ Tr*m:
Deputy Head (Boarding)
Dircctor of Admi&sions
Dircctor of Safeguardin8
Dir¢¢tor of Development
Dire¢tor of MaTketinR & Comtnunicatio
A&sis¢ant Head (Teachin8 atya Learnin8)
Assistant Head (Inspection}
J A H￿880
J Lyon Taylor
J Jordan
B NigbtiD8ak
TIau
Burs•rlal Teim
Eststes Bw
Director of En¢*xpriye4
Director of Firtattee
Director of Hurnan Re
Director of OperatioThy
Head of Icr
A Barn¢s
R Urqlthart
H Mack
H Ilewiett
M NAworynsky
actiti8 head- A Hart (I September 2022- 22 January 2023)
M Gariattd (froffj 23 January 2023)
Princip41 Addre8S.'
Wiltshire
SN8 IPA
marlboro￿%￿ College Ma]ay
The Moster
A Swens (ttsigned 31 Auwst 2023)
S (from I S¢pt¢mber 2023)
Bursar
M Wai.TszCbe
Marlborough College Malaysi&
Jaian Marltr#)rough
79200 Iskandar Putffli
Jobor
Malaysia

MARLBOROUGH COLLEG
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE TRUSTELS, OFFICERS AND ADVISERS (Contlnlled)
ADVISERS
Lloyth BaDk
Crest Way
Glouccst
GL4 3RL
solici10￿.
Farrtt & Co
66 Linwkn's Inn Fields
WC2A 31JI
Auditor5:
AudiltKS
10 Queen Stre¢t Place
EC4R IAG
Investment Advisers:
8 FiThsbury Ci
London
EC2M 7AZ
tnyurance Brokers:
Popplcton lane
Yctk
North York*hi
Y026 6GZ

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCILIS REPORT
The Coun¢il pr￿0￿ its le￿)rt for the year ezLded 31 Augwst 2023 under the Chari¢ie5 kn 2011, together with Ihe audited
firattcial sta*uJents for the ycar, and CODfU￿ that the lattu ￿lY with the rwiyrneots of the A¢ the Charter and By
Laws and the Charities SORP (FRS 102- se￿nd edition).
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
Operatl•nal P¢rforJnanee
P4pils
Marlborough College fthe College") is a cfrcduc8tional s¢￿￿1 p￿vIding ¢th￿titsn for boys ond sirls from thc
agu of13 to 18, while marIE￿Ough College Malaysia fMCW) PTovides ethiL*ion from th¢ ages of 3 to 18 for both day at
boardinB pupils. The College has had anoth￿ yeaT of very strong numiyrs, whereas for MCM. followin8 the impct Df
pind¢mic oumbers in the next few years..
Sehool
Ymr
Glrls
DAY
39
Av Tot
2022n3
442
568
971
I,oio
I,oii
760
MCUK
202la2
447
564
972
39
2022111
2021Q2
371
389
152
133
608
MCM
352
365
584
717
The overnll ewity of the Colle8e Iw inueased to 1.020 pupi]x ywe•J ￿ro$S 16 I￿rding houxs with the geThJer balatt¢e to
a ra¢io of 560A b)ys attd44•k giT15. The Coll¢8¢'8 wailing listsTemain strong which 8ives cOnf￿nce thatthecollege can operate
At (near) c4)a¢ity forthe foreseeable firture. AIrhOu8￿ the Cthwil is minthl there is slill th¢p)tential for the l&stitiB impa¢1
of the pandemic and the curTent'¢05t of living crisi$, kn affea pupil numbers in the yellrs tocome as Friwe ¢du¢ation genernlty
sees a delayed impact following eKoDQmiC Ibwnturn& Thtr¢ is ￿$0 the fither fvture threat on affordability wilh iabouT'S
pl¢dg¢ to pui VAT on 8¢hool feH AItholl8b the Coun¢il 18 lookin8 to ty to mitigate this imrdct a8 much as i¥ ￿)￿￿1¢.
After th¢￿SIng of Covid r￿tri￿lon￿ inApriJ 2022, the pupil earolment&t MCM has iDcrea8ed by6%. as shovltt iti the nwnbers
above. Thc Admissions learn capita]ised on tbe opportunity ￿ travel abroad ¥&in by conduthin8 Visits 10 v￿louS rnarketg to
boost Aw4r¢n¢ss in locali0￿% such Japan, Koro Chiw SingapoT< 88 well 8$ 4¢4iviues within Kuala IAmpur attd Jtsbor.
MCM AIMA to T¢turn th its pTrcovid pupil Tou within the next 2 to 3 year¥.
Th¢ College 15 in the middle of an ambitious tnttov4li(m and ScierKe prnj￿ which is bein8 funded through geDerous
fundraising and priv4le placcment monry. Following the previous eompletion of the Irnov&tion Centre. the fJN of thr
renovation phases of the listed S¢i¢nce buildin8 W88 COTDpl¢ted earlier ill the year. deBPite many clJallen8¢s including cost
1nfiatits￿ supply shortages 4nd the n￿]ll Contractor going admi￿￿3110Th The K¢ond Its￿VatIOn pba5¢ is now well undLY
way and lleatin8 Compl￿10￿. The ErfMrdin8 ho￿ refi￿bIsh￿en1 pD}gra￿ continues with on¢ ix)ardio8 house neariti8
compl￿]0￿ of the first of two phases of a fvll rcfutbislllnent and anothcrhowe rvxiviDg ￿ An*rnal r¢fi¢$h. Th¢r¢ were also a
number of maller capitsj projects unde￿rn in the year. This resulted in capithl spe￿d in the year of just undBr £10 miuion.
down slight from the Priory￿.$ spend of £E1.7 millioD foiiowi08 the p08liNJV￿t orS(￿e capAtsI work4" to the illyacts
of the pandemic.
All of the UK works of the M&4¢rDeVel(y￿¢PjIn thatwas ¢5tyblishul ID 2011. It rq￿ts a iotsl expenditure
to date in ex¢¢ss of £84 million for th¢ Colleg4 aod £6.6 miilioll (RM82.6 million) for MCM sin¢¢ its inception Ati Septcrnber
2012.

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCIL'S REPORT (¢ondMutd)
focusitig on ess¢ntial mainteA]ancehenovation and imprmg teaching and learnjng. Th¢ total capitsl expetidittlle for the year
was a modest £0.6 rnillion (RM7.50 n)illi(m), spent oo builditi8 impmvem¢nts and rr e4vipme￿L
The ColleBe continuo to offeran extensiv¢ Sixth Forni curricolutAwithsDJdentsable toprticipite inAt£vels and theExtcndcd
Projttt Qualification (EPQ). while MCM off¢T5 the internati￿Y rwllixd Intern￿O￿al Bwlttu￿tc OB).
MCUK
MCiJK
2022111 2021122
A Levd
A* grade
A•.B grades
A*-C
2022tt3
24%
88%
96%
2021n2
31YA
9_81A•
9-51A•.B
48•A
97•
54%
98%
97%
941A*-C grades
Thc re5u]ts from A level attd Pre U ¢xaminauot)s takth in the sutnmer of 2023 wer¢ the Colk8e'5 strongest ever under noTmal
exam condi¢ioTry. This follows a ¢onsequetKe of a highly dedicaTe41 exw 8rLA¥J of teacher& who worked within new
S￿￿¢ture￿ to supFort p￿iL% to these inucth'ble ouic4)mes. 4 pupils wed 4 A*s. 18 swred 3A*s, 44 pupils. ycored 2 A*$ and
171 pupils scored at least l A* The avcra8e Marlburian left th¢ Coll¢g¢ with the equivalent ofAAk Tbe fflGCSE results were
a similarly outstlnding reward for the cfforts of pupils and beth (¢¢th) alike: 48*• of ¥rth Jwarded ai 9 and 8 l*tAndard
(A• equivalent) and 97V• of all grndes 819- 5 standard IA*.B). Twfrthirds of pupils. ￿ored an av¢rnB¢ grade of 7 orabove. and
one pupil was part of a group of 15 ￿ti￿￿llY who Kored 12 9$ Ind OD¢ other pupil who 119& wbo is a190 Part of •
all group naiionally.
MCM
MCM
lllternatlonal
BA¢¢Al•ureate
40+ YB Points
2022n3
IOY•
2021n2
2020121
SE
9.81A*
20221LI
470/0
2021122
2020121
Average Poitits 8¢ore
1451
IB Diploma Pass
33
35
35
9-51A•.B Krad
88%
89%
95%
98%
941A•I ￿￿deB
97%
95%
96%
AC￿eMIcallY, pupils at MCM continued to prcduc¢ excellcttt results in IGCSE alld IBDP, and for the third cottqeeutive year
MCM (&8 well as MCUK) has been listcd in the Spears Index of the world's I￿ leadin8 Inder￿d¢￿i %h(K)Is. MCM is one of
only two sch￿16 An Malaysia ￿ be listed in this ind￿.
Based on an aveEa8e grade of 7.02 (A). this cohort'5 IGCSE resuhs re￿ the best avrye IGCSE grade in the school's
bistory. 71.4/• ofall ¥ra&s awarded wereA• orA (NB. UK Indwdellt SCh￿L￿A*/A rate is 46.40/01. Givcll th81 MCM is not
academically selective. this is att outstaDdiD8 pttfornthwe. Particular bigblJ8hts include almost 50Y• of grades in ¢h¢ three
Sciences beitig 95 and a quarter of the 82inin8 10 A• iy eqpjivalent grad￿ 41% of pupils ￿hl¢Ved 9 or more A*IA
8rndey. 87trh of rwpils receivedA*IA iti math&
At IB the aveAge points score 33 (equ]v￿ent to AAAai A, L¢vel in terms of UCAS tariff3) and IIYA of pupils g&iti*l 40
points or better. For contexL it sh￿Id be thai the globd points averag¢ in 2023 red￿ted by 2 points from 32 to 30, aDd
th¢ global pa&$ rnte in 2023 has fallen by 7'A from 86Y• to 790h (to r¢tyrn grade distnbutsons to prtrpandemic levels). MCM'S
r¢3ulis represent a drop. from 21r22 resuh4 in line wtth the wob￿ bw stjll well al)ove world averages. MCM'S 5 year
averd8¢ 16 35 points.

L4RLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCtL'S REPORT (conthiued)
Public Benefit
The Council was a&¥Ased of the Charity Commission's genernl and supplementary guidance OD public beTJefit and fee chBrgittg
aThl the advancement of edu(*ioL The Council has its rwonsiTrJilities utth the Charities Act 2011 and b&8 regard
Grant Making Poliey
The Coll¢g¢ offe45 academie. &T4 ￿￿81c. 4Kffts aA¥J all.rnulldtrmeans-*sted burwy award8 phty a few S¢]￿]￿bIpS al 13+
At 16+. bursaries arere-ttsse￿d aDDuaUy and may alter during apupil's tin)e ai the College deW￿lti% on ¢bange5 to their
financial siiualion and can awarded up to I IO% of the re￿ (i.e. full fees and all essential extra¥). Scholarships and awards
ore b￿d on edu￿￿'0nal ability only. Scholat5bips may be supplemcllted by buTsary support up to the fijll vAlue of fees in ¢88es
of proven finEn¢ir¢l need. The maximum scholarship value is up to 20% of the fe¢5: these are offered in vay limited numbers
and only in thc areas of mustc aod dratna at pr¢s¢nt.
The Scholxrship Prospectus and Bursary Poli¢y Can b¢ viewed on the College's website. They are also av&il&bk from the
Admiwions Office gnd are extensivety advertised ID 8ppr¢4Thts n￿10￿￿ and specialist dirxtories.
Th¢ Childreu of Cl¢T¥y Fund, fjupplemented by the QJll¢ge. eDables wbstantial supp)rt to be given ￿ the SODS or daughters of
Clergy. Applic￿l0￿S for entry under the Children of Cl¢ryy scheme are meaNs tested An th¢ s#m¢ way a5 the rest of the bwsary
During the yeuthe value ofbutSorie8 and otherawardsmade w 167 Colleg¢pupils all￿￿nted to£4,424,fM)0 (2022.. £4.190.000),
or 10.26% (2022.. 10.44%) of 8ross fee in¢oDK.
MCM otT¢red buThaTies to two Upper Sixth pupils Who￿ families experien¢¢d significant fmancial ditTxcultic26 in ord¢r for them
lo compl¢t¢ their IB Diploma in JuJ¢ 2023 OIM214K). MCM also aw•rd s¢holaThhip5 for thc4e who excel iti xadcmic. sports.
drama ajyj musi¢.
Th¢ Council is ￿n￿￿ttI￿a ts providing fee assistance for chiklren unable to afford fvll fees and ￿e•ungeS i culture from those
who h8v¢ receiv￿a￿ar1￿1[oUghCduCatioll ￿￿)everything￿>$51bje. within theirmean8. to enAbleoth¢ffsfrom ￿lbaCk￿ll￿ds
lo enjoy the same educational opp)ttiwty.
A separate Burs￿ and Scholarthip FuDd g¢neMes in¢onK kn augment the awards made out of fee iTKome. Council's policy is
to continu¢ to the value of that fund Wh￿¢Ver WWI￿le. The G)uncil 1$ ¢x¥mining ways io increase substsntilllly th¢
amount provided form¢an¥ bursaries via non-fee income stre8m8. such as through morcendowed-style fimd8. fuThlrni8in8
(largely throuKh M￿lboroU￿h College Foutthtion), w¥J trwling both ￿ I￿t and iti Malaysia.
Bursari￿ of vp to I IOY• of feesor¢ 4vailable forthose who canTr￿ afford the fe¢s. 5ubjed to the candidate meeting the College's
entrance requiremeats. The majority of t4wsorie¥ Are made avaiitible OD to the College, either ai 13 or 16, although some
fiJndiD8 LS avpilable forthose with iti-ywfinaDcial hardship. The Coll¢8¢ IS • nmberof the Sprin8boardPafinership iti support
of trallsforn￿ti0nBI bursari
Under its grant makin8 ￿lIcY (see ab)ve), the iotal tturnb¢T ofpupi15 T￿cl¥lti8 me4ns tested fee assislance in the aeadetllic year
2022123 was 118 {2021122.. 119). ￿tt￿}u8h the v&Fue of these grants Increas￿ from £2.996,377 iti the prior year to £3,346,356
in line with the College's aim to wovid¢ m(Ye full. liftrtratisfow bursari¢s.
Work￿8 wlth EdueadondProvid¢rs & Comm4nityA¢eess
Since its foundation in 1843 the College h&$ been ¢ommitsed trj playillg a full part in the life of the loul conllnuT]ity and it will
ontinue to do so. The College coniinua8 io provide iThlir¢¢i public benefit th1[A￿ its *Xb8agem￿t with the I￿aL coJllJtLullity
and WQTkinB with other eth￿tional providers. of which the folloThing are cxamples..
sw1ndonA￿demY
The Colle8e has an agreetllettt with Swindon Academy (SA) ￿ ryovide (wportijrrilies for the staff andrA￿lIS of the
Academy and the College, including the sharing ofexperTrcn4 eX[￿liSe all￿ where appr(yiat¢. facilities and Ye8ourc&s.
Th¢A¢ademy 15 Part of th¢ United Ltarnillg Trust (ULT). Th¢ current link has be￿ in existen¢¢ since 2009 and this
continue& to tbrive, particularty with the ]aunch of the SwindoDAthy Gramnw Stream (SA GS) ID S¢pt¢mber 2016.
A rnajor wnponent of tbe par￿¢[Ship in¢ludes workiDg with SA'S Grammar Stre8m pupi]s. In a typical acaden)ic year.
morc than 5,IXX) hours of Sv/thAcaderny pupll time is sp￿1 on sit¢ 4t the Colkge. Below is a list of a¢tiviti¢s which
occurred during the reportillg petiod.

MARLBOROUGH cOLl￿GE
COUNCIL'S REPORT (eontitiryed)
(i)
Sixty YeAr 7 andyear 8 SA GS pupi]s visit the College once ptr forthighi OD & Wednud&y aftern(XXL SA pupil
participate in a carixtsel of the following activities.. crealive writiti8, COM￿ter 5cTrence. research skills in tb¢
library, sciett¢e eX￿lMentS ¢l*ssI￿] Civilisati￿ 8fy1 k￿1 hiw.
(ll)
The College swlies Iwo Govern￿ 4t Sk Each of these Governors Amxoximately 21M) hours
per Y￿ ort Swindon Aeademy work. Th¢y tho provide W with wil disciplinary h￿rI08s. Staff
complaints and pri7£ wvings.
The College's dcpartrlent is available to provide spe<ialist wp)rt with univet8ity applieatiott% frorn SA
pupils. inC￿dIng ￿ the mosi com￿ltive deswions.
(iv)
The College bosts an anDual relearch proiw¢ ￿m￿lI1￿ll kryear 10 SApupi]s. with 8ene¥ous prizu supplied
by the College.
Iv)
Two pupils SA joitKd the Colle8e iti SwDbex 2023 on full bunaTie5 85 part of an ongoillg iwrsfry
pro8rarnm¢ with the Academy (there are now seven former SApwJi]s who are I￿ or hav¢ bc¢n through. the
College'$ Sixth Forni).
{vi)
MarllK>f(yJ8h College Staff ￿lI]nUe to Ee involved iti the Fitn￿￿]￿tt Projeci an 4c¢e¥s and rnentoring Project
ory¥ni8ed by FItrw￿i￿ College Cambridge for SApupiLs. This is now fully Te-e8tab]i8bed atier the pandemic,
with summ¢r r¢sidential$ in CamEffidge and'rnert-up. day4 one hosted by the College.
{vii} The Year 10 exchange for pupi]s frorn the two Fthwls alg) bea reiDStht&l and a RYOUP of12 pupi19 from
each school visits the other school fora fu]1 ￿h0o1 day. OD a basis, on¢e or nvice per year.
{viii) Since the swi of the SAGS, the ColleBe h&s free we¢k.IoDg ruden￿ Year 7 summtt thl for GS
pupils. This reyjmed in June 2022 for ly)th Ycar 7 YeBr 8 pupils. SApupi18 attend in small grou￿ slayin8
t th¢ College and engaging ID a wide rn]8e ol&iiviiiu (nn by Colle8e sthft) over a two-day perio(L The
purEw of these activities is to extend pupils. expttiences well beyijrtd usual syllaixLS-l￿l material.
(ix)
An Opth Morning foryear 6 pupils th￿knO8 Ab(wt oppJyi4 w the SAGS is hostcd ut th¢ Coll¢B¢ euch yeaT in
November.
(x)
fvfembers of the Colle8e's Mgn88em¢nt T¢•n visitrd the SA Sixth Forni, and Im￿ a reciprc￿l visit to the
College, with a view io helpiti8 SA Tevi¢w their stralegy for thege Y￿grOUPS as their Sixth Fon
continues to grow alld improv¢.
(xi)
AS p4rt of the College lthjtreach proRr8￿, Marlborough College pupiLs visit the Swindon ArAdemy primary
schooL% w¢¢k tt) help pupils with their rth8. This is wpported by College t¢ach¢rs alld typically
involves #round 20 College pupil8.
(xii)
The SA Caml Service t(K)k pl¥¢ in the College's Chapel in D￿ernber 2022 atyj wAll a8ain be an aTmU41
(xiii) The College wvided on site visits foryear 9 SA GS pupils with a forus OD scientific experiment and
investigation. In addition. SA pupils (￿d othKr8 fft)m neaty prtth￿ s¢1￿18) are invi*d kn ￿ieDtific talks and
demoL8tr¥1ions ai the College.
(xiv) The ColleRe IM4 previously hostryj Te5idenlial weekeD&8 for SAP￿1￿ witb empha8i$ on a wi¢u]4r ¢wri¢ulw
area each lime. It AS FK)ped that thtte might re5urn¢ in the year 2023.24.
(xv) Since the retIre￿t of the forner member of stsff rnj SApa[tll￿￿￿. the College ha8
appoin¢¢d a full.iime ParttMblllP• Manager (a donor fimded role). A si8nifiwit prOp1)rti￿ of this role 18

MARLBOROUGH COILEGE
COUNCIL'S RKPORT (￿ntInUed)
Linkn to PÉwsey Ydle School
The Colleg¢ has a well<5tsbl1sl￿d parthtt8h4J with Pew VJl¢ khool. One member of the Co]lege staff is given specific
rwsibility for tbe p8rthersbip. On site visits have been abl¢ ￿ T¢sume, with a recent visil of pupils to an exbibition in thc
College's Mount House gallery being a recent ex8mpie. The Parmerships. M8Dawwill be given the resExM]sil)ility forgrowing
this partnership in the comitig EKri(xl.
Members of College staff (both ttachinB and non-￿ChIng} currnitly Ix)Id 15 governorshi￿ of other schools. The n￿jorIty of
these {12) art in slate xhools. On¢ t￿her Is Chair of Governors at two Se￿ndary in Sjou8W anoth¢T is Chair of
Governors at a I(￿7 prymary sclKx)l.
0￿reach (Communty Serv￿)
Ev¢ryMonday orW¢dllethy afternoon during the Miehaclmas and Ixnt terms alm06t25Opupils thkepan in araTW of Outreach
activities which proYid¢ 8 direct service to many aspects olth¢ local community.
{1)
Work in 8UPW)rt of six*efj Primary Sckn)b (Pwuhute, Kenlld Vwuey, Buthge, S¢ Mary's marlborou￿, Si
Nichol&s' Baydon. St Michael'$ Aldbourn4 St K4th¢rine's S8vernake. Rarns￿, Gre&¢Bedwyi4 Chilion Folli4l
Oart. 08bourne St E&ryton Royal, Bw*l Hinw Bee£hAv¢nu¢- Alton Close. Swith).
This includes.. litcry work, help with PE le&wns. maths znentorin8 atsd ty￿(0￿￿8 ofpupil8 WI￿ find school
diffI￿￿t or who benefit from furtheT Stretcb arml chaUep8¢.
(ll)
Provision of ats 8¢h(x)l Marmlarin cknbs ID two IOCAI priw th18
(ui)
Provision of after school Laiin chths in lo¢NI prw schools
(iv)
Provision of after scbool Spawsb Clubs in two lo￿1 prIm￿Y schoo
Provision of after sch￿1 Japatte4¢ club in a I￿1 PTIZW sch￿1
(v}
(vi)
T%￿N Science project- work to eD8W kKal pyirnary s¢hool dJildTh in STEM, Inc￿lU8 OD.5it¢ visits to tbe
College'5 laboratories.
(vii)
Ridin8 for the Disabl¢d. b*q￿ in L4mèKxth
(viii) River cotservation- woth8 with a local 8rcw. ARK (Action fct the BiverKennet}
(ix)
Brimble Hill. CariD8 for ¢hiJdrets with Severe learnin8 dIff￿111C8
(x)
Sp(rt5 Lgaders- FI￿1]S bemiDg a￿di1¢4 Sports Le4dets and helptiJ8 in pimary
{xi)
Working with the elderly-pupils have vi$it¢d homes ￿ proVide¢oDct￿ and ChrIstr￿ caroLs. A￿llIOnaIly.
we now partner with a Ioc41 vohLllte¢r 8toup (Marli¥)rough LINK) and pupiis Visit elderly members ol the local
¢ommiinity who ore on their own Jt home. I￿pilS aL%) 6lWKfft the of the Jubilee Centre, a pl*¢e for the over
$ixties to me4 e&t aThJ rellx.
(xii)
mar]tKjro￿8￿ Svhite Hor8¢- rtstorntion of the i￿niC cljalk IN)￿¢ wbi¢h sits alx)v¢ the town
tn the SurnoierTen￿ OWiDg to tiJndab]xtig. maDy of these &ctt%ryli¢s unnot tske plac¢ and thi.s cnables th¢ College to a fi
after-school ¢lub for three Wuln¢%lay aftern[x￿ catering for 8pproximatrly ILL) local thildr¢n 88cd to 8¢ven years old.

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCIL'S REPORT (condD¥¢d)
Edclub
The Edclub Movement is a pupll4tiiv¢n prOgr￿C that ￿ekS to eth￿ thildren in the Huruma shm? in Nairobi. Ken
through the usc of the Internet and SkJy¢. wsing a computrr hub buat by au initial funthaising effort by MarlFx)rough pupils.
There are now 18 schools involved Internatio￿￿11Y and numbm CODtitwe to grow. MarlEwians menior a group of Ket]y8
children on o wttklyb&8is, En8lisl Maths aDd Scieace and generating[￿ltiVe aDd f￿1th￿￿￿10th1pson either side.
Since 2011. MarllxTrrough College Ims IKJsted att aDnual regiotial Pattathl(m event. Panathlon is a n￿lolla1 clwity that pmvide8
sporting oppornjtiities to ovw 17.000 young ¢JLsabled p)pkevery year. It pmmotes IT￿1￿810￿ iti sporL Working incollaFM)Tation
with both Pallathlon and WilrshiT¢ and Swinth)n Sport (WASP). the College Iw bosted over 300 yOUDg physically and mentsjly
disabl￿ children and train¢d over 50 of the College's pupib Is Panath]OD le&lers. Thii November 2022 aod 18
planned again for the Cllrr¢Dt year.
Observa¢ory
2022 - 2023 was a busy ye4r foT the Blackett with lo￿ members of the public of all ag￿ engaged i
astronomy outreach either rt or through the ObseTraw. This demoL*Tates the level of interesl in &stronomy acr(xs the
population the fabulous p￿illon that the MarIknr￿gh ColleBC Blackett Obseryakny holds io satisfy thht curiiksity.
Since 2005, the Director of the Observatory has run the (￿treaCh 8r(Mw'Th¢ Fri￿d$ of the Marlborou8h Telescope.. whieh h
its own dedicaieAI Observatory web811e I￿￿￿￿_bIl£k£1￿
IDn ()
,) and offcr5 events lectures and tnonthly Q&A
well as an aTJDual social event. An arnl trip is aThaDged ￿ a si8tiificwrt ¢stsblislynent in the UK or overge&8. The
Obbervatory also hoyts groups from local Sch￿18. the S¢(￿ts, Cubs and Beavts4 w¢ll as th¢ U3A and the W.I. There are also
three publAC w events beld Acr￿ the year at the lJ)8¢rvatory.
Over the cour¥e of the Ye￿ the FiieDds were Increth￿TY wsv¢. with 177 allendees ai obmiti8 events •t the Obs¢rvatory. 70
attertdees al two lectuttq 8t￿ 37 attendees OD Thvo trips. one to the Her8¢hel Museum in Bath and the other to theNthti¢)nal Sp￿C
CeDtre in Leicester. 217 Cubs, S¢outs and scbool pupils enjoyed s48ioDS ai the Dome and 233 vorious other membcrs of the
publi¢ visited. includiD8 8 diverse Jwwe of sttMYents rtom the M4TIknT(h4h College Summer School.
The Black¢tt Observatory's ￿latIonshiP with the Town c4*￿¢11 and the Nortb Wessex DowD8 (NWD) Are• of
Outqtanding Naturnl Beauty continuex to 8trcrt8thtsL Two tslks were given by the DIr￿lOr of th¢ Observatory in the Town
Hall with over 200 att¢ndeN and a swBtiziti8 CVCJlt w&$ held at the NWD all￿￿1 fonnn ai the MarIborougb Golf Club, with
over 50 attended8 enjoyitig views of the dark Ski￿ on offer in mad￿￿oUgh. Regular meetitigs b¢tween staff of the Blackett
Obgervatory, the Town C<Aw¢il and the NWD are hel4. is in PTogrus ts swi a proje¢t to monity ￿￿15 of ligh¢
pollution in our area.
There is e elear Aod inc￿91￿¥ for •stronomy in our conjmutiity and the Blackett Obsetvatory (wtinues to be known
88 the llumber one centre for deliverin8 astronotni￿I outreach iti the South of Englan
Hi¥her Ed￿10￿ and C4reerJ Dc￿e
SwiadoD Academy and P¢w8ey Vale School have online acces5 kn the bi-weekly Higher Edwation and Car¢m 'lnsight'
publication an(L from November 2023, 11$ a¢¢ompanyin8'Funm Directory..
Both Swindon A¢adeJny and St John's, Marlixrfougb are invited to attend the I￿l¢fing we rxeive from an inyifrd Oxbridge don
every March. St John'sA(3demy pupils in particular attend in numbers. with accompanying p8r¢nts. Swindon Academy pupils
applying to Oxbridge have had mock intrThiews from MarliM)rwh College sthlT, and St Ji)hn'5 Awlemy. who already have
iDt¢rvi¢ws fn)m our medical school exprt are illvitrd tt> hav¢ Ubo¢k Oxbridge intetviews cOnth￿ted by Marlborough College
teach¢E5.
We Ve an 'op￿. Acr Test Centre off•iDg th¢ hcility for US applicatits ts) tsk¢ pr¢(ollege standardized tests. It is a facility
often used by l(Kal swdents 8pplyin8 for 4M)rt8 3tho1anhl￿ soccer ￿]ng the mryt ¢oJnmo
St John's and Swindon Academy pupils are invited to our Eligh¢r Fkntion and Gap Fair ID ￿ sumtner. with th¢ uplakn being
20-30 pupils atMdin8. We invite both to FJDployability Fair N*ional Careers wcek in
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COUNCIL'S REPORT {eonthiued)
Music Dewthe
The Music Depar￿¢￿1 continu&s to offera variery of diffwt ws for public benefiL
This year the Choral Society ¢ODcert (wthich offers a collaboration bdw¢¢D 'town and gown.), saw some 250 local singers
perfonn ID Chapel to an audience ofapproximatrty 3W re5ideDts of Twho. in offered ftee tickets to the
concert. The sum of £1.500 was raised from a post￿onC¢rt collection at this ¢vent aDd a TKording Trised over £4k from sales
attd th¢ surp)rt tsf a ge[w￿8 donor. For the ¢c￿lD8 ycar the kniety fi￿d the subKr4>iion of up to 20 talen*d young
sitigers.
The annual Music Scbolgn. Ga]a Con¢ttt in raises a of STOU￿1 £3LM) through a r¢tiring Coll￿tio1L
The m￿SIC Dcparkncnt ¢￿tInueS to offer the oppcrthty fcr local sthte Ycknl pupib tOiOiD V4TiOUS ¢nS¢mb1￿ at the College
during the academic ycar- opportUDities they o¢hen¥i* enjoy.
A￿ltio￿lly. leading mw8i¢ rypils also gave a &thlic perf0rnm￿ it the Calne Music Fttrfival to ¥ sell-out AudI￿r%. whil8t ail
our major iti*rnal orche8tsal conwts 3r¢ open to the public free of clwge. This proves & vtry p(yul8r ]￿tiatiVe.
The Colle8e tho cotitinw ￿ ￿loW of its teaching f￿111t1￿ for membws of theythli¢ who wish w thk¢ ltistrum￿I￿l musi¢
ie89ODS and coachiD8 with atty of Imtr distsngwshed music *acben.
The rnDoWll￿ MarlbOr￿gh Coll¢¥¢ C(xwi S¢rie8. which five cnocur8 per Seas￿ 4180 bw¢fit8 free of
th¢ Coll¢g¢'s M¢moTia] Hall. Steinway piaDO and the otTer of covering some PTinting costs for the programrn4 whith ensures
the invitation of world class musicians to lAar1iK)r(￿8￿ conliw)e lor the benefit of cw local public.
Sporling Focillli
(i) Sl John's Marlbmjugh use the Colle8e's sports facilities rn a rryul8r basis ￿ muftAily o)nveni¢ni lime$. Ai presenL
thc squ&sh option in their Enrichment aThl After School activities pr(}gr￿rn¢ is twkryl on the Sq￿&b c4>urt& hvice
week. They a150 use the athletic.8 tr￿k for GCSE moderauons wbellever requwa.
(li) The Colle8e a numb¢r of Avon Prim￿ Sch(KTrIs' SFOrt8 festivals at various times of the year - these iti¢lude
ndball, hcthy, football, ori¢n(¢¢ring, athleticy and multi-skills - and a number of local Primary SchiK)1s use th¢
thletics track for thexr sports, day&
(iii) The College's sports and other facilities ar¢ ¢x¢¢n$iv¢]y used by I¢￿] sports clubs aad re8u]arly by otherorganisations.
Som¢ o( thc yports include cricket, hockry. rngby, footh411. squash. t#mis fives. triathlon and ath]￿IC& and various
organisations such as Wiltshire Crickei. Wiltshitt H(Kkey. Wiltshire Netball. South West La￿e. Hockey
W41¢s. WASP (Wiltshire aDd Swtndon S￿), RFU. Bath Rugby, Fortitude H￿keY and GoCrea8 Hockey and Swindon
Town Football Club for their holiday coKhing camps and Cour￿ Wiltshire Army C*1 Foree also m8k¢ use of the
Colle£e rifle ran8¢. Itt maDy ¢08¢s. hire of facilities is offered al a discoun￿￿ rnte or free of charye.
(iv) A number of local schools and club8 (both WJDpetitiv¢ swilluw ¢lth aod local I￿1th club8) make use of the
College's swinllnin8 p￿1 thr￿shoUt the we
(Y) All ¢horitie4 edu￿tional estAblishnKnts and clubiunior gections pay a discoutityj foT the use of College (￿]￿'(l¢S
(vi) One member of the Coll¢8¢ regularly coaches a jUDior team at Marlb)rw8b H(xkey Club and 8noth¢r M¢m￿r
is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's senior *am$. The hcthy deparkncnt a150 nm a Wcdncsday Outreach
programme for local Primary S¢h(KJl ￿P11$. which Compris￿ ¢oa¢hing and ¢ournaml play. A fi￿ber member of the
College Staff assists junior 6qu&sh at Marlbor(MWI Squash Club.
FuKdrni¥ingfrr Chosen Chari¢ieJ
Member8 of the College rnise41 w￿0A]￿telY £75.{￿ durn8 2022123 (2021r22'. £67,1KIO) for ehosen charities
through vaTiOUS whole sclhxjl events and nUmero￿S Ix)arding h(M￿. pupil armj staff iDiiiative& Exampks include:
(i)
C3 Mill Mead Houses. Poppy Rull raised ahnost £3.(xKJ for th¢ Royal British Legio
(li) Thrner House's DawD to Dusk F(￿1 raised £51XK) in aid of UK to Ukrain¢.
(iii) Barton Hill's House Shout raised £IIK> in tiid of Mari¢ Curie.
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COUNCIL'S REPORT (tonthimed)
(iv) Cl House raised £750 ttt aid ofthe Te*￿08¢ CallttrTn￿.
(v) A whole scbool 'Eliminations' game nm by Prefe¢ts rai￿ over £l,IXK) ￿ the Royd Britith Legion.
(vi) C3 and Mill Mead Houses ral￿d £645 for Commw)ity Youth Proj￿
(vii) An audience collection at the School Play ('Godspell') raised £31M) forAmn¢sty Intem*ioDal.
(viii) I￿p1] and i¢a¢her Fthrti¢ipation in 'Movetllber' raised £3.0
(ix) Apupil ￿ganised 12 bour cycle fw Ukraine in aid of Mail Force UkrnineAkwI raised £4.OLNJ.
(x) New Court Howe rni*d £2500 thTough the 8aie of bTrod¢dpYiaM￿.
(xi) Achristtnas Jumper day in aid of the Oscar FoutthoD rai%d £3W.
(xii) Retirmg collections at the fourColle8e C*ml Services amountyd to £lO.(XKJ.
(xiu) The'Prefects' Prom, for youn8er pupils rnised £l.(w for th¢ O￿ar Foutidati￿.
(xiv) One pupil's 'Brave the Shave. rn1$￿ Over£]6.(￿ for Bowel Cancer UK.
(xv) The Well.b¢ingAmba&wloTs' s¢¢ond.hand clothing sale Trijed over £1,(￿ for the Charlie Waller Tn
(xvi) One pupil rai*d £2.(MXI io w the Marlb(wough Colleg¢ Found*im'$ iwwy cwnpaign via a spjnsored vlalk
in Sydney.
(xvii) A'ro¢K pw. scissors. Com￿￿tillOn rnised £4LKI for the Lun¢hlk)wl NL4work.
(xviii) Through 'Brav¢ the Shave. and particiption in the tkviz¢s ￿ WeglmiDSter kaygk ￿ one pupil rai8ed£3.500 for
the Teenag¢ Call￿rT￿sl
(xix) A'Rock & Pop, concert rnised £250 fly the Iris proje¢t.
(xx) Pupil nm stslly on the laundj day for 'Th¢ Marlb￿￿u￿b Differen¢¢' ¢ampaI￿ rnistyj over £7.ocKI for bur8aries at
the College.
(xxi) The Seh(x>l Styff Illstn￿r rnisthl over £5.c￿ for the same by 8ea-kay8king from L￿d,5 End to Bristol and
(xxii) A Housemiytress rni*l ovtt £7.[￿ for The Br•irt Tumour awiry by ￿ll￿lD8 the Lon&)n Marathon.
(xxiij) C3 House raixd £2,(K￿ for the Ca￿ witb a swwner cbarity d4y.
(xxiv) A member of the ColleBe secuTity te¥m w15 Pprt of a group who rni9ed over £IO.((Q for IAmbourn Rj'ding for the
Disobled by abseilu4 off SPirllwkeTTow￿ ID PortsM￿￿L
Futtdrnisitig in •d of the College is thrO￿h the M8rlboro4h Colle8e Foundation (the Fouthion) ¢1￿1ty ￿ typically
the Colle¥e docs not do any fundraising in its ownrighi. Both thecollegeattd theFoundation arc rew*red with thrFuttthai8in8
Regulator and adhcre tt>th¢ FUndraI￿g C(xi¢ of PTrctice. In the cumt aod prior year. the charities did not work with any third
panies in deliveritiB its fiuM1rri5ing. No compknints aiM)ut fi￿d￿lSing were received in the year.
The pupil led clwilies comtillttee at MCM WL4 able to £IO.IKM) dwin8 202W23 ¢lwTr¥h a wid¢ range of projects and
activities und¢th over the course of the year. This ittcluded drith afyl bake Sai￿, fru8al lunches, beach and r(Yad cle4n.up
a 'camping on cardboard, night to emphasi5e with the homeles4 a thriftljumble sale, hostin8 afternoon visits to USE MCM
facilities, and a vay 5UCC¢85fv1 Outr¢ath auction at the Friends of MCM Gaia Ball, as part of the College's 10 Anniversary
Celebratio1￿ The PTDcced8 contn1￿1cd tow8rdry.'
caused by floodin&
a local I￿ll18tiV¢ run by K¢¢hard to ptovid¢ ¢SS¢Dtial s¢lf-care packs to the homeless conllnunity.
the Rotary Chil¢thYn's ojphanage io supporf the leaching TnateTia15 and education￿ visit for the child
the student mittisty ￿tIVitieS attd sut6isteo¢e costs at St ChriSt￿S ChuTch in Johor Bahru.
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MARLBOROUGB COLLEGE
COUNCIL'S REpoRf {eonthiued)
The College
The College'smi&8ion is to deliverth¢b¢Ji ind¢pUKk￿¢1￿ed￿Cat1OllaI, fi￿1 iwthng thc4tion ID theUK and tobe rf£o8llised
for this globally. The Marlborough we envisage will be a lrndiD8. outtvard looking ajyl Inch￿1ve school whue children with
A pioneering academic strategy to bwld ￿ the College's CLmtinuing acad¢mi¢ su¢£w of the p&$¢ four y¢grs. 21Y23
eeution of the College's EK)Id aDd susthillknje Caw Devekyment P￿ n￿ludIti8 consezvation of the
Complete the refithisbment of the Seiav BuddiDA with Plwe 2 for completion in Dexember 2023;
Contin￿tion of th¢ Colleg¢'s b(Mrding house thishment pro8ramme' and
Increasing a(Lessibility via the ambitious new bursttry futidrnisin8 The MgrIborough Diff¢r¢n¢e. whi¢h was
launched in April 2023. Th¢ Cauyign is aimiDg to raise £75m in order to reach I￿ free place8 in the College. The
Campaign h&y star¢ed positively with £27m rai8ed to datr &)d 44 pupd8 on tAwie8
MCM
MCM welGomcd iL¥ new M&4ter in Augus¢ 2023 and will coniinue its missioD to be the best indepethi ¢fr￿Ucatio081 day
nd Ex)ardin8 Khool in Malayibia. ID thL Dcar &nd medium t¢rni. the m&Én f¢xus will b¢ on developing the ¢an]pus for growth. It
will Commence with the preparalion of a cwnpus ttMstLY plan to FKovide a cohueni blu¢print for the expansion of its buitdiogs
d facilities lo support a fibll school of i J(M) pupiLs.
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COULYCIL'S REPORT (eonthi¥¢d)
STRUCTiJRE GOVERNANCEAND MANAGEMENT
Statuo andAdmlHlstralfion
Th¢ Coll¢ge is aa Educational Charity (no. 309486) Ancorymted by Roy41 ChtheT. [ts CQ&81ituiion 18 contsineAI in Its Charter
and Bye-laws.
The T￿￿te¢S of the College CorLSti￿tcs the Couttea. The C(Ath¢il tn¢mbery k¢y 0]￿ th*)rs are yet out pages 2 to 4.
The Governing Body
The Col]oge's ¢l¢¢¢ed m¢mbe15 of Council are aFwinted at the Annu￿ General Mccting of the c(XU￿11 on the rccornrn￿d8l1o￿
of the Nomitiations Committee. Membets of Council are aN¥)nited fLr th￿C ye4T5 8Dd eligi￿le for re-ap￿1ntinCDt but do
not nOM￿MY s¢rv¢ fow mrK¢ than six years ID tothj.
The ChaÈrnwi is exempt from the alw and is witued for thyee yearn Af￿ the initial tsrni th¢ ChJirni•n 15 ¢ligibl¢ for
appointmeni for a further tcrni of thre¢ yem.
Reerultmen4 Induetlon *ttd Tr•lthg of Mernbm of Coumell
The NomiDati0Th8 Committe¢. in Tnaking T¢wmm¢ndations for the appoiDtmeDt of new tt)embers of Councxl, h&8 particular
regard to tbe persott￿ competrnce, ¢xP¢ri¢n￿ 4￿1&1151 skills of poteoiiAI candidates. In filliD8 vacancies oll the CounciL
¢otisid¢rntion is 8ive41 to the skills required to eompl¢mrnt th08¢ of ￿ls￿n8 membeTr.
New m¢mb¢rs of Council are inducitd inio the wth88 of the College and ig a comprehe￿1Ve progran￿¢ of inthjction
d ongoing training. This includes a day ai the College, the ￿ of which is to m¢e¢ the Masl¢r and m¢mbers of Rtaff. The
visil 3190 I￿ludeS a tOUT of the Collego and the OPFoJtimiiy to Jne£t some of the pupils. New membuB of Council Teceive
pack of docum¢nts and I￿orMatIOn. i￿luding the AGBIS GuIdeli￿S for Gov*¥JYXS.
Member8 of Council rrceive 0￿￿nISed traiDing b[￿r￿&S from professional bodi¢s wben •ppropri8t¢, 08 w¢ll 08 iuvithtioll8 to
OTg#Jthatlon
The Charter B￿LawS require that the righ￿ powtt& thtics and ve8tsa in the Coun¢il are to be U¢￿1$¢d by the
Council M¢mbers on its behalf. AccordxnBIy* the Council power to decide mattcTS of Co]k8C Frf)Iicy 8nd to rnake m4jor
deci$ion% affwting th¢ affai￿ of the ColleBe. It 18 $F￿￿KallY r¢quyNI to drtrr￿ th¢ MilioD f¢¢s to tsk¢ r¢5ponsib?lity
for the Coll¢g¢'s ¥s¢ts.
To enable matters to be ¢thL8idered in dctail prior to methings of the full CTrJncil. • Finance Committee, 8 Nomitiation
Comrnitte4 8 Buiidin8s CoUll￿ttee, aD Acadcmic Committee, a Dev¢]opment Committ& a Healtb & well￿￿￿ Committtt
and an Investtnent Cotnmittee havc Eccn e5tablishcd and thry¢¥h rn¢et •¢ le4* thre¢ lime8 a year. A Remunerakn'on Committee
has also been establlshed. which llsU￿ty meets once a year.
Implemcnl4tion of the CouD¢iI's decisions is the rt5p)n&bthty of the Mast¢T.
Mindful of tbe Clwrity GOvernth￿ C(Mk, the College ¢￿]1]￿UeS to review its processes and procethm ￿ ettsure the best
P085ible governanc& Followin8 an i￿]11￿ rcview of governance Ja5t year there bave beeD various new initiatives and this will
be devel(yed further iti the fuwre.
Key Man4em¢ut P¢nouel
The key n￿n88CmCnt pcNJnnel are ¢0Tr5ithred to be the C(wncll, the Master, the Managen￿l Team attd the Bursari81 Team
from the College ali>n8 with thc International Cowi¢il membu& the Masty and theBursar ftojn Marlbomugh College Malaysia
(MCM).
Council mernbers give of their till￿ freely and no Cour￿11 membcr rcccivd rcmullcration in the year. Dctails of Cou￿1]
members, expenscs and re]ated pfjty traTLSac￿ are dixloseA iti note 4 athl note 22 re5￿CtiVelY to thc accounts.
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L4RLBOROUGH COLLEGE
coir￿Cli,S REPORf (eoDtIDlled)
average earnings to reflect a cost of living adjustille￿. In view of the naDJre of tbe charity, the Council bendll￿ against
pay levels in otI￿r comparable etssure the College reti￿1￿8 s￿lI1¥C to the brothr issues of pay
and employment conditions elsewhe
RelAted EDtitieJ
Detsi18 of connxted djarities and thidiary Comp￿ are disclosed in Notes 7 and 21 of the fllwicial statements.
Svb8ldiary Companl
Marlboro•gh College Overtta8 ljmlted
MorlboTough College overs￿ Limited is a suPAidiary of Marlbor(AW Colleg¢ and is currently dixinant It one
subgidiary. M Eall Sdn BW a company reBistrred in MalAysiL M (wAte8 Marfl>)mugh College Malaysia
(MCM). a Khcxil based in the Iskandaryegion of Malaysi
MAriborough College IDtent*doDII Llmlted
Marlborough College Internatiot￿l Limited is a su￿￿1•ry of Marlborwh Colle8e and is do￿￿¢.
M•rlborow8h Colleze EDterprlMs illl￿ted
Marlborough College Enterprise5 Limited (MCEL) wovides a vebicle for the College'i n(¥K41ucati(ul trading and
Thc Cotnpany makes o gift aid +knw¢ioti ¢f its profi¢$ to th¢ College uthler deed of ¢oVe￿l In 2023. the d0t￿lon
was £214.641 (2022.. £225920).
Conneeted Cbxrltlol
Tht MArlborou¥h Colle¥e FouDdAtlon
The objects. of the Marlborough College Foundrfion (Ihe Foundwffi.? {r¢8iSt¢red Edu￿til￿1 Charity No:
1061798). set out in a Trust dced dateA 4 Junc 1956. Marlbor￿gh Colle8¢ c￿trOl the FOund&tiO￿ and
its ac¢ounts are thertf(rt not Cothwlid&trd the 8w accounts of the Colle8e.
The maiti objectiv&q of the Foundation ore ￿ provide Ion8.terni ￿p￿)rt to the Colle8e by accumulating on
endowmeDt fund for bursaries and to act as Custodi￿ for money raised to assist with individual capital Projects and
annual bursary award5. The Foundation does not fundraise diredly a5 thi5 is undertaken by th¢ Colleg¢'s
DeY¢lopm¢nt departsnenL
The M*rlbyrl#R Club
Founded 1884, The MarIl￿ri￿n Club represents the intCTEsts of its M¢mb¢rs with fllrt1￿ det&il8 out iti the
Club's Constitution aDd Rulc5. Clubs Mcmbery fft Old Madburiw ex-pupils of the Colle8e who paid a life
subscripuon to the Club. The Colle8e does ts)i the Club, aThl its xcounts are therefore ￿n5011d8te￿ into
the sroup accounts of the Coll¢K¢.
The M*rlburlall Club Ch*rlt*ble Fund
The objects of the MArlburian Club Cbarit8ble Futhl fMCCP') (reBis￿red as a Cbarity No.. 1063749), aTe set wt ID
the 1997 revision to the Constitiition of the Tn￿1 approved by th¢ Charity Commission. Marlborough College th
nol control MCCF. and its rKcounts are th¢rekn ￿t iDto the gr￿p accounts of the Colle8C.
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCIL'S REPORT (eonthiued)
Object$
The objects for which th¢ College shall ¢ODiinue to be incor￿￿ are to provide eth￿ti(￿ for students in th¢ Uni*d KmEdom
or eLsewheTC, ifTespEcuve of fa￿ that develops of mitKL Rndividual spiriti￿lIty ba￿1 on an wthrstanding of
An81ican traching and rcspcct for othu faiths. and an akwreciation of the of 8¢rvi¢e to th¢ Community. The Council
members ensure that tbc clwTitabl¢ purpc4e of the thliege is Ca￿lea oui for the ￿bliC benefit by making education available to
students who are sufficiently tslented and. where possl>le. irrespective of fittancial circum￿.
In pursuin8 the8e objcctive4 Coll¢g¢ Shall I￿¢ rewd ￿la1. reiiws ts4ucational cnviTonmcnt pert2ininB from
time to time.
Almi and Objeetlv
It Is the primAry aim of the Colleges to be the fir%t ¢knirx of pareots and children wbo sed( an excellent mod¢rn edu¢ati¢)
boarding or day* in a c¢>•Jucatiottal ¢nvir(xun¢ni bwcd on breadth in curTicuhun, sound discipline, Indepertdej￿ of mind, first
class facilitie8 al￿ servlce to th¢ ComT￿ty.
To supEth thi8 aim the Colleges seok to..
8u$tain and devekp on academi¢ cwri¢ulwn that ¢hallenge5 pupils;
sustain, dcvelo thd promote the uniqu¢ value of a ¢(￿CatiOnal full Trthrding experKntt'
promote wellbeiD8 and ¢xtend cfrcurricular cyportiinity:
promo¢¢ a sa]s¢ of belon¥in8 to a kgacy for life;
to enable the CoUe8es' pupils lo gain a4kni&8ioft ￿ the btm univerniti¢S and ¢oum that they can: ond
foster an appreciation of a serLY of Stewar￿ for the Colleg¢s' cmnpuy
Strnte8kJ to *ehkve the YMr'i Objeetlves
The Colle8es' 8trAteKies for4¢hi¢vin8 their obje¢tiVe8 dwiDg tho year arn OWIDB and brO￿Y iti litie with the prior year to:
devel(Ip all pupiL4 ambiiioo . with the Mwlknywgh MxtsJs¢t mlkd out in the College to develop learnin8
and study skills-
CQniitiue io review the acadcmic curriculum to ensure tt 1$ ix)th broad and ¢hallenging'
continu¢ to b¢n¢hmark theiracademic pcrfOrnw￿ iti extcrnai pthlic cxaminatsoDs and thr¢Agb the utreof i*ndent
value-added ¢rit¢ri* (¥lthough this is oot pothle to the same exlcnt for MCM)"
encouragc the students, Spiri￿al and moral 8rOW￿ their culbJral awgreness 4nd physical development and Hs well 45
enyuring iheir wellb¢ing by womotin8 participation in a wide range of aciivities and thr￿sh the curriculurn.
¢(mlinue lo improve thecolleges, facilmesand towiea the fftisiori¢) envircrfunentthrough capital projectsto improve
and enhance the t￿hing. ¢Ollcurricular and Pas￿ra1 f*iliti¢S thrOU%￿out the Colleg
contmie to itoprove the sustsinobility of the Colleges. ￿tateS thtough an Ongoing PTogramme of capital investment,
particularly at the College whete the campxjs is much older with a number of list￿4 buildings:
continu¢ to explore and deyelop parnerships WTth maintsined schoo15 and ￿demIeS as well as with the local
commwiity- this is reauy only possible and relevant foT the College at PE5ent' and
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
COUNCIL'S REpoirr (conthiued)
FINANCIAL REVIEWAND RESUL]S FOR THE YEAR
The rcsults for the year ¢Dd¢d 31 AUg￿t 2023 those of ih)th MAT1kn￿ College and Marlixyoush College Malaysia
(MCM) for the a¢ademAc year 2022123.
CoLso]idat¢d net fee income iticrtssed to £53.9 thill1￿ up frcdD £49.7 million. The iwrease W8B due to a combioation of
factors:.
Att infiationary fee lticre￿. and
$tati¢ pupil numbeTS ai th¢ College from a billinB PU4)¢fft. but a &wficant iDcrrJfi¢ in sHwiI Dumbtn at MCM
followiD8 thre¢ y¢m of decreasin8 to the l￿de* clowres. espcciaily with Singapore.
This Incr￿8¢ was in addi11￿ incre88e iti lJJrs•ry and 8cbolarsh4) fithditig at the College ofnM)re thatt £600.IA)O with the
emphasi8 on providAo8 moTr ￿l￿1]Ity to the College
There w¢r¢ also positive movthnents on nel (before itiv¢s¢meDt kmeg) as a re￿11 of Ihe following fact(rs:.
8ubsthntial don*iow kntallin8 £15.3 million reoiyed durin8 the ye4r by the College. Jargely iowards butsw 4w4rd8
including £10 million Teceived from Colle8e's share of prc¢eryb Telaling to th¢ sale of the Trcvalga estate plus ther¢
was £3.7 million Teceived from th¢ Mar11￿ College towards the on80in8 Science & Ityhovatioll
proj¢¢L
iticreased profitability for the eA)Mll￿ activitia at th¢ College 4 full year's rewnption of a number of events
And incTea8ed facilities hiTe followin8 the patithmi¢ reytrifflioDg'
both UDrealised itivtsthient josxs and exchaDge rai¢ loss¢s were con8iderabty lower than the prior ye4r. Primorily the
to the fluc¢uatiolls and uncenainty in the world￿de Dwkets: £2.3 miuioo lo £686,000 and £876.IK)O down to
£323,fy)O respectively.
However, the c0n801ida￿4 fee Incon￿ is Still Mi relativety bRck to prtrpandemic l¢v¢ls thie to the significant decrease i
pupil numkn It MCM Hs a dittci resuh of the pandemic and th¢ long l&slin¥ travel restrictiolls in pla￿. Pupil number8
decreased from 953 in 2018119 to 717 in 21f22, atsl iticreas￿ ￿ 7fA) for 22Q3 with almost 830 pupils sthniti8 the new 23124
academic year 8t￿ fu¢ure proj￿￿0￿8 show MCM iKiD8 ai c4)xity (1250) by 2033. Thert w¢re akn a (xxwk of onevoff
favourable a¢¢ountinB adjusthienL8 in ¢he prior ye8r.-
the reYer5al of the £2.7 million impairnieni loL that hwj been ftcogniwl in MCM'$ 2019r20 accounts folbwing the
onget of the pandemic. as th¢ T¢wv¢rable value of the assets #re now deemd th be higbtr than the cwin8 amoun4
the recognition of a defenrd tsx gs8¢t of £2.13 million whi¢b bas been triggered by the foffw¢thl¢ fubjre profits that
wdl be available to be set agai￿ unused tsx losyes aDd deductsThle Icmw)rBry differences.
MCM has this ye4rmet the requirementio sthrt Paying (notiODa] jurisdictson) tsx with * Charge of o]most £1 million ktng paid
during the year.
There was also increased exF￿diturt for Ix)th Coli¢8u hi8h l¢Y¢ls of wst iDnlltiOll 80d a catch up on maintellance
expenditUTC following COVID at the UK ￿￿pUS.
A totsl of £9.9 million was committed to wjitsl expenditure duriDg th¢ y¢ar, £9.4 million of which took pla¢e in the UK. This
more than the budgeteAI £9.6 million total across both catDpuses to the ttecd to catth on the last of the projects i
by the pandemic induced delays.
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COUNCIL'S REPORT (continued)
INvFsT￿NT POLICY AND PERFORMANCE
The College's investsnents are by Rathboncs ]nve5tmeni Managemeni The investment managers have discretio
. the matugement of the portfolio. The itivestrnent w)Iicy i8 totsl r¢tslln xcountiDg, with the overall objective to iDcrea6e the
fuad8 value in line with fee infl￿70￿ w)d wovide up to CPl+34% draw down in of iwsari#.
gains (realised and U￿realiSed) in 2020121. HO￿ver, the investhients have sitte been irnr￿d by the ongoing war in Ukraine,
the cowuential'cost of living CTiSiS' With spirnllillg mfiation and Awly coJKen4 and, &$ a resuli did wtmeei the benchTnark
in the ye4r ending 31 August 2023. Th¢ coo]posite ben¢lMnark was a positive 7.PA total rettun {net of fees} wI￿ed5 the Co]le8e
Fund w*s 4 rAisitiv¢ 2.211A total returTL As a result there have beett itivesthicnt losses of £0.68 million (2022.. lo%ses of £2.3
Million), which irnpathd the Group's ovmll surplus durllJ8 the year.
RESERVES POLICY
At 31 Au8YSt 2023, th¢ Group h¢ld increased total fimds of £118.3 millioo {2022: £105.9 million). Of the toial fillth, £21.4
million12022.. £11.9 million) r¢l4Kd to Tfystri¢ted and endowed funds and the pur￿ of these fijnds is exploined in llotes l?
and 18 10 the a¢¢ounts. COU￿11 impl¢m¢nts totsl return accounting forthe en&)wed fimds. vAuch permi18 more of the en&)wed
funds to be granted if reqtsir&l and this ¥doption is shown in TnoT¢ dethil in note IS. The winciples of the policy wert also
applied to all of the itives￿ College Fund. whith lotsi1￿ £12.7 million at y¢8T
The Group also I￿]d8 de8i8natrdfimds of £1.37 million(2022.. £1.48 tnillioD), which wereorigmlly set up to allocatsdonatio
of a general purp08e towards desi8naied pu￿0$¢$ Is #pprovtjj by C￿jU¢ll. The of e￿h fund is de￿rib￿ ill note 16. In
addition io thi& activities in relation to Malaysia are shown s¢parnt¢ly ￿ a withiD the accounts. Ai 31 August 2023. there
wos a d¢ficit on th¢ge funds of (£2.38 million) (2022: £1.6 million surphts).
The College holds Lujreslricied r¢serves of £94.9 million (2022.. £89.5 million). The vttlue of these reserves 18 rnore thao
¢x¢e¢ded by the value of tangible assels at £121.3 million {2022.. £115.5 millioti). The College's development plan which
¢nvisa8es si8ttifieant further ¢4pit41 ¢xp¢nditure, ig almost back OD track followiD8 the finattciai impact of the pandemic. As
have MCM'S curnt develwxneni plan& whose £613.(K*) of Tes¢rveg ore all (2022: £3.0 million).
TtrLe malla¥emeni of fundin8 and workitig ¢apithl is mowtored by ¢be Colk8es' Financ¢ Cornmilt¢es on a regular basis and a
Th¢ Councils are satisfied that the ColleBes bave suITicicnt workiD8 capital. although the impaclB of the pandcrnic rcAdt¢d
iti the cou￿liS reviewing the long terni plans f(t workitig capital to rThwrc therc will bc sufficient fvTKis should thcy I
required in the futyre for unforeseen siwaiioos such &8 the teceni pandthiic. Thi4 pjlicy is mODitorcd by the colle8￿, Finance
Committe¢S #nd r¢view¢d at kajt tennly.
The Council considers that the going cthjcern basis remains aPPTOFffiate for the preparation of the College's accounts. MCM'$
Council have Teviewed the school's 01)rting aTxI financial ptY5ition and following a restnKth to their Im'tial L£a￿ Term with
the Les80rs consider that the goin8 conccrn b&8i5 remains 8PPrq￿te.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The major risks ￿ wbieh the Colkg¢s aff exposed as identified by the Councils, have been reviewed and Sys￿mS have bet
established to mits￿le those risks. This is an ¢)n.going proce55 and the Councils teview and update the Tiskrnanagemenlproce55
at least annually.
The priDcipal Tisks and uncerth￿ti&l identifieAI by the Colle8e8 i￿l￿d¢ th¢ followiD8:.
the financial social itnpacts of a (global) pandemic;
affoTdability of fees by parents acm&s the independent s¢hwl sethw.
future demand for independent education and Pffiicularjy boording thKation:
future governments change the law to remove (charitable) tsx breaks (in the UK)"
failure to 5afe8uaTd the wellbeiD8 and s¢auity of pupi]s and staff.
thc ability ￿ quickly implement any stral¢gi¢ the o)sts involved in implemeDtslioo particularly the
change is ojtside the Colleg&s' controL such ￿ changes in l¢gi51ation and pension ￿ntrIb￿lon5' pmd
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COUNCIL'S REPORT {eontinued)
one risk specifi¢ to MCM is the Teduction of ex￿n￿le wofe8sionals ill theASEAN region during the p8tthi¢. Thi8
bas led MCM to cas¢ its pupil T￿l¢D￿nt r*t wider to all￿ local pjpils ill a numljer of cAiuntrics who are int¢resttsJ
in a holistic Britisll vjucatio
Although the College is still v¢ry near wacily. the recent patidotii¢ ¢onlinue8 10 impact MCM'S pupil numbers ahhough
foreca8Ls looking positive pupRI numbers on track to SulpL￿ those pre.paDdemic in the nexi iwo years . The Councils
for both Schools continue to carefully monitsy fee IT￿ iti the to e4th1¢ ￿ceSsibl11ty but at the same titne to ¢nsure
thai the bigh¢st 8tandarth are tuitit4ined ID Colle8e8.
In the UK there is an ongoing risk to chkng¢s to indeFendent schools. VAT (and charitsble, in the longtt kn) status. 8moDg8t
other risks. Hence, it i$ important that the College continues ￿ show its committ[￿1 to impTrving w to other schools attd
improving ￿Cessibility to the education provided ai the College. with arnbitio￿ ta￿ets sel to ￿ and achieve incre
bursAry awaTds via the Develwnent offw¢. The CoUe8e is also knknng at contiD8¢Wy p]annin8 sh(ndd t&x cbao8e8 be
The safeguarding of children is on extremety imp)rtsD¢ area for risk Iiiana8cIiient. Chganisations which work with childm hkve
a critieal rol¢ ¢0 p]4y inpnvenlitig. identifyll¥ and reporting Cases of safe8uDrditig rA)nccrn. Both Colleges 74im to mitigate these
risks by paying particulaT attrntion ￿ the training of stsff and othu I￿lIVIdUaLl as5fKi8tcd with th¢ org4ni8ation about how to
identify si8tt$ of saf¢8uardios concern. educ￿￿ng th¢ Fwjils appropmtely, implemenlin8 rOb￿¥t ￿fer reffliitment policies.
Bdopting Clear procethwes for reportAng and recording Concen￿ impleowiw a $tron8 Cults￿ of pgstora] ¢ar¢ within the
Colleges. Health attd Sofety is a sigDificoni ort* for risk manaBemenL The rlsks range fmm firc and infr&strudure to personal
risk8. The level and breadth of actiyiry at the Colleg¢8 is notsble and the risks asso¢iai¢d with ail activiti￿ arc managed by
thorough plaJJninB and risk 088¢8sm¢nL
¢ontrols to miU8ak gnd rnonilor those risk8 that are a38¢$8¢d 99 hJ8h. The kry contro18 U8eO by the Colle8es to Tisk
policie5 and vettin8 Inch￿Ing Safer Re¢rnitmeni as requiThl by18w foT the protrction of children.
fomiai agendas for th¢ Coutt¢iJ8 ￿1 Committee meetsn88. A￿ding aD annual review of risk mana8emeni,'
dtsiled ternis of r¢f¢ren¢e for a]1 Commitie¢s:
8tnte8ic development Teviewed anDualty by th¢ Cwi¢ils'
cOM￿￿en$1ye bUdg￿Ing and managernent xcoimtiD8'
external auditcffs, review in¢luding ofcontrol& ￿licieS and tffoRdures'
established Iwni$8tiona] sttu¢Nwes and lines of ry(fftin8:
fonnal written poli¢ie$ in¢luding ckar authorisation and apyoval levels.
Safety, and Admisgiows ￿ well as from qua]ified and with dedI￿ted r&8pomibility for
53feguording and p8Moral car¢.
The Councils reKul4rfy review the eff￿lIvenes8 of current plaos and 5tra*gies for n]anaw ail identified nMior risks for both
th¢ College and Ats subsidirn
Through their risk mana8em¢tt¢ the CouDciIs QTe satisfied that th¢ majoT iisks ideatified have been adts4uatety
miti8&*d where nKess8ry.
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
STATEMENT OFTRUSTEFS, RESPONSIBILATILS
The Council i8 responSi￿le for prepwllig the C(Mm¢il's ReNxt the in accordance with applicable law arml Unit)J
Kingdom Accounting Standants Iutiited KitigdomAccowi¢iDg Pradice). The law applicable lo cl)arities in England and Wales
requires the Council ￿ prepare financial stst¢nKDts fOr￿h financial year which giye a tsue and fair view of the sthte of affairs
ofthe College and of the GrcA4) and of th¢ n¢t move4n¢nt in funds. Inch￿IDg the income 8Tr1 expetidituo of the Group and the
seknt suitsble &ttountin8 ￿lICI¢S then appty them coTr5i￿tty'
applicable to chaTitics preparing their xcounts in accor￿ with the Finaticial liep)rtiDg Standard 4ylicabk in the
UK and li¢publi¢ of ￿t1¢no (FRS 102)"
oke judg¢m¢nts and estirnatrs that are reasonable and
$tstewbetherapplicable UnitrdKin8domAeeountitig StstslardAhavebe¢D follort subixtto any rn&terial d¢parth
di8clo8ed and explained tn th* financial statementy and
prepHre the financial stateM￿ts on ROiti8 ¢oJwn t•sis unless it 18 inapprDm lo pre8ume thai the ch￿lty will
continue in operation.
The Council is r¢qw)nsibl¢ keeping prrou xcowÈiillE rfLords. Bthich dixlcrt with reasonable accurncy at any time th¢
f￿￿)¢101 posilion of th¢ Coll¢g¢ and ¢n4bl¢ the Council ￿ ensure thai the ststements comply witb the Charities A¢t
2011. th¢ Charity lknounls and Rem) Regul￿10￿8 2¢)08 and other o￿111¢8bk law& The cou￿¢11 is responsible for
6afe8uardin¥ th¢ 8Wt$ of the GTOUP and the Collegc and bence fcr iakm¥ re￿n8ble sy for the prevention and det¢ction of
fraud and other irr¢8ulariti¢S.
AudltorB
A rNolution to reappoint the auditor8, Haysmxitirytt LIP. will b¢ submi1￿ to the Antllthl Gell¢rai M¢diD8.
M&rlborough College
Wiltshire
SN8 IPA
2 December 2023
By order of the Council

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
INDEPENDENT AitDITORS* REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OFMARLBOROUGH COLLECE
Oplnion
We have audited the fJnanci81 statetnettts of MarIE￿Ough College for the yar 31 August 2023 which Group
Statement of FinancialActivitie& the Balance Sheets, the GTOUP Sthtement of C&th Flows 2nd not¢s to the fimancial statements.
incluthng a SUTllTnary of significant a￿u￿tIng wlicies. The fu￿￿181 rqx>rting fTrmcwork thai has beell applied in their
preparntion 18 wlicable law and Unitrd Kingdom Accounting Standtr4 includtDg Financial Reporting Stsndard 102 The
FinaneMIRepop1MgSMndard apFlwable ￿ Lfje UKap￿RepUblIC ofIreJond (unit￿ Kin8¢knm Ge*rallyAccepted Accounting
Practice).
give a tru¢ and fair view of the stste of the group'5 and of the paT￿t ¢knity'$ aff#irs as * 31 AuBust 2023 and of ¢be
group's net movement in funds for the ye4r then ￿ded.
have betm properly prep￿￿1 in accordance with Unit¢d Kingdffii Generdlty Accemed AccMiDB PTa¢tic¢" and
B*#ts for oplnloD
W¢ h&ve been appointed as audI￿r under se£tion 144 of the Charilieg Aci 2011 report in aeeord4n¢¢ with the Act arAd
r¢l¢vant regulations made or haviDg effect thereurkn. We conducted OUT audii in acconknce with International StaDdards on
Auditing (UK) {ISA8 (UK)) and applicable law. Our reSpon￿￿111t1¢s those standards furtherdescnTrth theAuditor's
responsibilities foT the audit of th¢ financial swtements section of (w rwrt. We are irdependent of the group in a￿OrdanCe
with the ¢thi¢al rcquirements thai art relevant to our audit of the fir￿￿1*1 ststemenls in the UK tncludimg the FRC'S Ethical
St8ndar& we have fulfilled our other ethical reswDsibiliti&% in ace4)rdar*¢ with these requiretllents. We believe that the
audit eviden¢¢ we have obtsined is suffi¢i¢th and to * b&8is for our opinio
Coll¢lu￿on￿ relatlng to golng eoM¢ern
In audiiing ihc financial ststem¢nts. we have ¢oncluthd th¢ ffiis*¢s' uge of the goin8 coJK¢rn basil of wjunting in the
preparntioti of the financial sthtem¢nts 1$ apprcyriat
Based on the WOTk we have perfonJ)ed. we have noi identifxd any material UDcenaiDties relatiti8 10 cvents or conditions thaL
individually or collectively. may east significant doubl oll the Br￿￿'s ability to W￿illUe as 8 80itig a)ncan for a period of at
least twelve rnODth8 from when the finatt¢ia] sthtements are authoriscd for issue.
respoDsiThilities ond the res￿￿11]t1¢S of the with T¢YPXt Io 8OiDg CO￿trn we de￿1￿ in the r¢kvant 8ectAor
of this report.
Other IDform*tlon
The trustees are reby)n￿lbIe fortheotherinforniation. The othtt inf(m4tion comwise5tht inforn1￿10n Includ￿ in the Council's
Report. Our OPiDion on the financial statements does llot coveT the other inf0m￿tion ￿ exw ¢0 th¢ CA¢￿1 otherwi8e
explicitly ststed in our rqx)rL we do TK)t expr￿ any form ofasrne conclusion thero)n.
In ¢onneclion with our audit of th¢ fll)ancial 5tstett￿ts, our resyonsibility is to read the 01￿ itif¢)nnation and, in doing so,
eort8ider wbethtt the otheT infonnation is mawially inco￿l51t￿l with the financ￿1 ststernents orollrknowl¢dg¢ ob¢ain¢d in the
audit or oth¢nvis¢ appears to be Materi￿lY misststed. If we Id￿tify such rnaterial inconsislencies or appartht material
misstatemettts, w¢ #re required io deterniiDe whether there is a matttial ￿￿￿51aleM£nt in th¢ financial ststements or a material
misstatement of the other Inforn)a¢io￿ If. on the we have perfornie4 we conclude th81 then is a material
mi5Stalement of thig other informatioo we are requirgd ty rep)rt facL W¢ to in this reBard.
MAtter8 OD wblcb we requlred to rtport by ¢xcepdon
We have nothing to report ill respect of the following nmtters in relation ty wbicb the Charitieg (Accounts and Reports)
ReguLaiion8 2CQ8 TtqUiT¢ US to report kn you AC itt our opinio
adequal¢ ￿countIng Tvcoffds have not been kwt by the prnt chority. or
sufficient accouniing records have not be¢n k¢Ft. or
the ptrent charity fmancial sw¢ments 4rt not in agreement with the a¢¢ounting rec(xYls and returns. or
we hav¢ received all the Inforni￿Ott a￿1 ¢xplanaiicw we requi￿ f￿ ouraudit.
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT TO THE TRUSTELS OF MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
RespoD8ibiiilie8 of trwtees for the flnanetsl st*temeDts
As explain¢d rnore fully in the tnjstees. restM)nsibilities ststrmen¢ s¢t (Mn on poge 20. the trustees are responsil)l¢ for the
preparation of th¢ fmBncial ststernents and for being satisfied they give a tn￿ and fair view, and for such in*rnal control
Jn PTeparing the finartcial statements, the truste¢s are respon￿1•1¢ for th¢ w>up's and the parerti ¢harAty'$ abitity
continue a5 a going collcem. di8closin8. as appliuble. Inattus rela￿1 to going c£ryern and using th¢ going ¢on¢ern b￿15 of
accounting unles8 the tr￿￿ttS either itttendto liquidate the gr(Mw orth¢ parentclwity ry to ce45eoperatioTh% orhaveno r¢alisti¢
alternative but to do so.
Auditor's re5ponslbllltles for the aDdlt ofthe stsiements
Our objtttive8 to obtain reasonable thx]t whether the 5th*ments as a wbole are fre¢ fron) tnatetial
mi68tstemenL whether due to fraud or err(Y. and w issue an auditor's rewrt in¢ludes our opinion. Reagonable assurance is
high level of B8sur￿. but is not a 8uarattte¢ that att audit cOnd￿t￿j in aKordance with ISA5 (UK) will always d¢te¢t a
mawi&l Mi￿tateMent when it exists. Misststem￿ ean oris¢ from fr8ud orerror gnd are considered mat¢rial 1£ indivi(lu4lly
in the aggregale. they could reasonably be to intluentt th¢ theisxon8 of TWS tyken on the basis of the8e
ruwi¢ial statem¢Dts.
our respotL$l￿111t1e6. outlined alx)ve. ts) dei#1 tt)at¢riai mi$8tstem¢nts in rw Of I￿¢¥u1a[itiV5. iD¢lwdm8 fraud. The ext¢nt ¢0
which our procedures. are capable of de*eting irregul￿￿￿e6, iti¢luding frnud is d¢tsil¢d below..
B&sed on ourunder￿dlng of the group and the ¢nvirotim¢th iti whith li opu•tes, we identified thai the pincipal risks of non.
compliance with lawy and regulaiion8 related to th¢ Fkntion I[ttde￿dtn¢ S¢hty)I StandaTds) R¢gul#tions 2014. safeguarding
regulations, health and safery requiremenffj GDPIL employmettt law and ¢hority law and we ¢onsidered the extent to whi¢h
non-compliance might have a matrrid effect on the financial Ststeme￿. We 4180 ¢onsidered those laws and regulations that
have a ditect impact on the prtparntion of the financial 8tstrments #A the Clwities Aet 2011 and con6ider other factors
such as payToII tax.
Wt evaluated mana8ernent's incentives and oppojkniiies for fraudulthtmtinipulation of the statements (ineluding the
risk of override of controls). and de￿￿1fted thai the pruicipal ri5k5 were rel&*d to the impropEr reco8nitiOrt of revenue and
management bi45 ill accountiD8 esiimaks. Audit PrnCth￿Fcrf0rnICdbY the ¢xwemtht t¢om iticluded:
Inspecting c(ffr¢sponden¢¢ with r¢gUI￿￿$ Ind tax authoTitieJ:
and regulation and fraud.
Evalu￿An8 m8rtagement'$ ¢ontrol$ designed ￿ w¢veni detect irr¢guiarilie5'
Identifying and testing journal4 in particular j(rtrnal tntries p￿d at the year end.
Challen8iti8 aS8utyioDs and judgemeDl3 mad¢ by DwagaDent in their uitical acC￿￿tIng ¢slimale5.
Because of the ijtherent limitatioDg of an aL¥IiL there ig a risk that we will ￿)tdetecla1j irre8ularitie4 includin8 those leodin8 to
a material mi&statern¢nt in the fina￿la1 slatements or Drn.compliance with regtslatioll. This risk iocreases the mOTe that
compliAnce with a law or r¢gv]atioD is remov￿ from the ¢v¢ots and transa¢tiOllS refl￿ted in the fmancial statements. as we
will be I￿ ljkely to become aware of iD5tances of WWlXDP]1an￿. The risk is also grenter regarding irTegulaTitie5 orxurrin8
due to fraud Tather than error. &8 fraud involves intetEtioDal concea]menL fo￿￿. omission or misrepre3entation.
A ￿rther desoriptioti of our tesFK)n5Lbilitie& for the audit of the fllwKial statemenls is kKated OD the Financial ReMing
Council's website at: w¢rn.frc.or
.uklau(Jitor￿s
nsibilities. This des¢riMion forni$ part of ow auditor's rewt.
U8e of our report
Thi¥ Teport is made Solely th the clwity's triMee4 as a W. tn accordanee with section 144 of the Chariiies Act 20118nd
regulations made under 8ection 154 of that ACL audAI WO￿ h&$ beett utsjertaken so that we might thte ￿ the charity8
t￿￿tee5 those matters wc are requirgl to them in an Auditorfs re￿rt and for no other purrx)se. To the flllle￿ extent
perniitted by law. we do not alxept or assume reSpKMsi￿Ill[Y to anyone other thon the chwity's tsustees as a Ixydy for our audit
worK for thi$ r¢port or for tbe opini¢)ns we have fonne
H8ysm*clntyre Lt
Stsbjtory Auditors
10 Queen Stre& Place
EC4R IAG
15 March 2024
Haysn￿llltyr¢ LLP is eligi￿1¢ to xl as an auditty in t¢Tm5 of ￿lon 1212 of the comp￿lesA¢l 2(th5

L4RLBOROUGH COLLEGE
STATEMENT OFFINANCIALACTivmLs (Group)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
Restricted &
End0v￿a
Funds
Unre4trieted
Funds
Deslp•trd F￿d$
Malay•la
College
Total
2023
Total
2022
£'o
Notes
llltome and endowmellts from:
Choritable acti￿ti&
School fees
Summer School
40250
1,473
152
(543)
1995)
53.912
lJ72
49,755
1.470
Othertradin 7 activi
Trading Income
Other
1.170
165
1.335
989
1.285
885
tsgndle
14,829
462
15J29
1.191
Investments
478
302
72
1,314
879
Tot•1 kn¢ome
43,915
129
14296
74.451
55,465
Expendltllrè •Tr:
Trnd1￿8 Costs
Fin8nciti8 Costs
820
910
3.230
1.326
61
963
3.737
1.028
70
2.361
200
1.126
Investownt mana8em¢nt
55
2,808
2.651
13
55
5.527
5.798
charl￿ble ￿tiViti
Collegc operating costs..
Teacbin8
Summ¢r School ￿penSeS
Welf￿¢ ¢osts
Premises costs
Support costs
Granty awards and pyzes
DepT￿latIOn
R¢ver¥ai of impairment
Tax ¢b*Bel(￿di¢) for the year
14.560
1.473
6.672
9,998
3508
(18)
3,758
6350
19
20.929
,473
8.057
12.642
6.097
261
21252
1.311
6,793
11.191
5.366
76
5.359
(2,703)
(2,103)
1,348
2.532
2.589
37
278
1.882
924
924
39.951
15.625
57
390
56.023
46,542
Total expendlthr¢
42.759
18276
70
445
61.550
52.340
Net Incomellexpendltllre) befo
Inv￿tMent g•lni
Net1088¢8 oll investoMts
1.156
(2.165)
59
13.851
12.901
3,125
{2,302>
(120)
(566)
(686)
Net in¢omel{expenditsre)
1,156
3.912
72
1106)
369
(2.165)
(61)
150)
13285
(3.862)
12.215
823
14
Revalualion ofother investment &wty
Exchang¢1055es
Re-measur¢m¢nt olPellsion Deficit
72
(323)
369
(9)
(876)
147
(217)
ET MOVKMENT IN FUNDS
Fund balances at 31 August 2022
5,403
89,527
(2.382)
2,995
9,423
11.946
12.333
105.946
85
105,861
1.478
FllDd b•laneeJ at 31 Augu8t 2D23
£94.930
£613
£lJ67
£21a69
£11{279 £105946
Full compaNives fwtht Ststement of FinaDcial Acdvities are shown ID Note 24 on page 50.
23

MARLBOROUGll COLLEGE
BALAL¥4CE SHEKT
AS AT 31 AUGUST 2023
Group
College
2023
2022
2023
2022
N•
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible
147.046
25.869
146244
16.408
121.185
25,993
115.546
16.532
172.915
DEBTORS DUE IN MORE THAN
ONE YKAR
162.652
147,178
132,078
Deferred Thx As8¢t
924
2.130
CURRENT ASSETS
Listed inve8tmeDts
Stock
Debiors
Cash ut bank and in h4Dd
2,118
553
5,016
21.401
2.094
2.118
93
3,077
10,408
574
5504
23,766
3,158
11.099
31.938
29,088
Le5s'. CT¢ditors- Amounts
falling due within otte year
16.430
13,696
10
(24.861)
(23,797)
(14,7￿)
(13,649)
Net current
7.077
5.291
.730
2,047
180916
170.073
Credtiors. Amounts fallth8
due after one year
148,W8
134,125
(62.637)
{64.12D
(31.328}
(31,304)
NET ASSETS
£118279
£105946
£117.580
£102.821
REPRESENTED BY:
Unre8tri¢ted Funds
Rc5trict¢d Funds
Endowed FuDds
13
96,910
10,079
11290
96211
10.079
11290
90,875
43
11.903
43
11.903
18
12
£118279
£105946
£117.580
£102.821
These fMJan¢ial slat¢ments w¢ff aEproved by th¢ CLNJncil on 2 Dec¢mber 2023
ofFinanez Cottunitte£
Th¢ accoD)paDyitig notes art an integTrl part of finarKial thtements.
24

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
CASH Fl￿w STATEMENT (Grvup)
20
21J22
£)IN)o
Reconclllatlon of net kneome to tset t￿￿ floiv operati
*¢tlvltles
Net in¢ome per Staiement of Fillanci￿ Adiviti¢8
D¢pre¢iarion chaTges & In)pairment
knortisation ¢ost for refundable dwi
Gain on sale of tangible fLxed a￿ts
BaDk interest and investh)enl income
Ne¢ gain on investDwils
Intercst payable
(jttcrc￿YDeCrc¥fje stock
(IDcrc&seyDecrease in debto
1ncrease1lDecre￿) in crgjitors
cre&*cl{Decre&se) in lease CTeditor8
Reversal of iTnpaimKnt
Operatiti8 lease payinent
Tax charge for tke ye4r (M F&ryt)
Tax paid in the ye•r IM E￿)
12.215
823
5.359
(108)
(41)
(879)
2.303
1,639
13)
1,374
3,483
1,345
(2,703)
(538)
(29)
(1,314)
1.472
143)
(778)
2223
2,124
{765)
1,096
(80>
(1940)
(54)
Net e*ib provlded by opeT•thi8 a¢llvllS
21,909
IOA98
C*ih flowi from IDveJtlng a¢dvllle•
B4nk interest and inve5tmeni itt¢oD
Pu￿h￿Se of tsngible fLxed assets
Proceed8 from ￿le of tangible fixul 0$8¢
PurchBhe of investments
Proceeds from ￿1¢ of inveytments
Purchas¢ of gov¢nlln¢nt 8eauities and corpxatr bonds
Proce&ts from s￿¢ of governm¢m secwities and corp)ra* bonds
1.314
{9SC4)
29
(7,786)
4,566
(30)
879
(12.2661
43
(52021
5,798
(9691
1,848
Net ¢uh used ID Inveth8 •¢lfvld
(AlJ12)
(9l69)
C*sb from Ilnanclng *etlvlde•
IDterLsl pay4ble
N¢w cntrallce depxjsits received
N¢w fecs in 4dv4ncK Txeived
ReltAX of fc¢s in advwKe
Entrance dw$its ryid
Capitsl repaymenis on lea8¢ credikns
(1.472)
3.017
501
(361)
(1.134)
1103)
(1,639)
.627
172
(349)
(1,442)
(56)
Net c•gh In fln￿tIng aetlvhl
448
(1,687)
Ch•llie ID ¢a•h and equlvaients In the repor￿￿% p¢riryl
10.545
(958)
Foreign excbatsge movem¢nt8
(1,403)
Cash and c&8h wi1valet￿ at the begionillg of the reportiog period
23.214
23261
C•ih and ¢•ib ¢qulY4lemts •t the end of the reporthg perl•)d
34356
£23314
Cash at bank and in hynd
Uninv¢sted cash Included itL iDv¢slllMIts
23.766
8.590
21.401
1.813
Total e*%h and £*Jh equlvaknt&'
32J56
£23214
An analysis of net dth is inchuled in Note 23.

MARLBOROUGH COIIIGE
STATEMENT OFACCOiJNTING POLICIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
statements are as follows:
*) Basls of preparntlom
The fuwKial ststements have been prep4red io a¢¢oTdw with ACCow￿ And Rwting by Chariti&4.' Statrm¢nt of
Recommended Practice applicable to chariti&8 preparing their accounts in ac&)[￿ with & Financial Reportin¥ Stglldard
applicable in the UK and Republ* of Ire]hnd (FRS 102) - Se¢ond Editio￿ tbe Finaociol Rei)ortxn8 Stsndard 4)pJic8ble ID the
UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and Th¢ Charilies (Accounrs Reports) Regul&tiotts 2(Kl8.
mtrlb0￿l8h College meets the defti)ition of A ￿bIle benefit entity FRS 102. The stateJJThts are prepared in
accordanrK with the historical cost cottventioD mixlifiedby the rEvaiuation of ￿ill asse￿ Assets alld liabilities are initially
r¢eo8tiith4 aihistorical cosi ortransxiion value unl￿0thMV1Sc ststed inthe relevantaccounting ￿￿Gynot￿sj. The fim¢iionaJ
b) Golng eoneern
The Council eottsiders there are Do material ￿￿li¢S aTrthit the Grow)'i finwKial viability and bcn￿ its ability to ¢ontinu¢
a ¥oin8 eoncenL The r¢vi¢w of th¢ fuwicial F<6Itio￿ reserves levels and fikn plsDS g1vUTn￿ wnfid¢nc¢ the Colleges
both rnnain soing conc¢rns for the foreseable funwe.
¢) Crltfical aecouDtln8 Judgements attd t•tlm*te•
In preparing these fthancial statcmcnts. M8na8cm¢ni Iw m•kiudgemeots, estim￿8￿1 assumptions thai afft£i the appiicAtio
of the College'5 accounting policies and the rel￿ed uxts, liabililies, incom¢ and ex￿ndItll￿ and the disclosures made in the
rmancial stsiements. EstIn￿leS and judgemcnts u¢ ¢onlinually evaluated and are based on bistoricai experienc¢ al￿ other
fa¢tors. iDcludin8 eXp￿tatIonS of future evettts tht ITV b¢li¢ved to be reasonabk under the Circutnsw￿cs.
Certain long trmi li•bi]itie8, I￿luding overseas dwits and entr8nce d¢wNits. hav¢ not been discounkd on the gr￿ that
the impaci of diseouttiing is Considered to be immaieriai io the finthKi&l stslemtn￿ WI￿ the impact is material, specifically
rel&tion to MCM ¢ntr4n¢e thposits. the liabilities bave bea) discoutttr
Deferred U8eL8
Deferrd a&*ts are recoBnised to th¢ ext¢ni that is wobable that taxablepmfitywill b¢ availabl¢ winsi whi¢h th¢ d¢duetibl¢
t¢mporary differences or unuged loMe8 can be utilis¢d.
Impainnetii of Pmpty. Pjaol aod EquApme
The Colleg¢s' we5s whether there is ally indi￿tiOn thai priyerty. plAnt and vwtpment are imp4ir¢d at the of each rtwrting
period. Itnpairmenl10$8 is reco8nised for the amouttt by which the ctirryiD8 amowit of the 45set ¢xtteds its rxoverable Amount.
The recoverablc atuount is the higher of an a￿.5 fair Yah￿ less costs to sell and vakne iti use. For thc p￿￿>￿t5 of a¥ye$¥in8
impairnienl assets are •t th¢ low¢Jt l¢v¢l forwhith thue is sqwately ideAiifi&ble flow8 (cash 8eJiernting UDitsI.
The impainnetit108s was charyed to PTofii or I{￿ in 2019r20 the 9Jbs¢q￿t increase io r￿0¥t￿ble amount Is reco8tii
iti the profit or loss dwiD8 the pior year.
26

STATEMENT OFACCOUNTINC POLICILS (ColldAMfd)
FOR TllE YEAR EIYDED 31 AUGUST 2011
d) Feu and $l)nll*r intoll
Fees rec¢ivable and charges forservicesaye aCc￿ted for in theyear in wblcb the service is providd Fcc5 rrKcivablc arestated
after d￿U¢l]ng ailowanrxs, SCI￿larShi￿6 and other ranissiotis Branted by the Colleg¢ and iocjvde contrA￿tionS ttceived from
e) Donatlon4 and legiekj
Donations received for the geDetal of the Colkge are ertdit¢d to College fiuth. Where the Council dest8nates
donation8 for specific purposes thry are CredI￿d to designated fithd%. to di#inguish them from direct school income. Donaliorns
sUbJ￿l to 8pwth¢ wisbe4 of th¢ donorn are ueditsd to Yelevattt Yeatrieted fithd& tr to eodow)I funds, vthte the ￿p1￿1 is
Exp¢ndltire
Expenditt￿e is accounted for on an a¢¢wa]s iwis T•Am there is a legal atsl eonstiuetiv¢ obliga¢ion to m#k¢ *pa￿￿eD1 to a thi
party Attd the amount con be Thea6Uted reliabty.
Expenditure 1$ aU0￿ted w expense headings ¢ith¢r on a di[￿1 CO5¢ bAsi& or opportioned aceordin¥ to tim¢ sp¢ttt. The
irr¢ry)v¢r4bl* element of value added tlx is inchthd with the item of expen8e to which it Td&te4.
g) L￿se&
The Schools, rentals paid under qJernliD8 le4ses, in which sub8tsntialty all the iisks Th/ard8 of OWDtt8hip are retsilled by
the le¥¥oT. art oharEed io in¢m¢ a strai8hi line b￿1% ovtt the It￿ terni.
Mcm's leases of &ssets wher¢ they ￿5￿1￿¢ subswiiially all tisks *Dd rewards iti¢id¢nthl to owtt¢rship of th¢ leased assets are
la6sified ￿ fllwice leases. Th¢ le49ed as*ts and the COTrwdm' 8 leL8e liabilities (nd of finon¢¢ ¢haryes) underfmance leases
ate [￿o8￿1$ed on the balance sh¢¢t as pl¥llt equipmeni and b)Thwin85 re4)eetivety, at the in¢epiion of th¢ leau¢s ba80d on
the lower of the fair value of the leased o&sets attd th¢ pres¢Dt Vah￿ ofthe minimum le&Y payrnent
Each lease paymettt is wrtioned between the finance •ttd the re￿￿tIOn of the outsthndin8 lease liability. The finance
expe1￿ is rtcogDls￿ in the income stalemeni on a b&%is thai refie¢ts 4 ¢onsthDi perifyjic rnte of intete8t on the finonce lea
liability.
h) Flnancial Inslruments
Only the College hay financial assets attd financial liabilitie5 of a kind that qualify as basie fin￿e1￿7 iA8trL￿ent8. B￿1¢ fitWLcial
iIIStrumcnts, including trade and other debtors cr¢dilors are initially rero8nised at transaciion value attd subsequently
m¢asur¢d at ¢h¢ir settlement value.
l) TaDglble Axed assrt•
The College land attd buildings ID existe1￿¢ at l Juty 1999 wue valued by th¢ Cwncil on the following basi8:
Specialised builditigs were vahKd U5iD8 deprecia*d replacemcnt C05t. s￿I￿lS¢d buikliDgs aTe buildiDgs s￿h as s¢hcK)14
.￿h¢re there is no compeiing market d¢mand from otheror8anisations ￿$in¥ the5¢ type5 of property ID the locality" and are
therefore tarrly sold on the open mark¢t for single occupauoll f(t a ccffrtinuation of thcir existing use. ¢xwt as part of a
8a]e of the business in ocrupation. Acqui51tion5 of spxiali*l I￿AldIng$ sub5cquenl lo l July 1999 att c4)itaiiwJ
subs¢qu¢ndy depreciated in xoydance with the Col]eg¢'5 Dormal accounting wJlicie5.
Non.sp¢ci81ised buildings were vah*d at exi5tsn8 value. Non.wiali5altwddiDg5 incluth residentialbuildi088 Outside
the ColleBe Camp￿ and sbcys.
The College does not inknd to athpt a po]i¢y of revalualioTh Thus the bulldxogs Vahthllth￿ at l July 1999 ￿ frozen Subject to
Depreciatioll is provKled to wit¢ off the u)5t or valuaw kss &%titi￿ residual value. of all assets, except free1￿ld10ll
ov¢r theirexpected useful Iivas.
27

MARIBOROUGH COLLEGE
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Conthkued)
FOR THE YEAR ELYDED 31 AUGU￿ 2023
The rates of tyectation are &8 follows..
Builditi8s.'
Buildings
Buildin8 services and fLYrur
Builditig renov￿10￿$
Computers
Equip￿ellt
Fixtures and Furniture
Motor Vehicles
10 to 50 yeaT¥
10 ycors
15 tt) 25 ycaT8
4 yea[5
Syea
5t0 Ioyears
J) Fixed ￿fjet And turreDt as*t InvestD*nts
Listed investmeDts beld as fLxed or curreni assets are in¢hthJ iti the fiti#o¢ial Statem￿ al mthet value.
Th¢ f￿¢d a$5¢t list¢d invutmenls are kn)own as ffie College Funds" and iti¢lude rnonies inve5*d by Designa*d. liestric*d
IT￿ Endow¢d funds. funds are allocatfoj with units Ythich &qtabiisb thelr proportion of th¢ overall investmeni pwl. Tbe
Irnjl￿ti0￿S relating to the conso]ida*d invesknient pcK)l are ttmi slwtd oui bJw¢ett th¢ futsth on a unit b￿1$.
Unyealised 84ins 4r¢ the ¢bw in Vah￿ of invc4tments aftertakJn8 iQto ace4Junt any rnovements iti itive5tsnent holdin8¥ sueh &4
purcha8es and di4x)8th of itiv¢8¢men
Realised and uttreaiiged 8&itiS Are K¢outtted for ￿thin the SthtaDtat of Finonciaj Activities.
Fees ID advAoce inveslments are defined a8 liquid re8(ww for th¢ of cath tknv ftpotting.
Jnvestmenl properties coL8isl of a8riculttwal l&Ld Ind ¢omm¢Trial and r¢tsil py0p￿les. Try are Inch￿l¢d in tbe fIna￿l81
$ts¢¢meDts at their opeD markd value estiMa￿d by profc58iI)na] valuer5 onnu411y.
k) Stoek
Stock is v4lu¢d 4t th¢ lower of ¢￿ and ￿trea]Is￿le value.
l) Debto
Trade aTKi other debtots are recognis¢d at the S￿¢￿¢￿1 amount Ibje after aoy tr&le discount Offeff￿. Prepayments are valued 01
the amount prepaid net of htty trad¢ di8counts due.
m) CAJh •t b*nk Alld In hand
at bank and cash in hand iocludes c4sb and short temi hi8bly liquid inv¢stmcnts with • thort matiwity of three months or
Ic&8 from th¢ date of acquisition OT 0&￿Ing of the dq)osit ry similar a¢x(HwL
D) Credlton *nd provlilothi
Creditors attd provisions gre rwised where the College has a PTesent obh'gation resulting from a past event that will probably
result in the transfer of funds to a third party and thc grnount due to set¢l¢ the (*llig￿lOn can be me&wred or eBtimBted reliably.
Creditors a￿A provtsions are Imxn￿lly their ￿ttIc￿e￿I amount after allowing foT any tr&le discounts due. iKJDR
tcnn liabijiiies are discoun￿1 where the ftmpact is matui
D) FuDd8
The Staternent of FitwKial Activitiu is ￿8]Y*d between Unrestrict&l Colkge Fwth, UnrestrACted Designated Funds, attd
Restricted Fund5 and F￿W¢d Fun&8. Thc purpw and a￿0￿1¢]ng treatment of these ate explainttj further in Motes 13 to
18.
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MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
STATEMKIYT OFACCOUNTING POLICIFS ICo*ti#utd)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
p) ConwMdfttAo
The Group fm#Dcial 5tstements wEKnt thE &￿iVIlieS of the Colk8c co￿01]dated with Marlly)rou8b Colle8e En*ryTises Ltd
(MCEL) alld MarlE•)rou8h College Overseas Limited (wbich incorporatu its gJbsidiary M East Sdn Bhd).
expenditure of the subsidiaries are ittcluded within the consolidated ststemenl of fllthncxal activities. Tbe assets and liabilities of
the subsidiaries are included on a line•by.iine basis ill the consohdated balance sheei in ac￿rdanCe with FRS102 sxtion 9-
consolidaied and separnte fjnallcial stsiements. Ulliforni accouniin8 ￿lICIt6 are adop*d throughout the gTOUP and any profits or
q) S¥mmer S¢hool *Dd the S¢bool of Ellgli￿ and Cul¢ve
The ¢ourse thke place in the months of July aDd August ¢￿h year. IDCOtDe and r￿penditUre relating to th¢ Summer School 2nd
th¢ School of English and cuItt￿ is Teflected in the yearthe cours¢5 take place and is ref¢￿ed to Js'summer School". Followin¥
two years, of ¢anc¢llcd evenL% du¢ to COVID. Summ¢r Sch(x)I mad¢ a sur￿%￿fi￿ r¢turn in 2022 but the School of English and
Culture (SEC) W1￿11¢d Carly on in 2022 thic to th¢ (m8oin¥ un¢¢rf4inly surrounding COVID Ènd intenJAtionai travel ond
any itieome r¢fvT¥kd 4w)rdinKly. Th¢ SEC is plwmvj to r¢twn in 2024.
r) Employee beDellts
The College conknijutes to the Teachers. Pension Scheme at raths sét by the Scheme actiiary aDd advised to the Board by the
Scheme Administra￿[. For the purposes of comp]yin8 with relevant accounting standard4 the TeacheTS' Pension Scheme 18
accounted for as a defllThl Colltn￿tson s¢1￿me as the clwity is responsible for. or euurkd to receive benefit for any SUTpIw8
or deficit of the scbeme. The amounts in¢ludfA within the StstemeDt of FinaDcial Activilies. Balance Sheet and Cth F]ow
Sta*Jnent are in wxordanc¢ with FRS 102 8e£tion 28.
The College parti¢ip*d in two Pensions TnL8t ￿heM¢S tha¢ 4ZE multi-¢rnploy¢r def]ned benefit 8chcmes'. the ]ndq)endent
Schools. Pensiijn Schemc and the Growth Platt with being c]osed in OcLobcr 2022. It is noi possible in the nom)al course
of evert￿ io idcntify ott a Co￿4]stent and rca80nablc bL8iS the sh￿￿ of UDdcrlyiDy ￿ets and liabilities belonging to individual
participaling cmploycrs. This is bccaLL4C the Schctncs are multi-employu ￿￿eMeS where the s¢1￿C assets are ¢o-mingled for
investment PU4)ose5 attd benefits arr paid from the toral scheme assets. However, the College has been advised by the Pension
Trusi a8 to the deficii repaYme￿￿d￿¢ in relation io the $¢F￿nes. Therefor< ID linewith therequirementsof FRS 102, th¢ Coll¢g¢
re¢ognises a creditor for the discounted p￿t value of the deficit ￿ntributionS due to the scheme, which will wntinue for the
n¢x¢ few ye￿5 even t1￿)sh the Schemes have be￿ closed.
The College 8190 contnlutyj to th¢ Pens>ons TnLSt Flexiknl¢ R¢tirem¢nt Pl￿, whi¢h Closed to existing Mefftbe￿ iti October
2022. The Colle8e now contnlyJte5 to the Marlix>rou8b College Pe￿lOn ScFKmc, also a defmed contrAtryJtion scheme and the
Independent Sch￿1$, Pension Scheme- tkfmcd contr￿￿tiOn Scheme. both with rates set by the College. Salary ￿rifice for
pensions w&q it)trtsJuced with the new defined contr1tr￿tiOtt 8chemes io memkn during the year.
The amounts inchthd within the s￿ement of Flo￿KIal Activities. Balance Sbeet a￿1 Cash Flow Sthtement are in accord4nce
with FRS 102 se£tion 28.
MCM'S pension benefii schemtt eomwtse a defined eontnl￿l￿ott Pl￿.. a putsion pl￿ uttder wbich tho Compony pays fixe
contributioLs itito a 5cp#rak eniily (a and no ie8ai or c{>￿￿truetivc obl￿ationS to pay fiwther contrhiiions or to n
directbenefit paylllents to employe&s if the fund thxsnotknkl sufficieni ossets ￿ pffty alIen￿lOYeeS benefits relating to emp]oy
service in the Cuxrent and prior periods.
Short terni benefits iwluding holiday pay ar¢ Ttryrynl￿ 28 an expc1￿ in thc year in which the service 15 ftrrxivoj. Temiination
bcllcfits aTE accountcd for accrual b&qi8 and line with FIL8 102.
i) Foreign ellrreney traDsi*tloll
The College's functional alld presentstiott currency is wd sterling. MO￿ assets and liabilities denomtnatcd in forci
Trcncics are translat￿ into sterling ai tbe r*s of ¢xclwige n￿Ang at the ba]ance shcct date. Transactions in foreign cUrra￿leS
are recorded 8t th¢ Trt¢ Tuling at th¢ dat¢ of the tranwtioTr All diff¢r¢nc45 ar¢ ID the SOFA.
t) Legal itatus
The College isiticorpora*dby RoyalCharterandregis*red aS#nEduc￿lO￿IIC1￿ity(N0. 309486). 1tsconstit￿Lon is Contsiti
ID its Cbarter and Bye.laws. Its princtpal addre85 is sbovrn ￿ Pag¢ 3.
29

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FEES RECEIVABLE
21122
£*0
Full fees for pupiL8 at the sch￿
Less.. Fees paid by ￿￿￿]￿ted fun(L8
59.631
(995)
54.866
(701)
58.636
54,165
L¢￿.. l)¢dy¢tion8
S¢holarships
Bursaries and othtr d￿￿1(
357
5.362
273
4.838
(5.719)
(5,111)
52,917
49.054
Grants fmm A&socia*d Funds
995
701
Re￿1vable by the Sclbjols
£53.912
£49.755
OTHUi TAIADING ACTIV￿
£*ooo
Re8iStralion and ic¢¢ptotK¢ feej
ConunissioD re¢¢iv¢d
R¢ntal incom¢
Miscellarteous
aain on disposal of tan81￿le fued
544
412
49
119
265
loi
310
29
989
£885
ANALYSIS OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Staff
Otbtt dlr¢ft
¢OBts
2023
Total
2013
Tndin8 COSt5
Finallce costs
Marketing and fimdraisi08
Investment manaBemeot
arits
College operaiiDg Costs..
Teaching costs
Summer Sclthl ￿penSeS
Welfare Gosts
Premises co
Support Costs
Grants, awards attd prizes
Deweciation and impainnent
Tax charge foT the year (M F¥st)
370
540
3230
862
61
910
3.230
1,326
61
464
18,768
555
4,906
2.806
2.856
2.161
918
3.151
9.836
3.241
261
5.640
924
20,929
1.473
8.057
12.642
6.097
261
5,640
924
£30,725
£30,825
£61.550
All cos18 included aEA)ve are di￿ costs of each activity. Tr full comparativ¢5 and the of numing th¢ College are
shown on pages 31.
30

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS leontinued)
AI¥ALYSIS OF TOTAL EXPENDITUIIE (¢olltiJu¢dl
Staff
c￿t3
Other dirtti
21122
Total
2022
Costs of rnisin fundq
Trading costs
Fitiance costs
280
963
3,737
1.028
70
3.737
436
70
592
Investhient management
Clwitable activities
College opeT#tin8 C4)st8'.
Teaching costs
s￿￿rner Schcw)l expcoses
Welfarn costs
Premises co$ts
Suppon costs
Grants. awards and prizes
DeW￿latiOn Bnd impainnent
Reve￿] of impainneDt cb8rg¢
Thx credii for the year (M Ea#)
19,049
517
4.122
2.203
794
2.671
8.497
3,898
76
5J59
(2,703)
(2,103)
21252
ijii
6.793
5.366
76
5,359
(2.703)
(2.103)
£28.722
£23.618
£52.340
2023
2022
Admitti8trative $8]tiri
OITice costs
Profa*8ional feeA
Other administrative costs
Governance costs
2.856
1.163
749
2,463
684
542
1.550
127
£6,097
£5.366
31

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (tontin•ed)
EXP£i¥DITURE
2023
£?0
2022
Fxpenditsue iticludek"
Equipment relltal
Depreciation
Auditors, remunerntion
Fees paid to subsidiary audiiors
Council members, expenses reimbursed
Council members, liabiliry insurance
2￿
187
5J59
53
14
52
17
41
15
15
Staff Co
Wage8 and 8alaTies
So¢i&l 8ecurity ¢0sts
Other pcnsion cosL
Redundan¢y c(*ts
25.387
2,026
3.165
147
23,885
1.954
2.656
227
30.725
£28.722
The average Dumberof employees of the during the year wtle:
No•
Teacbing staff
Teaching Supi)ort staff
Non-teaching staff
Trading activities
285
78
363
276
74
357
733
716
The numb¢r of higher ￿ld employees w:
Taxable emolum¢nts band..
£60,NJO
£70,(KKI
£70,000
£80.(XKI
£80,(M)O
£90,(
£90.000 - £1￿,
£i(x).000 - £iio,000
£I10.(YX) - £120.IY)O
£120,000 - £130.(
£140,000 - £150.(
£150.IM)0 - £160,(
£160,000 - £170.0
£180.000 - £190,0(x)
£190,000 - £2(x),O
£220,000 £230.OIXI
£260,000 - £270,t
49
41
14
46
47
13
The total eThployee bencfiLs rcccived by key than￿¢mCnt PErxHmd in the year amled 31 Au8U5t 2023 wert
£3J22.131 (2022.. £3.032J15).
32

TARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cond•ued)
EXPENDrruRE {eontlnthed)
PenslDn Sthemes
T￿cherS, Penslon Scbemt
The School participates in the Teachers, Pension Sthcttte (*he TPS") fir its teaching 5tsff a Phased Withdrawal basi& It
was Closed to new te￿berS from 31 Au8usi 2022. From l January 2023 ¢xisiing t￿h¢r5 were given the option to Djove to the
MarlknrouBh College PeJLsion schemc, o def￿ed contri￿tIon scheme. or ruDain in the TPS with a variation to their salary and
full￿¢ Colltributions. The p￿slon charye for the ye4r includes coDtribulions payable kn the TPS of £1,642,￿0 (2022..
£1939,(NJ)) and at the year4￿1 £165.407 {2022- £229,919) w&4 ￿C￿￿d in rcsyttt of C￿tributio￿ to this ￿erne.
The TPS is an unfijnded multi-employer defmed tr￿nefits ￿￿8￿Oll scheme governed by The Tev£hers' Pensions Regulations
2010 {a5 amended) and The Teachers, Pension Scheme Regulations 2014 (&% am¢nd¢d). M¢mb¢rs ¢ontribtste ou •"pay *% you
go" b&yi3 with from members and the employer ￿kn8 ¢redit¢d to th¢ FJthqu¢T. R¢tir¢ment md othu pmsioll
b¢n¢fits •r¢ paid bypublic fund5 Provided by Parliama
Th¢ employcr con¢Tibution Trte 18 by the s￿ of State followin8 scheme valuations undertkn by the Governtnetsi
Actuary's DepaTlment. The m051 recent acti￿1￿ valuation of the TPS w&$ prepared as •t 31 m￿ch 2020 and th¢ Valuati
R¢port. wh)'ch was publiqhcd in (ktober 2023.
Followtng the M¢Cloud judg¢meDL the remedy prcwed th•t when benefits become payabl< eligible memberg can 8ele4t to
re￿1ve them from either the reforni¢d LY legacy ￿h¢D]eS (or the wi(rfl l April 2015 to 31 Mwrh 2022. The ￿tuaneS have
a&sumed that members likely ty ¢h(xJ8¢ the op¢ioD thai provides them with the 8reater ba￿fits, and in preparing the 2020
valuation have valued the 'greater value. benefjts for groups of relevant member5.
The valuation confJrnie•a th21 the employ¢r ¢Onthl￿tiOn rnte for the TPS would incre4se 23.6% to 28.6•A from l April
2024. Employer¥ are 8180 required ￿ pay a scbeme administration l¢vy of 0.08Vo giViD8 a total wloytr contribution Tate of
28.68Y•.
ed Benefit Sehem
There is ￿111 a p)teMiAI debt on the employej thit ¢￿Id be levi￿ by the Tnth of the Sd%me. The debt is due in the event
of the employer ceasirtg to partieipatr in ￿ Ind¢p¢ndemt S¢hools' P¢nsiim S¢h¢m¢ OT th¢ Scheme winding up. Marlborougb
Colle8e h&$ been notified by the Pensions Thist of the estimated ernploy¢r on withdrnwal from th¢ Ind¢peAd¢nt Sthool$'
Pension Scheme based on the financial position of the Schrme 8t 30 Sq)tcmber2022. A8 of this dote tl* estimthted employer
debt was £11.24m (PY: £12.41m). This 8mOUDt is fct itt the aLXOUn
The Growth Plan. algo by The Pensions TnX whith also allowed AVC payments, was al&) closed kn all existm8
active members in October2022. kn with the ISPS. theTe 18 a ffttial dth on the ¢mploy¢rtha¢ ￿￿]db¢ leviedby the Tn￿te¢
of tbescheme. As at30 Sep*mber2022. thec2rtlti￿ employcrdebi w&s£50.906 (PY.. £91J50). This aTDOUtttis not pmided
for in the accowits.
Th¢ thrt¢ AfLY¢￿ention¢d peosion 5¢b¢M￿ are Cou￿lIVe defjned benefit schemes undtt Aection 28 of FRS 102. Accorditi8ly
contribution5 hav¢ b¢¢n ¥counted for as th¢y fall thie as ifthey were defmed contribulion schejnes, excqst for the recogllition
of 8 crEditor for deficit contributions which bave b¢¢n notified to th¢ Coll¢g¢ io relation to the two Pensiolls Trust scheme
which will continuc dq>itc the schemes being c105ed to CXi5tin8 m¢mb¢rs. AS rryuired by FRS 102, dI￿￿￿teA1 present
value of deficit contributiOLS notified to the College ha5 ITh1 included in creditm. A5 sbown in notcs 10 and 11. a totsl of
£2,529.000 was included in crnlitors at 31 August 2023 {2022.. £2.9(m).o￿).
33

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS l¢olltinued)
ISPS Defielt
Tot
Provision ttt start of peTitsI
2.884
Unwirtditig of the dis¢ount f*etor linter¢gt
p¢ns¢)
Deficit contnThution paid
117
(316)
R¢JD¢asurem¢nts- imp%t of change in
(156)
contiibution schcdule
Provision at end of puiod
2.529
A defuwj ¢(xMributiffl op#•¢wJ by the Pe￿$1(x￿ Tnts¢ w*$ •lso ¢losed w JU ¢xistin8 m¢mbcts.
The cotmnitment to make contributioos to the three scbejnes in the year wa8 £A36,416 (2022: £1,087,CNM). with w further
co0)mi￿ents to the Flexible Rdirement Plao.
Contributions totsllin8 £29,46812022.. £112208) were payoble to putsion ￿1￿7¢8 at the year en
Marlborou
Colle
e PeniloD Scheme
A der￿ed ¢ontribution ￿h¢￿e i)pernknl by Legal & GeDernl been opeDed to au new staff from September 2022, includitig
i¢a¢hers. Existing Support and T￿bern were given the OPFW¢unity to move to this *heme with varying COntributiotLS to
irror thos¢ of the T￿￿tive aurent pensi￿ s¢hem¢& Teach¢rs' employee and ernployer Contributions can vary> but
overnrthin8 Oitti of ¢tTh¢ pension rh4ng¢s is 10 8ddr¢ss the Tisk 8s$0¢iAted with defu￿] bettefii pensions.
The commiknent to make conrnb￿IoD6 to the *heme ¢hrrio8 the year was £1.442.665 (2022: £0).
cOnth￿￿tiO￿9 tothJlin8 £132.15] (2022.. £0) wete pay&>k ￿ the xhaDe ￿ the ye4r c￿
Inde
ndent S¢hools' Penjion S¢h¢￿t- Dtllll¢d C•ntrlbull•n S¢beme
A defio¢d ¢Ontri￿li0rt xheme coernted by The Pewion8 Trust wgs (oeth4 in Cktober 2022 *8 a result of the ISPS DB bein8
closed to eumi membern. This wi]] mean that th¢ eumt employer debt for the *heme ts not triggered as the ISPS Khcme
15 &45entially 5ti11 open.
The collunitmeot to nuke co0tnb￿L0AS kn the dwiDg the year w8s£3.918 (2022: £nil).
Contributions totsllmg £392 (2022: £DiJ) We￿PAYab￿ ai yw¢n
MCM-D
Defined colltrAI)ution schemes operatedby EDWIOY￿ Pension Fund (EPF) S￿S0 (Social Se£uTity OTgJnisatioD) are
sthtu￿ry boar(Is for eAnployees' relitement schemes. The employee conknTr•utes are I IOA and 0.517/• for EPF and SOCSO
resptttively and the employ<¥Conm￿*S 12% for EPF and 1.75% S(￿s0.
Th¢ commitsn¢ni to wntrthutiow ty th¢ s¢hem¢ duritig th¢ yw £147.743 (2022.. £134.307).
Contnbutiolls totslling £nil (2022: nil) war Fwyable to & yKhcmc at thc ycarcn

mARt￿ORoUGll COLLEGE
OTFS TO THE Fll¥ANCIAL STATEMENTS (eontln￿edj
TAXATIO1¥
As a ¢Tr￿lty the Colle8e is exctnpt frrxn United Kingdom iWA)DX ¢ax and c01porati￿ lax.
MCM is llorn￿lY subj￿{ to tsx (24PA) but gT¥ntrd a lax cxemption OD I(rfYA of staDJtory income for a period of 10 years
under Section 127(3A) of th¢ I￿0￿¢ Tax ACL 1967 comm￿1￿8 year of aSSe&w￿t 2011 whi¢h ¢xpired itt 2021.
The deferr¢d tsx a&s¢i now R¢o￿ls¢d in the ixl•nce 8he£t ha6 Eeen used to offset ￿X￿1¢ profits ulllil fi￿lY off8& when
wlll then b#om¢ payabk.
The deferr¢d tLx a&s¢t is up as follow5:
2023
2022
£'o
Fixed asset timing differe￿¢8
Oth￿ limin8 differences
Ullrelieved losses carried forward
678
37
491
123
.451
556
1.206
2,130
(265)
941
£2,130
35

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COLLEGE
SU￿￿ARYCOmPAN
IADd &
BuildiDy F4uipmetst Total
£?(K
GROUP
Land &
Buildin%1 EqDip]nen¢
2023
Totsl
COST
I SepteDther2022
Additions
Disposa]s
Fxchan8e effects
140,666
8.454
12.728 153J94
905
9J59
(73)
(73)
37,828
199
5,332
309
(121)
(574)
43,18)
508
1121)
(4,962)
196,554
9,867
(194)
(4.962)
(4J88)
31 August 2023
149,120
13.5rf1 162,680
33.639
4,946
38.585
201.265
DEPRECtATION
I S¢pt¢mber 2022
Charye for th¢ yeor
Dtsposal
27.965
2,938
9,883
782
(73)
J7,848
3.720
(73)
9J27
1.456
3235
464
(126)
(361)
12,462
1,920
(126)
(1,532)
50JIO
5,640
(199)
{1,532)
(1.171)
31 Augu￿ 2023
30,903
10592
41.495
9.512
3212
12.724
54219
L¥ET BOOK VALUES
31 August 2023
£118217
£2.968
£121.185 £24,127
£1.734
£25,861
£147.046
31 Au8USt 2022
£J12,701
£2,845
£115y6
£28,601
£2.097
£30.698
£146244
No d¢p￿IllIon wa¥ charged on fr¢¢holdFY¢wty ¥Jdilithb of th¢ Group •nouobn8 to £6,435,703 (2022.. £8.886274) a8 th¢proieclS
were incomplete at JI Au8UJt 2023.
The thn8ible r￿ed a$8¢ts are whouy used for the Gmup xtivAtie5.
Capital ¢ommitinents:
2023
2022
Contracted forbut JKbtPfDvidcd iti thcse xcounts
£3,050
£125
Authori5￿ butnot contrac*d for
£6.532
£8972
36

MARLBOROUGll COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME￿ (Continued)
INVESTMENT IN sU￿[DIARIEs
2(J23
2022
360
360
Tr Coll¢g¢ oivns IIM)% of the followitig compri￿. sbaTC capital both of whith are registered in Ellgjand alld Wales:
M#rlbon)ugh College Enterpri￿ Lin￿t￿￿- 02967713
The issued share ￿p1￿1 of the compw is £150.
MArlborou8h Colle¥e In¢ernAtion￿ lAD￿ted- 120549311
Th¢ issued shar¢ ¢apitAI of th¢ compw is £1￿.
M•rlborou8h Colklt {OverKa•) Llmlted- 6407923
The issutyj share ¢apithl of the compw is £110. The cornpaDy did not trth in th¢ ye4T.
The College via Marliy)rough Coll¢8e OveneaB LirDitrd owns IOO•h of the sbgtt ¢apit•J of M &81 Sthi Bhd. whith is
registered in Malaysia.
The r¢5uIts of the College's trndin8 ￿b5]d￿ry ¢omprries are below:
Enterybrl
2023
2022
2•
2022
1.337
(921)
lJ28
{939)
16.111
14.407
Co8t of A&1
Gro85 profit
416
16,111
14.407
Tea¢hitiB
W¢lf4Te
Facililies
AdmirtiStr•iion
16,350)
{1,348)
(2,532)
{4,762)
(6,189)
(1.144)
(2.3221
(4.183)
(229)
(213)
Opmtin8 profit
187
176
1,119
569
GiftAid donationl
justment to the
Coll
Actiwial Mov¢ment
Finance C(
Reversa]
impairment ckn8e
Tax charye f(K the
1243)
(169)
(9)
(3.501)
{3.743)
2.703
1103
(£45)
{£2)
(£2J82)
£1.632
TT8Jtsactions between the College and its sulththaryundtttakny were as follow&.
MCEL
EASt
Payrnent from th¢ Coll¢g¢ to MCEL
Payrnent from MCEL to tb¢ College
(166)
19
Pay7[￿ts fr¢xn M to the College:
756
37

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCtAL STATEMEM (Comtknied)
. FIXEDAND CURRENT ASSET INvL$T￿IS (Gn)Mp)
Current Asstt
Investn*thts
IDve¥tments
2023
Listed securitKs'.
Market value It 31 August 2022
Addition8
Disposal at (yening rnarkct valu¢
Revaluation
12,714
7,663
15,096)
45
1.393
30
(56)
15,326
1,367
Endowtnent property
Cash at forr¢-iUV¢Stsn¢nt
Rare books
Inve8tment propertie8 (r¢valued 31 Au8wi 2023)
Inve8th1ents in 8ubsidiari¢s
7.864
817
1.855
727
Market value at 31 Au8USt 2023
£25.869
£2.094
Historical costs of ]is¢¢d sevJTitieB
List¢d y¢wrilic8 are represented by:
UK Gov¢mment f￿¢d interest
UK fixed inierest and index linked
ForeiBn Fixed Ini¢rest
UK equities
Forei8n Equitie8
£13.996
£1,51?
615
450
302
438
8296
6.432
£15.326
£lJ67
The revaluation of tbe listed 8eaJrities ststrd above is itt relation to Utwedi*d 8aitis and ILWS. In addilion to th¢ uDr¢dised lo$w of
£10,500 there were £528.0(KJ of te81ised losses which are iochthd iti th¢ Sthi¢m¢Dt of Finaticiol A¢tiviiies.
Thc Colle8e'5 InV¢strn¢nt properties are valued annually at the tad ofAu8USt by Woolley & Walli3. Thue wa6 a £72.000 incre&% in
the V￿u￿tiort cornp4red with the Y4luation at 31 August 2022.
The Colle8e's ilare Books are valued annualty ￿ the end of by IXimiiu¢ Wint¢r A￿tiO¥1¢¢[s. There w&q no Tntitcri￿ ¢hknge
ID the va]uation compared with the Valuation at 31 Au8USt 2022.
Th¢ College had a benefKial inieffest in the Tffeval88 esthtr, which admi￿ by idepe4tht tr￿$￿$, wher¢by th¢ Colle8¢
re¢¢iv¢d surplus income from the estate but had llo entidemellt ￿ the capital. Trevalga's Th￿teeS sold the e5tste in July 2023 and the
College received £10 million of the pr￿e¢d$ towaTd5 iwJr5uia for pwls with a Cornish conoectio
38

MARIMOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCtAL sfATEMEI¥TS {Co#tinMed)
FIXED AND CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS (Gmup)
(eonthiued)
2(122
Investments
Listed securitie5:
Markd value at 31 August 2021
Additions
Dlsposal at opening nwket value
Revaluation
15253
5.079
(6.918)
(7(Kl)
968
(1.945)
(99)
12.714
1.393
Endowment property
CHsh at bank foT Te-investment
RAre books
Inv¢5tmeryt pro1￿ICS {revaluA131 August 2022)
Investments in subsidi8ri¢s
1.088
816
1.783
725
M4rk¢t valu¢ ai 31 August 2022
£16,408
£2,118
Histori¢81 costs of listed seeuri
Listed stturities are rq)re8ented by:
UK GovernmeDt fLxed interest
UK r￿ed interest and index linked
ForeiBn Fixed Interest
UK equities
Foreign Equits¢s
£11.469
£1.481
202
327
643
440
310
5,416
6.IY12
697
£12.714
£1,393
DEBTORS-Arnounts f•lllng due wlthln
one year
Grvgp
College
2023
2022
2Q23
2022
£?0
Fee$ in aTr¢4rs and extras
Sundry debtors
578
73
3J78
26
1,449
654
14
4J21
27
578
73
744
654
14
306
Trade deb￿r$
Amount due from related compADies
1.763
2.103
£5J04
£5.016
£3.158
£3.077
39

MARIMOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCtAL STATEMENfs (Co*titiued)
10. CREDfmRS_Amouts faukng due wlthlD
one year
Grollp
Coll¢te
20
2022
2023
2022
Fees in advance scheme
Entrance And ovCr5￿ dq￿￿ts
Trade creditors and accn
Lease credilors
Other tlxation and s(Kial security
Sundry creditors
Pension deficit payAn¢nts
215
1254
21.108
167
547
1244
326
338
215
612
11.822
338
19.940
109
530
iJ22
324
10.594
494
1241
316
lJ19
313
£24.861
£23,797
£14.7
£13.649
11. CREDITORS-AmoDnts f*lllng due •fter
one yeAr
Group
2023
£•o(M)
Colle¥e
2022
£iwJ
21n3
2(122
22.920
4.812
25.967
4.010
Accwed Operating Liabilitie8
F¢¥s in advance s¢beme
. Amounts due within two to five Y￿
Entr8ne¢ a[￿ oveTsw ¢knsits
. Amoullts th* within nvo ￿ five yeft
. Amouttts th1¢ 4fter five yews
Loan note
Pen8ion def￿1t payments
428
177
428
177
4.820
2.454
25.IK(I
2203
4204
2.133
25.(IKI
2.576
2.753
i.oio
25.0
2,137
2,648
980
25.000
2,499
£62,637
£64.127
£31.328
£31.304
The loao note of £25 million 18 rq)ftyable in sl•¥¢J: £10 millioo ID 2037, £5 Milli￿ in 2042 the ranaiDw £10 million in 2047.
The lo)tt 18 aDd incurs interest of 3.24% pn which pjyable every six mollth8.
12. ALLOCATION OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
(Group)
The net a88eLq are held for the vaTiOUS fund6 45 follow&.
2023
LOD% t¢rm
Ulbllltl
t*tsglbl¢
£'o(N)
IDve•tm¢nts
Ol*bUldes)
Tbtsl
Unrestrictcd & Duignat¢d
Restricted Funds
Endowed Funds
147970
3.984
10,054
11,831
7J93
25
(541)
(62.637)
96.910
10.079
11290
£147,970
£25.869
£7.077
(£62.637)
£118279
2022
Net turreDt IAbng term
ilabultles
tsnglble
Invertments
Total
Unrestricted & D￿jg￿￿ted
Restricted Fullds
Endowed Funds
148J72
3.979
20
11410
5,776
23
(so
(64.127)
94.￿0
43
11903
£148J72
£16.409
£5292
(£64.127)
£105,946

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
13. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
(Grnup
I September Imeomk E4)¢ndi¢we
2022
Oth¢
31Augu
2023
£'ooo
College g￿ernI fimds
Malaysia genml fund
Coll¢g¢ d¢si8n8*d fund8 (Dote 16)
89J27
2.995
1.478
43.915
(42.759)
(18276)
(70)
4.247
(217)
(170)
94.930
613
lJ67
129
£94.(KK)
£￿.155
(£61.105)
£3.860
£96,910
2022
BAi*ne•
31Au%u
2022
I SepteJDber Income Expemditve
2021
Other
£'ooo
College 8eneral fimds
Malaysia general fill
College desi8nat¢d futtds (uyte 16)
88,881
1,363
1,853
40.405
14.407
95
(40.247)
(11,773)
{46)
488
(1,002)
(424)
89,527
2,995
1,478
£92,CY)7
£54.gX17
(£52.066)
(£938)
£94,000
41

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE Fll¥ANCIALSTATEMENTS (Comtknlled)
14. TRANSFER OF FUNDS
2023
2022
£'o
The trattsfcrs b¢twe¢n futh listed bdow.
Unrestrleted College
Revenue Fund
£3.912
£391
Dejlgnated College
Children of Clergy Fund
{50)
(46)
(£50)
(£46)
Rejtricted College
MasteT'S Fund revenue
Capitsl Proj#ts & Burnari
262
(3,71K)}
76
(32)
(£3,438)
End•w¢d Fundi
Master's Fund capithl
Camjon Diggle Scholarsbip Fund
E181ob Scholarship Fund
G&briel Scholarsbip Fund
Sir Geor8eAbell Scholarsb4> Fuod
Banon Scholarship Fund
Bullock & Chuwh Memorial s￿￿11￿bip
(245)
(19)
(74)
(9)
(li)
(51)
(15)
(227)
(18)
(52)
(9)
(ioi
(571
(16>
(£424)
(£389)
Tr8n5fer8 between the Desi8nrf Rutricted Enth)wed FuDds aDd the Revenue FuTrJ Tepresellt wntr11￿1Ion$ to
scholarnhips aDd bursari￿ as well ag w)ital proixt F￿th8.
42

MARIMOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINAI¥CIAL STATEMENTS (co￿ltilled>
UD*pplled
Tot
To
A8 411 S¢pt¢mber 2022
11,513
390
11,903
Mov¢meDts In the reporflmg perlod
Investrttent return: divi&nd8 ititere
424
424
InvutTneTht return: rea]ig&I a￿1 unreaw 8&In￿(lO8$C8)
Investment nwement e4)8ts
Totsl
(558)
(551
{558)
{55}
(1891
{189}
Extrn¢tiofj of income frotn total return
(4241
1424)
Net movemeni for tbe rep￿ period
(6131
(613)
A8 at 31 Au8llSt 2023
£11.513
(£223)
£11290
I1￿ Council ttdoptcd totsl aFqJlicd r¢tyrn in DecembEr 2020 and in the absence of reliable records of thc origi￿1 donation balances
the mad(ei vdue of the inv&stmcnL8 recordd it I Septmber 2020 was laken &s the value of the original gifts. Thi¥ figure
represents th¢ b￿Ill￿ beknv which n)ay no¢ bc m•*. the￿r0￿c tsking a higlKr value than the act￿1 doDatiow wa&
The amount of rebjrn applied L8 income is calculated as 3.5'A of the avero8¢ of the last three years, year4nd vaiuations of the
College Fund. The total unapplied return represents the amount availabl¢ to b¢ 4)pliel ￿ th¢ Council'$ diSu¢t1￿ over and abov¢
the 3.5•h applied income.
43

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
F40TES TO THE FL¥ANCIAL sfATEMETh (ContlD4ed)
TOTAL RETURN INVESTMENTS (¢onthiMed)
Unipplied
Total
Totsl
As at I S¢MembeT 2021
2,210
13.723
Movtmettts In the repDrtiD8 pertod
Invtstlnent rclurn: dividends and interest
389
389
Investment r¢nmi." TCO1isd and UnTeali8ed gain￿{1088¢$)
Inve4tment man&gemeDt ¢W8
{1.759)
(63)
(1.759)
(63)
Thtal
(1.433)
(1.433)
Extraction of income frcln ts)tai return
(387)
(387)
Net movemeni for the pmcd
(1.820)
(1,820)
at 31 Au8u•12022
£11.51J
£390
£11,903

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CoDIiDued)
16.
DESIGNATED FUNDS
B*]anee
I September
2022
Transfen &
Balanee
31 Augu
2023
£'ooD
2023
ttt¢omt ExpendStue 8*AnSl(10s￿)
£'o
£*0
Children of Clew FUNI capitsl
Children of Cletgy Fu￿4 revexlue
Fees in Adva￿ Lunw Sum
Des1￿￿ed BuTwies & Proj¢%
1,427
23
28
(6)
(66)
(50)
(54)
lJ55
23
(li)
50
(7)
{6￿>
£1,478
£672
(£613)
(£170)
£1,367
aDee
I September
2021
Tr•nrfers &
other
Exp¢ndl¢ure glin￿(10￿)
Balance
31 Augujt
2022
£'o
2021
Chddrn ofCler8y Fund ¢4)itsl
Chkn of ClerBy Ful￿ revfflu¢
Fe¢$ in Advance LI￿p Sum Fuod
Dcsiyated Bur5arie8 & Proje¢ts
1.643
23
187
(7)
(209)
(46)
(169)
.427
23
28
17
657
(657)
£1.853
£720
(£671)
(£424)
£1,478
DMlgnat¢d Fulld*
These c4wist of funds, d¢scnl>ed below, ythich were origitiJUy s¢¢ alloca* donations ola 8eDeral purpoye tOW8rd8
de8ignated pwws¢$ ￿ opprovcd by the Council. Ai the discrfTh of the CounciL the furmts can be applied towards otheT
objectives, 1$ hos b¢on the ¢ase with the designated bursaries and proJ￿ts (kn8 the year.
Chl]dreD of Cleryy Fond
The Fund is used to assist th¢ ¢kn'l(treD of cl¢rgy to atte￿1 Colle8e. The fund receiw itiv¢s¢oient in¢ome from
iLg ¥hore of listed inve8tmtLts iti the C¢)DS01idateA FuTrJ Invutsnent P￿1. Swplus ineome is trottsfetr¢d to the
College in order to asst8t the College ID its obligations iowaTth Children of Cleryy buT8arie8.
FALS Fulld
This is a s¢hem¢ whereby parntsandother8 make advan¢¢ paymen￿ wbicbprovides fee5 forpupil& The advonce
enty re¢¢ived undcr the xheme are InV￿ted by the College.
The amount due to pareots, iDcludryJ in credAtors, reprethetits the uttutilistsj balan¢¢ of lutnp sum advance5. Excess
fimdsare trat￿ferred to th¢ Coll¢8e. with the Council's approvaL for specifie WOiC¢LS andto 8ub5idis¢ s¢holarships
PAid by the ColkBe.
45

L￿AlLBOROuG￿ COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FtNAL¥CIAL STATEMENTS {Conthilled)
17. RESTIUCTED FUNDS
TrAI￿er5 &
Other
Intome EJpeDd1ts￿e g￿￿00S1¢¥}
Balanet
31 Auglllt
2023
I September
2022
2023
The Master's Fund revenue
Curyenven Fund
Other Trust Funds
Capital proj<xts and Irtwsari
(262)
262
(9}
10.043
10.034
45
43
3.827
(128)
(3,699)
£43
£13,872
(£34¥))
(£3.446)
£10,079
BMI4￿¢
I September
2Q21
Tr*Mfer• &
Other
licon)t E4￿ndIt￿re Vin￿(lOU￿)
Bal#nee
2022
2022
£'OLM)
The Master's Fund revenue
Otber Con801idated Funds revenue
Otber Trnsl Fund8
Capitsl projects ood buTharies
{76)
76
41
43
(836)
(32)
£870
(£912)
£43
RMtrle¢ed Frynd•
Thes¢ tru8t fiLDd5 are subject to 8pecifi¢ trusts declared by thc &)nor5 or with their authority. These include donatiQD¥ toward
8pecifie ¢apithl projects (the Innovation Sciencepr0j￿Ipjuy thc Memorial Hall) aswell esbursary aw8rd& The deprtciatlOD
relaied to th¢8¢ projecty when eornpl¢t¢d will be expeDtsJ thr(W the unrc8tri¢ted funds as part of the costs ofthe
Coll¢8¢.
The Ma$¢¢r'$ Fund
It is ry)resented bycapital and accllmula*d iwme fuDd5, which are expcndthk in ￿OrdanCe with the condition8
imp)sed by the douors.. solely for the of PTovidiD8 tAwsaritt ond kholatships k) pupilR at th¢ College.
before bting exp¢ndeiL
The Gerald Curyellwen Fund
This new fijnd has bcen 8Ct up with the the Colle8e rtceived from theTreval88 estste foUowAn8 118 ￿1¢.
li been up with thc sole of a55iStin8 childrtti with a c4)llnecti(￿ to Cornwall to attend the College.
Other Tru•t Funds
These comprisc In￿1 fvTrl$ whose assets are app]ied in a¢￿dance with cottdiiiw Impos￿ by th¢ They
do not spwifid numbers of in the CoL40lida*d F￿￿ Investme￿ Pool ottd instead own specific li¥ted
investhMIts.

MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (contin￿d)
I& ELWOWED FUNDS
Tra*rfen & B*l*nce
inve%tmettts
31 August
Income Expelldltttre 8#In￿o0￿e¥)
2023
£'o
I September
2022
2023
The Master's FWKI ￿p1¢￿1
Callon Diggle S¢ho14r5hip fimd
Elstob ScbolATrhip fimd
Gabriel Scholarship fimd
Sir Georye Abell schola￿lp fiu
Barton ScholaT8hJp fiu
Bullock & Church M¢TnoTi41
Scholarship
6,886
541
2,078
260
292
,435
411
230
19
74
(30)
(3)
(10}
{1}
{1)
{8)
{2)
(548)
(45)
{172)
(21)
(25)
(133)
(38)
6.538
512
1.970
247
277
1,356
390
62
19
£11.903
£424
(£55)
(£982)
£11.290
Tr*Dsfer• &
vutmellts
In¢ome ExpeAdl¢Mre gAin￿(loU5￿)
B*l•ll£t
31Au¥u
2022
£'o(
I S¢pt¢mlxr
2021
2•22
The Master's Fund capital
Canon Diggle Scholarship fimd
El$¢ob S¢hoiarship fund
G4bri¢l S¢ho]arship fund
Sir Geo￿¢ Abell Scholarship fiu
Barton Scholarsbip fijnd
Bullock & Cburch Manorial
S¢holar¥hip
7,888
624
2.398
298
337
1.693
485
211
18
(34)
13)
(li)
{1)
{2)
{9)
(3)
(1.179)
(98)
(377)
(46)
(53)
(306)
{87)
6,886
541
2,078
260
292
1,435
411
10
57
16
£13,723
£389
(£63)
(£2,1461
£11.903
Endowod Fund•
The8e trust ar¢ subJ.￿t to s￿)fiC trustsdecloTed by thed(ffm orwith theirauthoriry. ITrKy8re repre8ffLtedbypttm￿ellt
eapitsl fimds. tn¢om¢ from the iDve51DRats is applied ill Kcord￿￿ with the Conditions imposed by the ¢knorA.
The Mgster'a Fund
Indiv1th￿l Conyolidated Tn￿( Futtds that have be¢tt ¢(XWilid4t¢d with apptoval of th¢ Charity Commissioll are
represen*d by pernwenl e4)itsl fimd8. with the to be 4)plied to bursw atsd s¢bolorship support.
S¢bol*rJblp fundi
The Canon Diggle, Elsici). Gabriel aod Sir Abell Scholarth4? FuDd# were e8tablished by specific 8ift8
which were to b¢ invested to g¢n¢Tai¢ inwffj¢ to pwovide schoiarshws ￿ pupils ai the College. As pan of the 2021
solutionBarton and BulliKk& Church Memorial SCI￿1a[SbIpS funds ue now also showTA separale scholarship
rnther as part of the M￿tr,8 Fund.
47

L4RLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contillued)
19. FXNANCE LEASE cOL￿mr[￿Ts
Pro￿ and Iluipment
2022
£10
At 31 August 2023 the GTOUP had the following total
£?0
Withiti ott¢ year
Two to fNe yts
More than fiv¢ years
798
6.857
31.536
745
6.112
38222
39,191
(16.104)
45.079
(18,854)
Pre8¢n¢ valu¢ of finance lea8¢ liabili¢i¢s
£23,087
£26.225
Repres£￿ting.
Withiti one ye4r
Two tts fiv¢ years
Mote than five ye
167
2.452
20.468
109
1,031
25.085
£23.087
£26225
20. OPERATING LEASE COmMIT￿Ts
Property aDd F4ulpment
2023
2022
At 31 August 2023 the Group had the following totsl
commitments under non.canc¢l]able operntin8 leases:
Within one year
Tkvo to five years
More tlwi five years
2,135
8.118
27.772
2,319
9,275
34272
£38,025
£45,866
21. CO,YNECTED CHAIUTIFS
The Mirlburl•n CIMb Chthtsble Fund
Transactions with thc Marlbwian Club C]Jaritable Fund iwhth..
2D23
2022
£'o
Donati￿ to th¢ Colkge
£175
£168
Marlborougb Colle8e Founda￿0￿
The M*. M Birkin. E EIIioL P Colematt. G l Hettdtt8on CBE (resiglled 31 Au8u* 2023) and T Martin.Ju*in8 were
trustees.
2023
2022
Donations to th¢ Coll¢g¢
£4.715
£732
48

L4RLBOROUGH COLLEGE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CoxtlD4edl
22. RELATED PARTY TRANSAcrioNs
Transaction5 betwe¢n the Collw and its thidiy undutakiw aTe set out in nole 7.
A5 slhovm within note 4. the College r¢imixused travel aud othu ¢XPeLSes of £41,(KJO to 11 Council FAembers12022.. £961 to
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
Movements I
Effe¢ts of
for¢lgD txchAD8e
At I Sep 2022
Al 31 Allg 2023
Ca8h ￿ bank and in hand
Uninvested ¢a8h included in investm￿¢
21.401
1.813
3.768
6.777
(1.403)
23.766
8,590
23,214
IOJ45
{1.403)
32,336
Loan Not¢-amoU￿ aft¢r l y¢aT
(25,(KN))
(25,CKX))
1.786)
£10.545
(£1.403)
£7,356
49

NOTFS TO THE F]NANCIAL sfATEMENTS Icontinned)
COMPARATIVE STATEMEKf OF FINANCIALAcrJvrnFS
Unrestricted Deygnated
Funds
M•]ayw Colleg¢
Elldowed
Fllnds
£¥o(M)
2022
Infome and endoTrYmeMti from:
ChaTitable aetiviti&%
SchiMTrI ftts
Sumrner Sch(x)I
37289
1,311
13.792
(625)
159
(701)
49.755
1.470
TTadin8 Income
Oth¢r
998
554
120
330
167
1.285
885
(7)
330
1,191
879
165
391
TotAi IDeome
40.405
14.407
95
558
55.465
Exp¢ndltUT¢
TTadiDg costs
Financing ¢osts
Mark¢tiD¥ and fimd ratsin8
Investmcnt M￿￿¢￿￿11
122
2.742
95
963
3.737
1.028
?0
988
933
63
2.762
1959
14
63
5.798
'tsble activiue5
College operating C(￿8.
Tea¢hing costs
Summer kh(M)l expenses
Wclfsre COAts
Prctni*8 costs
Support ¢os¢s
Grants. awards alld ptizos
Depreciation
Reversal of impllitment charBe
Tax chaTge for the yw (M FA4t)
15,041
iJii
5.641
.757
3282
(25)
3.478
6.189
21.252
1,311
6.793
2J22
2,084
112
5.366
76
5.359
{2,703)
{2,103)
1.881
(2,703)
(2,103)
37,485
8.814
32
46.542
To1￿.¢>PendAtU
40247
11.773
274
52,340
Net Illeomt before InveJtmeJf g•kn•
Net (1085esygains ¢)n iDv¢sluwnts
158
2.634
49
284
3.125
(167)
{378)
(1,757)
12.302)
Net (expendlture)Ilneome
TraTLsfers between fiJnd8
Revaluation of other inv¢8tment assets
EXcI￿1ge a0&￿8)IgainS
measureJDeDt of Pension D¢fi¢it
(9)
391
(9)
126
147
2.634
(329)
(46)
(1,473)
1345)
823
<9)
(876)
147
(l.(K)2)
NET MOVEMENf IN FUNDS
Fund balances at 31 August 2021
1.632
1.363
(375)
1,853
(1,818)
13,764
85
105,861
88.881
Fulld b*laDces at 31 Allgwt 21)22
£89￿27
£IA78
£11,946
£105,940
50