Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford

Analysis

Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford reported income of £16.6m and spending of £15.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £16.4m to £16.6m (+1.0%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Principal Fellows and Scholars of Hertford College in the University of Oxford sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The School of St Helen and St Katharine Trust (£16.5m), St Anne's College in the University of Oxford (£16.6m) and The Master (Or Keeper) and Fellows of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge (£16.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 46%, trading 21%, investments 20% and donations and legacies 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £261k. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £22.0m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 155 people.