The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge

Analysis

The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge reported income of £14.1m and spending of £12.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £9.1m to £14.1m (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The President and Fellows of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Intouni (£14.0m), Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation (£14.1m) and Nuffield College in the University of Oxford (£14.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43%, donations and legacies 40%, investments 13% and trading 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £135k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 131 people.