The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford

Analysis

The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford reported income of £7.2m and spending of £6.0m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £7.2m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford sits at the 98th 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 Pact Educational Trust Limited (£7.1m), Leicestershire Independent Educational Trust (£7.2m) and CGD Europe (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £789k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10k. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 105 people.