The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford

Analysis

The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford reported income of £15.1m and spending of £10.1m, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £7.9m to £15.1m (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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 Mansfield 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 College of St Mary Magdalene in the University of Cambridge (£15.1m), Leeds University Union (£15.3m) and Selwyn College Cambridge (£15.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, donations and legacies 33%, investments 18% and trading 9.3%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 90 people.