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Registered charity · Oxford

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

The Principal and Fellows of the Manchester Academy and Harris College in the University of Oxford is a registered charity (number 1143086) based in Oxford, governed by 26 trustees and chaired by Professor Elizabeth Ann Breeze since 2025. Latest income £7.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Harris Manchester College, Harris Manchester College, Oxford (Charity Commission)

  • 26 trustees
  • Income £7.2m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
WWW.HMC.OX.AC.UK (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.2m£6.0m
  • 2024£6.4m£4.7m
  • 2023£5.6m£5.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.6m£5.1m
  • 2021£4.9m£4.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE LEARNING, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND;B) TO PROVIDE FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND FROM WHOM NO TEST OF CONFESSION OF FAITH WILL BE REQUIREDI) A COLLEGE IN WHICH THEY MAY WORK FOR DEGREES, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THEIR ENGAGING IN ADVANCED AND OTHER STUDY AND THE CONDUCT AND PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH; ANDII) PREPATORY INSTRUCTION FOR THE LEARNED PROFESSIONALS AND FOR CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LIFE; ANDIII) A FULL AND SYSTEMATIC COURSE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTERS OF RELIGION, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THE MINISTRIES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN OUR UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE NON-SUBSCRIBING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF IRELAND.C) TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ITS SIMPLEST AND MOST INTELLIGIBLE FORM, AND IN PARTICULAR THE TRADITIONS ORIGINATING IN ENGLISH RATIONAL DISSENT.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8.6y median 7.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
8.8y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 26Religious Activities 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.0 in 2021

105 from 59 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1143086
Status
Registered
Governing document
CHARTER OF 23 NOVEMBER 1995 STATUTES LAST AMENDED 2011
Contact on the register
01865 271006 · enquiries@hmc.ox.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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