Registered charity · Oxford

The Master and Scholars of Balliol College in the University of Oxford

53 trustees
Income £19m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, Religious Activities
Where: Oxfordshire
Website: www.balliol.ox.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2011

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£19m£21m
2024£19m£19m
2023£17m£19m

Earlier years

2022£14m£18m
2021£12m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIGION, LEARNING, AND RESEARCH; AND TO BE A COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

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.

53 trustees on the board

Dr Seamus Perry Chair since 2003
Amanda Tilley since 2020
DR Dominic Christopher O'Brien MA PHD since 2011
DR Matthew Robinson MA Dphil since 2013
DR Rosalind Thomas BA MA PHD since 2011
DR Sandra Paoli MA PHD since 2011
DR Sebastian Mordecai Shimeld BSC MA PHD since 2011
DR Sophie Marnette MA PHD since 2011
DR William Barford BSC MA PHD since 2011
Dr Adam Edward Philip Caulton since 2016
Dr Adrian Kelly since 2011
Dr Armin Josef Hermann Reichold since 2011
Dr Alexander Bown since 2019
Dr Alexander Kaiserman since 2016
Dr Coralia Cartis since 2013
Dr Daniel Butt since 2013
Dr Derek Moulton since 2013
Dr David Enoch since 2023
Dr Faisal Devji since 2025
Dr Grant IAN Lamond since 2011
Dr Hasan Dindjer since 2021
Dr James Forder MA Dphil since 2011
Dr JIN-Chong TAN since 2013
Dr John-Paul Ghobrial since 2012
Dr James Kwan since 2020
Dr Jason Lotay since 2019
Dr Kate Crosby since 2022
Dr Katrina Davis since 2020
Dr Lisa Jane Walker since 2012
Dr Martin Herbert Conway since 2011
Dr Matthew Langton since 2020
Dr Mike Giles since 2024
Dr Nicola ZOE Trott since 2011
Dr Simon Andrew Skinner since 2011
Dr Sudhir Kumar Hazareesingh since 2011
Dr Vincent Cheval since 2023
Helen Gittos since 2017
Ian Goldin since 2025
Jim Mallinson since 2023
John Chu since 2026
Professor Adam Smyth since 2013
Professor Andre Lukas since 2011
Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare MA Dphil since 2011
Professor Elena Lombardi since 2013
Professor Freddie Charles Hamdy since 2011
Professor Manuela Zaccolo since 2012
Professor Philip Howard since 2016
Professor Robin Choudhury since 2013
Professor Thomas Frederick Melham since 2011
Professor Richard Ovenden OBE since 2014
+3 more

10.8y median 13y

average tenure

23y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Seamus Perry Chair since 2003
DR Dominic Christopher O'Brien MA PHD since 2011
DR Matthew Robinson MA Dphil since 2013
DR Rosalind Thomas BA MA PHD since 2011
DR Sandra Paoli MA PHD since 2011
DR Sebastian Mordecai Shimeld BSC MA PHD since 2011
DR Sophie Marnette MA PHD since 2011
DR William Barford BSC MA PHD since 2011
Dr Adam Edward Philip Caulton since 2016
Dr Adrian Kelly since 2011
Dr Armin Josef Hermann Reichold since 2011
Dr Alexander Bown since 2019
Dr Alexander Kaiserman since 2016
Dr Coralia Cartis since 2013
Dr Daniel Butt since 2013
Dr Derek Moulton since 2013
Dr Grant IAN Lamond since 2011
Dr James Forder MA Dphil since 2011
Dr JIN-Chong TAN since 2013
Dr John-Paul Ghobrial since 2012
Dr James Kwan since 2020
Dr Jason Lotay since 2019
Dr Katrina Davis since 2020
Dr Lisa Jane Walker since 2012
Dr Martin Herbert Conway since 2011
Dr Matthew Langton since 2020
Dr Nicola ZOE Trott since 2011
Dr Simon Andrew Skinner since 2011
Dr Sudhir Kumar Hazareesingh since 2011
Helen Gittos since 2017
Professor Adam Smyth since 2013
Professor Andre Lukas since 2011
Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare MA Dphil since 2011
Professor Elena Lombardi since 2013
Professor Freddie Charles Hamdy since 2011
Professor Manuela Zaccolo since 2012
Professor Philip Howard since 2016
Professor Robin Choudhury since 2013
Professor Thomas Frederick Melham since 2011
Professor Richard Ovenden OBE since 2014
Richard Norman since 2015
Sir Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray since 2018

11.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (48)

Amanda Tilley since 2020
DR Dominic Christopher O'Brien MA PHD since 2011
DR Matthew Robinson MA Dphil since 2013
DR Rosalind Thomas BA MA PHD since 2011
DR Sandra Paoli MA PHD since 2011
DR Sebastian Mordecai Shimeld BSC MA PHD since 2011
DR Sophie Marnette MA PHD since 2011
DR William Barford BSC MA PHD since 2011
Dr Adam Edward Philip Caulton since 2016
Dr Adrian Kelly since 2011
Dr Armin Josef Hermann Reichold since 2011
Dr Alexander Bown since 2019
Dr Alexander Kaiserman since 2016
Dr Coralia Cartis since 2013
Dr Daniel Butt since 2013
Dr Derek Moulton since 2013
Dr David Enoch since 2023
Dr Faisal Devji since 2025
Dr Grant IAN Lamond since 2011
Dr Hasan Dindjer since 2021
Dr James Forder MA Dphil since 2011
Dr JIN-Chong TAN since 2013
Dr John-Paul Ghobrial since 2012
Dr James Kwan since 2020
Dr Jason Lotay since 2019
Dr Kate Crosby since 2022
Dr Katrina Davis since 2020
Dr Lisa Jane Walker since 2012
Dr Matthew Langton since 2020
Dr Mike Giles since 2024
Dr Nicola ZOE Trott since 2011
Dr Simon Andrew Skinner since 2011
Dr Sudhir Kumar Hazareesingh since 2011
Dr Vincent Cheval since 2023
Ian Goldin since 2025
Jim Mallinson since 2023
Professor Adam Smyth since 2013
Professor Andre Lukas since 2011
Professor Dermot Michael O'Hare MA Dphil since 2011
Professor Elena Lombardi since 2013
Professor Freddie Charles Hamdy since 2011
Professor Manuela Zaccolo since 2012
Professor Philip Howard since 2016
Professor Robin Choudhury since 2013
Professor Thomas Frederick Melham since 2011
Richard Norman since 2015
Sarah Thomas since 2025
Sir Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray since 2018

Portfolio (5)

Dr Seamus Perry Chair since 2003
Dr Martin Herbert Conway since 2011
Helen Gittos since 2017
John Chu since 2026
Professor Richard Ovenden OBE since 2014

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 53Religious Activities 51Arts/culture/heritage/science 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1

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

Arts and leisure 4Business services 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£18.8m latest income

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.

11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.4 in 2021

164 from 155 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: 1144032
Status: Registered
Governing document: DERVORGUILLA'S STATUTES OF 1282, FOUNDATION DEED 1284 CHARTER 1599 THE 1923 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ACT SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY THE 1989 EDUCATION REFORM ACT, AND MOST LATTERLY AMENDED ACCORDING TO THE 1923 ACT AND APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL ON 10 DECEMBER 2003, 9 APRIL 2008, AND 11 MARCH 2020
Contact on the register: 01865277715 · college.office@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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