The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Magdalen College Development Trust

Registered charity 273860 Registered since 1977

Operates: Oxfordshire

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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.

18 trustees on the board

11.4y median 9.5y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (5)

3
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 18Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Religious Activities 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Tech and media 5Other services 4Construction 3

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£10.1m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

0
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.magd.ox.ac.uk/development/
Emaildevelopment.office@magd.ox.ac.uk
Phone01865276105
AddressMAGDALEN COLLEGE, HIGH STREET, OXFORD, OX1 4AU

Finances

£10,077,047 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,289,682£2,289,682
2022£4,982,356£4,553,371
2023£7,800,002£8,228,987
2024£3,841,586£3,841,586
2025£10,077,047£10,077,047

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE COLLEGE. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF DECLARATION OF TRUST)

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 8TH JUNE 1977 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20TH JULY 1993

Trustees (18)

18trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (9)

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