MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Marlborough College is incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as an education charity. The College provides education for boys and girls for the ages 13-18. The number of pupils in the College averaged 924 of whom 888 were boarders and 36 were day pupils. Under its grant making policy the total number of pupils receiving fee assistance in the academic year 2014/15 was 119.
Latest income
£77.7m
Expenditure
£72.0m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £52.1m | £50.9m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £55.5m | £52.3m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £74.5m | £61.5m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £73.3m | £69.2m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £77.7m | £72.0m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £2.2m |
| Charitable activities | £67.5m |
| Trading | £1.4m |
| Investment income | £2.4m |
| Total income | £77.7m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £65.1m |
| Raising funds | £1.4m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £131k |
| Total expenditure | £72.0m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £129m |
| Total funds | £129m |
| — restricted | £12.1m |
| — unrestricted | £104m |
| — endowment | £12.4m |
| Total assets | £129m |
| Cash | £43.2m |
People
| Employees | 769 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.