DfE financial management: college accounts
Information allowing colleges established or designated under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to compare their financial data with national totals and other organisations.
Applies to England
Who should use this information
This guidance is for:
- sixth-form and further education (FE) college corporations
- institutions designated under Section 28 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 as being in the further education sector
For the purposes of this page, these are collectively referred to as ‘colleges’.
Specialist FE colleges funded by the Department for Education (DfE) as special post-16 institutions (sometimes described as FE colleges) are not in scope, unless they are a subsidiary of one of the previously mentioned organisations.
How the datasets are created
We have compiled these datasets from the DfE’s database of finance records.
The datasets replicate colleges’ audited financial statements as closely as possible. We do not validate or cleanse the datasets and they have not been independently externally audited. We are not responsible for any decisions or judgements made using any dataset.
Read the college accounts direction for more information on DfE’s financial reporting requirements for colleges.
Contact us through the customer help portal if you have any queries about the datasets or how to use them.
Academic year 2024 to 2025 datasets
The dataset includes fully completed accounts which were submitted to, and reviewed by, DfE up to 11 May 2026:
The datasets may include blank cells. This is due to the fact that there is no data available, or that the data does not apply.
You can find datasets for previous academic years in the National Archives.