the richest Oxbridge college with a landholding alone worth £800 million. For comparison, the second richest college in Cambridge (St John's) has estimated assets of around £780 million, and the richest college in Oxford (Magdalen) has about £940 million.
In 2005, Trinity's annual rental income from its properties was reported to be in excess of £20 million. The college owns:
3400 acres (14 km2) housing facilities at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain's busiest container port.
the Cambridge Science Park.
the O2 Arena in London (formerly the Millennium Dome).
In 2018, Trinity revealed that it had investments totalling £9.1 million in companies involved in oil and gas production, exploration and refinement. These included holdings of £1.2 million in Royal Dutch Shell, £1.7 million in Exxon Mobil and £1 million in Chevron. In 2019, Trinity confirmed its plan to withdraw from the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the main pre-1992 UK University pension provider. In response, more than 500 Cambridge academics …
