LINCOLN COLLEGE VACATION PROJECT

Registered charity 1092434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Each year Lincoln College Vacation Project runs two/three week long holidays for children living in the Oxford area who are involved with social services in order to give them a break from whatever difficulties they may be experiencing and an opportunity to try new things.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £3,302.64 for the nine-month period, resulting in a decrease in total closing cash balances from £36,627.80 to £33,419.28. The trustees' report notes that fundraising has become increasingly difficult since the pandemic, requiring the use of reserves to cover running costs. Despite this, the charity received large donations that allowed it to more or less cover its annual expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least a year's worth of costs (held: £33k)

“We aim to hold at least a year's worth of costs in the reserve accounts to cushion the charity in the event of a poor year of fundraising - or unforessen events such as COVID.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — VacProj (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr NIGEL EMPTAGE · trustee of 1 other charity
Jody La Porte
PROFESSOR STEFAN ENCHELMAIER · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading · Surrey · West Berkshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£31k	£35k
31/12/2024	£34k	£34k
31/12/2023	£43k	£33k
31/12/2022	£18k	£32k
31/12/2021	£8k	£9k

Common questions

Is LINCOLN COLLEGE VACATION PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £3,302.64 for the nine-month period, resulting in a decrease in total closing cash balances from £36,627.80 to £33,419.28. The trustees' report notes that fundraising has become increasingly difficult since the pandemic, requiring the use of reserves to cover running costs. Despite this, the charity received large donations that allowed it to more or less cover its annual expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LINCOLN COLLEGE VACATION PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINCOLN COLLEGE VACATION PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	FY2021	£2k	Advancement of education
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Single payment
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Charitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford