ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Registered charity 1137470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAINT EDMUND HALL, SEH, ST EDMUND HALL, TEDDY HALL, THE PRINCIPAL, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF SAINT EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The Charity's objects are to provide, promote and engage in education, learning and research.

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Latest income
£15.5m
Latest spending
£12.6m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that consolidated total funds increased by 8.5% to £125.7m, with free reserves rising to £7.8m. The College reports sufficient unrestricted cash and liquid assets to meet its financial obligations and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Teaching, research and residential (44% of income)
“Teaching, research and residential 8,499”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient free reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall, to allow the College to be managed efficiently, and to provide a buffer that would ensure uninterrupted services (held: £7.8m)
“The College’s reserves policy is to maintain sufficient free reserves to enable it to meet its short-term financial obligations in the event of an unexpected revenue shortfall, to allow the College to be managed efficiently, and to provide a buffer that would ensure uninterrupted services.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St Edmund Hall Design & Build Limited charged the College £22,104k for design and build services.
“During the year the subsidiary company, St Edmund Hall Design & Build Limited, charged the College a total of £22,104k (2024: £6,949k) in respect of design and build services.” — page 46
“The College charged St Edmund Hall Trading £442k (2024: £546k) in respect of costs relating to the conference business.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St Edmund Hall Trading charged the College £442k for conference business costs.
“During the year the subsidiary company, St Edmund Hall Design & Build Limited, charged the College a total of £22,104k (2024: £6,949k) in respect of design and build services.” — page 46
“The College charged St Edmund Hall Trading £442k (2024: £546k) in respect of costs relating to the conference business.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: St Edmund Hall Design & Build Limited paid £75k gift aid to the College.
“During the year the subsidiary company, St Edmund Hall Design & Build Limited, charged the College a total of £22,104k (2024: £6,949k) in respect of design and build services.” — page 46
“The College charged St Edmund Hall Trading £442k (2024: £546k) in respect of costs relating to the conference business.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St Edmund Hall Enterprises Ltd, St Edmund Hall Trading, St Edmund Hall Design & Build Ltd
“The College has three wholly-owned non-charitable trading subsidiaries, one of which is dormant: St Edmund Hall Enterprises Ltd. St Edmund Hall Trading commenced trading on August 1st 2021 and manages all the non-charitable trading activity such as commercial conferences and banquets and St Edmund Hall Design & Build Ltd undertakes the College’s building works.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

ST EDMUND HALL DESIGN & BUILD LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £22.1m
  • Profit before tax: £423k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £123k
  • },
“Charitable distribution to parent undertaking”
ST. EDMUND HALL ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company's total shareholder funds are £2,000, representing the issued share capital of 2 Ordinary Shares of £1 each.
ST EDMUND HALL TRADING — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £618k
  • Profit before tax: £164k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £75k
  • },
“Charitable distribution to parent undertaking”

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£18.7m
Total spending
£12.6m
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£7.9m
Employees
129

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£15.5m£12.6m
31/07/2024£14.8m£10.6m
31/07/2023£15.8m£11.9m
31/07/2022£12.5m£12.7m
31/07/2021£11.7m£10.4m

Common questions

Is ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that consolidated total funds increased by 8.5% to £125.7m, with free reserves rising to £7.8m. The College reports sufficient unrestricted cash and liquid assets to meet its financial obligations and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE CASCIA TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2022£2k

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MASTER AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMONLY CALLED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD£15.5m——above—no doubt
THE MASTER AND FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMONLY CALLED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£23.4m£60,001 - £70,0004below—no doubt
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£14.6m——within30.4%no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£53.5m——unclear—no doubt
MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE FY2025£21.4m——above—no doubt
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£15.3m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.