THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD

Registered charity 1138057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALL SOULS COLLEGE

All Souls College is part of the University of Oxford. It advances research and education, particularly in the Humanities, the Law, the Social Sciences, the Natural Sciences, and Mathematics; promotes the links between the academic world and public life; and maintains the tradition of the College as a place of prayer.

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Latest income

£19.2m

Latest spending

£15.3m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by 4.2% to £604.6 million, supported by a 24% rise in investment income to £18.5 million. The College holds free reserves of £46.7 million, which it intends to use for a major property redevelopment project, after which it plans to rely on its expendable endowment for liquidity. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 6

“Six employees (i.e. excluding the College Fellows) during the year earned gross pay and benefits (excluding employer NI and pension contributions) in excess of £60k (2024: one).” — page 61

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six- to twelve-month period (held: £46.7m)

“It seeks to maintain sufficient liquidity within its investment portfolio to meet its financial needs over a six- to twelve-month period, either out of income or via the use of liquid cash or cash equivalent investments.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The College is the Sponsoring Employer of the All Souls College Staff Pension Scheme, able to nominate four Trustees to the Scheme's Board. At the year end the Scheme owed the College £127,877 (2024: £107,339) which will be repaid within a year.

“At the year end the Scheme owed the College £127,877 (2024: £107,339) which will be repaid within a year.” — page 79

“One Fellow, Professor F. Brown, held a personal loan at 31 July 2025 of £1,167 of which £167 is repayable after one year. (2024: total loan of £2,167). No interest is charged on this loan.” — page 79

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One Fellow, Professor F. Brown, held a personal loan at 31 July 2025 of £1,167 of which £167 is repayable after one year. No interest is charged on this loan.

“At the year end the Scheme owed the College £127,877 (2024: £107,339) which will be repaid within a year.” — page 79

“One Fellow, Professor F. Brown, held a personal loan at 31 July 2025 of £1,167 of which £167 is repayable after one year. (2024: total loan of £2,167). No interest is charged on this loan.” — page 79

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Chichele Property Company (ASC) Limited, Animarum Properties Limited, APL Reading Limited, APL Reading Lettings Limited, APL Gillows Limited, APL Gillows Lettings Limited

“The College has two wholly-owned non-charitable trading subsidiaries, Chichele Property Company (ASC) Limited (CPC) and Animarum Properties Limited (APL).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 6 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Professor Sir John Vickers — Warden (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£19.2m

Total spending

£15.3m

Cost of raising funds

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£46.7m

Employees

115

Reported reserves equal ~36.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.0% 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 end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£19.2m	£15.3m
31/07/2024	£15.6m	£9.5m
31/07/2023	£13.5m	£12.0m
31/07/2022	£10.4m	£14.4m
31/07/2021	£11.6m	£10.9m

Common questions

Is THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by 4.2% to £604.6 million, supported by a 24% rise in investment income to £18.5 million. The College holds free reserves of £46.7 million, which it intends to use for a major property redevelopment project, after which it plans to rely on its expendable endowment for liquidity. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita.

Who funds THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Advancement of education

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.0m
HULME TRUST ESTATES (EDUCATIONAL)	1	£627k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£308k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£200k
LOB'S CHARITY	1	£35k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	£20k
THE CASCIA TRUST	1	£12k
SWIRE CHINESE LANGUAGE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.

THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD income £19.9m
NUFFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £14.0m
JESUS COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION income £13.6m
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £14.6m
THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £15.3m
THE KING'S HALL AND COLLEGE OF BRASENOSE IN OXFORD income £18.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD	£19.2m	—	6	unclear	—	no doubt
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FY2025	£19.9m	£190,000 - £194,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NUFFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025	£14.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JESUS COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY OF OXFORD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£13.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025	£14.6m	—	—	within	30.4%	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.