LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD
Registered charity 1139261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLN COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE OF THE BLESSED MARY AND ALL SAINTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, THE WARDEN OR RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE BLESSED MARY AND ALL SAINTS, LINCOLN, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
The principal focus of the College's activities is on its academic work: that is, high quality research and the education of new generations of students in a range of subject areas. The College provides facilities for study, in the form of teaching and seminar rooms, lecture theatres, a Library and co-operative access to the laboratory and other facilities provided by Oxford University.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £25.665 million, driven largely by a significant rise in donations and legacies to £14.667 million. The College reported a net income before investment gains of £8.023 million, resulting in free reserves of £4.610 million, which the trustees note is in line with their policy of maintaining over three months' expenditure. Both pension schemes are reported to be in surplus, and the auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
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: £4.6m)
“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 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustees who are employees receive remuneration for their work as employees. No trustee receives remuneration for acting as a trustee.
“No trustee receives any remuneration for acting as a trustee. However, those trustees who are also employees of the college receive salaries for their work as employees.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
LINCOLN COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Creditors: amounts falling due within one year include £24,349 owed to group undertakings.
LINCOLN COLLEGE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £46.4m
- Profit before tax: £1.1m
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £19.2m
- Creditors include £182,546 owed to group undertakings (2024: £153,216).
“Distributions to parent charity under gift aid”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mr Nigel Clifford, CBE, FRGS, FRSA — Rector (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.
Public-sector contracts awarded
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£2.8m
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Nigel Cliffordchair · trustee of 4 other charities
- ALEX DOMINIC SPAIN
- Dr ALEXANDER PRESCOTT-COUCH
- Dr Aleksei Parakhonyak
- Dr Alice Louise Thorneywork
- Dr Andreas Vasileiou
- Dr Anthony John Roberts
- Dr DANIELA OMLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr DOMINIC JOSEPH ROBERT VELLA
- Dr EDWARD NYE
- Dr JODY LAPORTE
- Dr JONG PHIL PARK
- Dr Jack Kelly
- Dr KIMBERELY PALLADINO
- Dr LUCY WOODING
- Dr LYDIA MATTHEWS
- Dr MARIA STAMATOPOULOU
- Dr MICHAEL WILLIS
- Dr Maximilian Edward Long
- Dr NIGEL EMPTAGE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr PAUL NICHOLAS STAVRINOU
- Dr PEREGRINE LEE GAUCI
- Dr PETER MCCULLOUGH
- Dr PETER SARKIES
- Dr QIAN WANG
- Dr RADU COLDEA
- Dr Rebecca Bridge-Menmuir
- Dr Reece Neil Oosterbeek
- Dr Roel Bert Konijnendijk
- Dr Sophia Rosa Mara Buck
- Dr TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- PROFESSOR MATTHEW FREEMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
- PROFESSOR STEFAN ENCHELMAIER · trustee of 1 other charity
- Susan Rosemary Harrison
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Oxfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £25.665 million, driven largely by a significant rise in donations and legacies to £14.667 million. The College reported a net income before investment gains of £8.023 million, resulting in free reserves of £4.610 million, which the trustees note is in line with their policy of maintaining over three months' expenditure. Both pension schemes are reported to be in surplus, and the auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.
Who funds LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD as a grant recipient include LORD CREWE'S CHARITY, SLOANE ROBINSON FOUNDATION, THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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