SAINT JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Registered charity 1139733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD
Established in 1555 as a constituent college of the University of Oxford, St John's College fosters excellence in education and research. The College is committed to equal opportunity.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the College reported an underlying operating deficit of £5.02m for the year ended 31 July 2025, a significant reduction from the £13.71m deficit in the prior year, driven by increased donations and investment income. Per the trustees' report, the College maintains a reserves policy targeting one month of expenditure before depreciation, supported by a general reserve of £7.1m, while holding substantial net assets of £891.20m and healthy net current assets of £63.05m.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Investment income (53% of income)
“Total investment income represents the return on our property portfolio and equity investments and has increased to £24.18m from £17.33m from the prior year.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one month’s expenditure before depreciation, and excluding investment in fixed assets and the pension scheme (held: £7.1m)
“the Governing Body has reviewed the reserves policy to ensure it satisfactorily meets the College’s current requirements and has concluded that a general reserve of around one month’s expenditure before depreciation, and excluding investment in fixed assets and the pension scheme, should be maintained for these purposes.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: The document discloses that while trustees receive no remuneration for acting as charity trustees, many are paid salaries by the College or University for their employment. The table 'Remuneration paid to trustees' lists 59.7 trustees (FTE) in the £60,000+ bands, indicating significant remuneration for services as employees.
“The Fellows who are the Trustees of the College for the purposes of charity law receive no remuneration for acting as charity trustees. Some Trustees are paid salaries by the College for the academic or other services they provide as employees of the College.” — page 61
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The College spent £3k with related parties of the trustees of the College as defined by FRS102.
“During the course of the year, the College spent £3k (2024: £0k) with related parties of the trustees of the College as defined by FRS102.” — page 66
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Professor Dame Sue Black — President (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£14.2m
Reserves (reported)
£12.2m
Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANDREI STARINETS
- Armin Lak
- Bazat-Tahera Qutbuddin
- Callum Ian Munday
- Dr Elizabeth Wonnacott
- Dr Katherine Elizabeth Doornik
- Dr Laura Moody
- Dr Matthew Charles Nicholls
- Dr Sandra Jane Campbell
- Ewa Batyra Dr
- Graham Robert Cormode Professor
- PROF ALASTAIR WRIGHT
- PROFESSOR ALISON ELIZABETH HILLS
- PROFESSOR ANGELA RUSSELL
- PROFESSOR BARRY MURNANE
- PROFESSOR CHARLES NEWTON
- PROFESSOR DARIA MARTIN
- PROFESSOR GEORGY KANTOR · trustee of 1 other charity
- PROFESSOR GILLIAN ROSE
- PROFESSOR HANNAH SKODA
- PROFESSOR HEATHER BOUMAN
- PROFESSOR IAN THOMAS KLINKE
- PROFESSOR JAN OBLOJ
- PROFESSOR JASON SCHNELL
- PROFESSOR JASON STANYEK
- PROFESSOR Katherine Southwood
- PROFESSOR Katie Anne NATION
- PROFESSOR MARK CANNON
- PROFESSOR NIKOLAJ LUEBECKER
- PROFESSOR NOEL KIMIKO SUGIMURA
- PROFESSOR PATRICK RONALD HAYES
- PROFESSOR PHILIP KUMAR MAINI
- PROFESSOR RICHARD EKINS KC HON
- PROFESSOR ROSALIND HARDING
- PROFESSOR SIMON MYERS
- PROFESSOR STEFAN MARTIN KIEFER
- PROFESSOR STEVE ELSTON
- PROFESSOR THERESA BURT DE PERERA
- PROFESSOR ZOLTAN MOLNAR
- Prabhat Jha Professor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Oxfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SAINT JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College reported an underlying operating deficit of £5.02m for the year ended 31 July 2025, a significant reduction from the £13.71m deficit in the prior year, driven by increased donations and investment income. Per the trustees' report, the College maintains a reserves policy targeting one month of expenditure before depreciation, supported by a general reserve of £7.1m, while holding substantial net assets of £891.20m and healthy net current assets of £63.05m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds SAINT JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SAINT JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD as a grant recipient include THE RELAY TRUST, THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, CHK Foundation, THE LONDON WOMEN'S CLINIC FOUNDATION.
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