Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD

Registered charity 1143479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROVOST FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF WORCESTER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The charity activities are the advancement of education, religion, learning and research, by the provision of a college in the University of Oxford, for the benefit of the public

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£20.3m
Latest spending
£18.5m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £326k are below the Trustees' target of £1m, although unrestricted reserves total £39.4m. The College achieved a near-break-even operating result and the trustees are satisfied it is a going concern despite challenging economic conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £169,000 - £169,999 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£169,000 - £169,999 1 169,604” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £1M (held: £326k)
“The College’s current target is to build its free reserves to £1M”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustees who are employees receive salaries. Total remuneration £1,937,998.
“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 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees' partners paid for tutorials
“During the year the partners of some trustees were paid for providing tutorials for students of the College.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Worcester College Enterprises Limited
“The College has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Worcester College Enterprises Limited” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Worcester College, Oxford (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£20.3m
Total spending
£18.5m
Cost of raising funds
£331k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
330

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

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£20.3m£18.5m
31/07/2024£19.3m£14.6m
31/07/2023£14.7m£13.8m
31/07/2022£18.2m£15.1m
31/07/2021£12.6m£13.1m

Common questions

Is WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £326k are below the Trustees' target of £1m, although unrestricted reserves total £39.4m. The College achieved a near-break-even operating result and the trustees are satisfied it is a going concern despite challenging economic conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £169,000 - £169,999 band.

Who funds WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD as a grant recipient include WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST, Tinsley Charitable Trust.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUSTFY2023£675kGrants to institutions
Tinsley Charitable TrustFY2022£85k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE TOLKIEN TRUST1£200k
THE ISAAC NEWTON TRUST1£46k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust1£20k
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA (UK) LIMITED1£14k
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.1£10k
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£10k
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION1£928

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD£20.3m£169,000 - £169,999—unclear—no doubt
WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD ENDOWMENT TRUST FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
THE RECTOR AND SCHOLARS OF EXETER COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025£14.6m——within30.4%no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£925k—0above—no doubt
WILLIAMS COLLEGE OXFORD PROGRAMME FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt
FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£20.3m——below—no doubt

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