QUEEN'S COLLEGE

Registered charity 312726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary objective of the College, in accordance with its Royal Charter, is to promote and provide for the advancement and education of girls.

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Latest income
£15.6m
Latest spending
£16.0m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £407,934 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to a voluntary 10% fee reduction to help families adapt to the introduction of VAT. Despite this decrease, the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £1,831,771 and maintains a conservative investment strategy to preserve financial headroom against economic volatility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Queen's College, London (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£15.6m
Total spending
£16.0m
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reserves (reported)
£6.2m
Employees
149

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£15.6m£16.0m
31/08/2024£14.3m£14.8m
31/08/2023£13.1m£13.7m
31/08/2022£11.9m£11.7m
31/08/2021£10.7m£11.1m

Common questions

Is QUEEN'S COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £407,934 for the year ended 31 August 2025, primarily due to a voluntary 10% fee reduction to help families adapt to the introduction of VAT. Despite this decrease, the charity holds free/unrestricted reserves of £1,831,771 and maintains a conservative investment strategy to preserve financial headroom against economic volatility. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds QUEEN'S COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEEN'S COLLEGE as a grant recipient include THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£16kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kAnnual Operating Support
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0Annual Operating Support

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
GAMBLEAWARE1£351k
SWIRE CHINESE LANGUAGE FOUNDATION1£10k
THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 20101£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEEN'S COLLEGE£15.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH I FOUNDATION FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS FY2025£53.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FY2025£19.9m£190,000 - £194,999—unclear—no doubt
QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£12.4m——above—no doubt

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