St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford

Analysis

St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford reported income of £15.5m and spending of £12.6m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £11.7m to £15.5m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashville College (£15.5m), Queen's College (£15.6m) and Tormead Limited (£15.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 45%, donations and legacies 29%, investments 22% and trading 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £246k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £7.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 129 people.