Lincoln College Oxford

Analysis

Lincoln College Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Lincoln College Oxford reported income of £15.4m and spending of £17.6m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £22.1m to £15.4m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lincoln College 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 Leeds University Union (£15.3m), Tormead Limited (£15.5m) and The Principal and Fellows of Mansfield College in the University of Oxford (£15.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 30%, investments 11% and trading 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £320k. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £4.6m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 140 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.