Worcester College, Oxford

Analysis

Worcester College, Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Worcester College, Oxford reported income of £20.3m and spending of £18.5m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £12.6m to £20.3m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Worcester College, Oxford sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 Fitzwilliam College in the University of Cambridge (£20.3m), The Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford (£20.4m) and The Abbey School, Reading (£20.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 20%, trading 16% and investments 14%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. It employed 330 people.