St Catherine's College in the University of Oxford

Analysis

St Catherine's College in the University of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 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, St Catherine's College in the University of Oxford reported income of £16.8m and spending of £19.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £10.3m to £16.8m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Catherine's College 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 Tudor Hall School (£16.8m), The Grange School Hartford Limited (£17.0m) and King's Schools Taunton Ltd (£16.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, investments 22%, donations and legacies 14% and trading 4.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £372k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Reserves of £3.7m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 212 people.