Westminster College Trust, Oxford

Analysis

Westminster College Trust, Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Westminster College Trust, Oxford reported income of £645k and spending of £444k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £545k to £645k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westminster College Trust, Oxford sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yizal Education Limited (£644k), St Mildred's Abbey, Minster, Kent (£645k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Harrow on the Hill (£644k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £284k. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 97 months of spending at that rate.