Queen's College

Analysis

Queen's College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Queen's College reported income of £15.6m and spending of £16.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10.7m to £15.6m (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Queen's College 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 St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford (£15.5m), The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade (£15.7m) and Ashville College (£15.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%, donations and legacies 1.5% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £6.2m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 149 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.