THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF SOMERVILLE COLLEGE
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
To provide for members of the University of Oxford the protection and training of an academic house.
Latest income
£20.0m
Expenditure
£18.4m
Financial year end
2025-07-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | £12.1m | £14.2m | |
| 2022-07-31 | £13.6m | £17.1m | |
| 2023-07-31 | £16.3m | £17.1m | |
| 2024-07-31 | £17.6m | £15.7m | |
| 2025-07-31 | £20.0m | £18.4m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-07-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £7.3m |
| Charitable activities | £8.6m |
| Trading | £566k |
| Investment income | £3.5m |
| Total income | £20.0m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £16.9m |
| Raising funds | £1.3m |
| Grants to institutions | £400 |
| Governance | £179k |
| Total expenditure | £18.4m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £137m |
| Total funds | £248m |
| — restricted | £4.9m |
| — unrestricted | £137m |
| — endowment | £106m |
| Total assets | £248m |
| Cash | £2.9m |
People
| Employees | 290 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.