ST HILD COLLEGE

Registered charity 1067982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORTHERN ORDINATION COURSE, THE YORKSHIRE MINISTRY COURSE

The training of recognised candidates for ordained ministry in the Church of England and in other mainstream Christian Churches and, where appropriate, for the preparation of suitable candidates for Lay Ministry.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £34,725 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,106,034 and total expenditure of £1,141,213. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £70,782 were below the stated policy target of approximately £470,000, although the charity holds investments valued at £569,259 which provide additional reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03473114

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ELTRINGHAM, Anna, Bishop — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• CHAMBERLAIN, Nicholas Alan, Rt Revd — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
• JONES, Hugh William Fawcett, Rev'D Canon Dr — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
• MCGINNIS, Daniel Mark — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, William Huw — director, appointed 01/03/2020on trustee list
• SOWERBY, Mark Crispin Rake, Right Reverend — director, appointed 01/09/2019on trustee list
• WOOLF, Elizabeth Louise, Reverend Canon — director, appointed 07/07/2019on trustee list
• JOLLEY, Andrew John, The Venerable Doctor — director, appointed 01/08/2017on trustee list
• CLAY, Mark, Reverend — director, appointed 01/08/2017on trustee list
• ENSOR, Graham, Reverend — director, appointed 01/08/2017on trustee list
• MARTIN, Philippa Ruth — secretary, appointed 01/01/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bishop Anna Eltringham · trustee of 2 other charities
• Canon Dr Hugh William Fawcett Jones
• Dr Daniel Mark McGinnis
• Rev Elizabeth Louise Woolf · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev GRAHAM ENSOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev MARK CLAY
• Right Rev'd Mark Crispin Rake Sowerby
• Rt Revd Dr Nicholas Alan Chamberlain · trustee of 3 other charities
• VEN DR ANDREW JOHN JOLLEY
• William Huw Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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