The Foundations Trust

Registered charity 1076750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE SUMMER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE

The Foundations Trust provides support and oversight for a range of connected projects based from the twelfth-century Round Church in the centre of Cambridge, exploring the relationship between Christianity and culture. These include Christian Heritage which runs the Round Church Visitor Centre and the Cambridge Christian Study Centre through which the charity also supports university ministry.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased to £216,688, resulting in a net movement in funds of £42,609 and total funds carried forward of £138,518. The trustees note that the charity's activities remain dependent on visitor numbers and face inherent uncertainty in fundraising to sustain growing demand. Reserves are managed with an aspiration to hold three months of staff salaries, though the current unrestricted general fund balance is £108,504.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03688829

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.

• MACDONALD, John Emyr, Prof — director, appointed 07/08/2026on trustee list
• WATKINS, Anthony Richard Simon, Dr — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Yu-Lin Claire — director, appointed 10/11/2025on trustee list
• GREEN, Bradley, Dr — director, appointed 26/06/2025on trustee list
• LENNOX, John Carson, Professor — director, appointed 19/01/2022on trustee list
• MCILHINNEY, Alexander Lindsay — director, appointed 19/01/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER LINDSAY MCILHINNEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bradley Green Dr
• Dr Anthony Richard Simon Watkins
• Lindsay Brown · trustee of 3 other charities
• Prof John Emyr Macdonald · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor John Carson Lennox
• Rev RANALD MACAULAY MA CANTAB BD HONS
• Yu-Lin Claire Thompson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Foundation Church.

• Foundation Church income £114k
• THE CHURCH SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE (THE OLD SCHOOLS) income £378k
• THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF ST KATHARINE income £3.1m
• CHRIST'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FIRST FOUNDED BY KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND AND AFTER HIS DEATH income £37.3m
• CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND income £430k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD CITY OF DAVID CAMBRIDGE income £279k

Side by side with its peers

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