THE CAMBRIDGE THEOLOGICAL FEDERATION

Registered charity 1099953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Cambridge Theological Federation, brings together the teaching and learning of twelve institutes through which people of different churches, including Anglican, Methodist, Orthodox, Reformed and Roman Catholic, train for various forms of Christian ministry and service. It exists to serve the mission of God in the world, as that mission is expressed and worked out in the life of the Church.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS, ECUMENCIAL EDUCATION CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PREPARE MEN AND WOMEN FOR ORDAINED OR LAY MINISTRY AND SERVICE WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES?

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £363,332 exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £200,000, providing a buffer above the minimum required to meet commitments. The charity reports a net deficit for the year, but notes that any operating deficit is fully covered by contributions from its member institutions, supporting its status as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Abram · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ian Randall
• Dr Nigel Hugh Walter · trustee of 1 other charity
• GRAHAM STEPHEN BUDD · trustee of 3 other charities
• Ian Chilles Strachan
• Rev Peter McEnhill
• Revd Dr Simon Taylor KC

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARGARET BEAUFORT INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY.

• THE MARGARET BEAUFORT INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY income £499k
• CAMBRIDGE VINEYARD CHURCH income £132k
• UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £4.6m
• CONGREGATIONAL FEDERATION income £1.0m
• THE QUEEN'S FOUNDATION FOR ECUMENICAL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION income £2.4m
• WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL CENTRE income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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