ST PAUL'S THEOLOGICAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1111609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity that provides theological training for both lay and ordained students. It is part of St Mellitus College, one of the Church of England's theological Colleges. SPTC in particular is based at Holy Trinity Brompton Church in Knightsbridge.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on unrestricted funds of £415,884 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £2,890,594. Free reserves stood at £1,515,074, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £450,000. The auditors confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05543940

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.

• BEDFORD, Rachel, Reverend — director, appointed 02/07/2025on trustee list
• MILLEST, Daniel John, Rev — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
• OTUDEKO, Omosoji Adeyemi — director, appointed 20/03/2025on trustee list
• TAGAL, Jacintha Ganit — director, appointed 28/03/2022on trustee list
• JACKSON, Sarah Colleen Mitford — director, appointed 24/04/2020on trustee list
• COATES, Richard Michael, Rev — director, appointed 24/04/2020on trustee list
• LEE, Michael Ho Fai — director, appointed 06/04/2020on trustee list
• ORR, James Tristan Ward, Dr — director, appointed 08/07/2019on trustee list
• SHANNON, Helen Louise, Rev — director, appointed 08/07/2019on trustee list
• SHIPPEN, Jonathan Mark — secretary, appointed 13/07/2015

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angus Christian Winther · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jacintha Ganit Tagal
• Michael Ho Fai Lee
• OMOSOJI ADEYEMI OTUDEKO
• Rev Daniel Millest · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev HELEN LOUISE SHANNON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Hugo Charles Amory Foxwood
• Rev Rachel Bedford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Richard Michael Coates · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sarah Colleen Mitford Jackson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Angus Christian Winther — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON income £10.1m
• WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL CENTRE income £1.3m
• ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• ST PAULS (SPENNYMOOR) CENTRE LTD income £250k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING income £739k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S, ST. MARYLEBONE income £227k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.