Emmanuel Theological College

Registered charity 1122789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALL SAINTS CENTRE FOR MISSION AND MINISTRY, SNWTP, SOUTHERN NORTH WEST TRAINING PARTNERSHIP

THE PROVISION OF QUALITY LOCAL AND ECUMENICAL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Objects

(1) The College's Objects are: (a) the advancement of theological education in areas of Christian faith, mission, practice and dialogue and in particular but without limitation: (i) the provision of learning opportunities for members of churches and other interested persons; (ii) the sharing of theological resources with and among local churches, communities and other training providers; (iii) the preparation of persons for accredited forms of ministry; and (iv) the provision of opportunities for post-graduate study. (b) to advance Christian theological education generally.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ENGLAND.

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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Registered contact address: Halton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £172,019 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds rising to £539,635. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Reserves stood at £539,635, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £490,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 08/07/2026, 8 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 16/08/2024, 47 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Canon Professor Jeremy Duff to lead Emmanuel Theological College churchinwales.org.uk · 23/07/2026

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ADANNA LAZZ-ONYENOBI · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Matthew Porter
• George Colvill
• Margaret Ann Cheung
• Nigel Rhyl Robson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alec HAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev David Alex Craven · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Richard Luke Pennystan
• Rev Ruth Newton
• Revd Alexander Robert Brown
• The Revd Dr Admos Osmund Chimhowu
• The Revd Dr Rachel Mann
• The Right Revd Philip John North

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Cumbria · Derbyshire · Isle Of Man · Liverpool City · Manchester City

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.

• Rev David Alex Craven — trustee here and at THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED

Known funders

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EMMANUEL CELEBRATION CENTRE.

• EMMANUEL CELEBRATION CENTRE income £412k
• EMMANUEL CHURCH OXFORD income £497k
• EMMANUEL ASSEMBLIES OF GOD income £188k
• EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH income £59k
• ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST income £4.5m
• NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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