WYCLIFFE HALL

Registered charity 1156892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q3402788 · Wikipedia

Wycliffe Hall is a theological college within the diverse environment of the University of Oxford. We aim to equip our students for their future ministries, through excellent academic teaching, practical ministry experience and living as part of a vibrant and supportive Christian community.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THEOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO CANDIDATES FOR ORDINATION AND, SUBJECT THERETO, TO PROVIDE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (WITH A PREFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDERTAKING A COURSE OF STUDY IN THEOLOGY OR WHO HAVE BEEN ORDAINED).IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBJECTS THE CHARITY MAY PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS.

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: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £25,251 for the year, reversing a previous deficit, driven by increased donations and teaching fees. However, the trustees note that the charity currently holds a substantial net current liability, primarily due to loans falling due in early 2026, although reassurances of continuing loans have been received. The charity aims to rebuild unrestricted reserves to cover at least three months of operating expenditure, with current unrestricted cash reserves standing at £400,434.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 6 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09007970

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Revd Dr Michael Lloyd — Principal (source)
• Revd Dr Jonathan Brant — Dean for Research and Cultural Development and Director of the New Renaissance Project (source)
• Katy Routh — Senior Tutor (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

• WATSON, Douglas Augustus — director, appointed 22/10/2026not on trustee list
• PITKETHLY, Elizabeth Jane, Rev Dr — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
• SMITH, Mark Stephen, Dr — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• SMITH, Lorna Joyce, Professor — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• HORDERN, Joshua William Shubra, Rev Prof — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• KALUNGI, Philipa — director, appointed 13/02/2025on trustee list
• GAMMOH, Sarah Issam Yacoub — director, appointed 13/02/2025on trustee list
• MOUNSTEPHEN, Philip Ian, Bishop — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• MACRITCHIE, Kenneth Macmillan — director, appointed 22/02/2024on trustee list
• WEST, Andrew Mark Mclaren — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
• PELLEREAU, Kate Louise Elizabeth, Rev — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Thomas Westgarth — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
• BIGG, Michael David, The Reverend — director, appointed 18/11/2021on trustee list
• FINCH, Sarah Rosemary Ann — director, appointed 20/09/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 14.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Mark McLaren West · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bishop Philip Ian Mounstephen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Thomas Westgarth Simpson
• Julie Aldrich
• Kate Pellereau
• Kenneth MacRitchie
• Philipa Kalungi
• Prof Lorna Joyce Smith · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Dr Elizabeth Jane Pitkethly
• Rev Dr Mark Stephen Smith
• Rev Michael David Bigg · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Prof Joshua William Shubra Hordern · trustee of 1 other charity
• SARAH ROSEMARY ANN FINCH · trustee of 4 other charities
• Sarah Gammoh

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYCLIFFE COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

• WYCLIFFE COLLEGE FOUNDATION income £37k
• WYCLIFFE UK LIMITED income £10.5m
• RATCLIFFE COLLEGE income £17.4m
• WYCLIFFE BAPTIST CHURCH income £955k
• TRINITY HALL CAMBRIDGE income £16.4m
• THE MASTER AND SCHOLARS OF BALLIOL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £18.8m

Side by side with its peers

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