MATER ECCLESIAE COLLEGE

Registered charity 1186431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BELLARMINE INSTITUTE, THE HEYTHROP FACULTIES OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

Since 17th July 2019, Mater Ecclesiae College has conducted the Ecclesiastical Faculties of Theology and Philosophy at St Mary's University in Twickenham. These were the Faculties formerly conducted by Heythrop College in London and most recently known as the Bellarmine Institute. The Faculties provide courses leading to the ecclesiastical degrees, up to Doctorate level, in Theology & Philosophy.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CATHOLIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY:A) CONDUCTING THE ECCLESIASTICAL FACULTIES OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY FOUNDED BY THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN LEUVEN IN 1614 AND TRANSFERRED FROM HEYTHROP COLLEGE TO ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY ON 17TH JULY 2019;B) CONDUCTING ANY OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL FACULTIES THAT MAY BE ERECTED IN ADDITION TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL FACULTIES MENTIONED IN (A) ABOVE, WHETHER AS AN ECCLESIASTICAL UNIVERSITY OR OTHERWISE; ANDC) PROVIDING SUCH OTHER EDUCATION AND FORMATION AS IS INCIDENTAL TO THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN (A) AND (B) ABOVE.

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 the charity had no assets or liabilities at the year end and operated on a receipts and payments basis. Financial activity consisted entirely of donations received from the Catholic Trust for England and Wales, which were immediately paid out as service charges to St Mary’s University. The trustees note that the charity is in its early years and does not yet have a meaningful reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Most Reverend JOHN FRANCIS SHERRINGTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Gavin Gregory D'Costa
• The Most Reverend Bernard Longley · trustee of 6 other charities
• The Most Reverend Charles Phillip Richard Moth
• The Most Reverend John Wilson · trustee of 24 other charities
• The Most Reverend Mark Anthony O'Toole
• The Very Revd Professor Paul Gerard McPartlan
• The Very Reverend Doctor Simon George Gaine OP

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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