ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY LTD

Registered charity 288011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEITE, THE SOUTH EAST INSTITUTE FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

To advance the Christian Religion by the promotion of theological education and training accessible to people living and working in South East, including South London, Kent and Sussex.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PROMOTION OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £21,773 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with net assets increasing to £768,281. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £704,820, which they consider sufficient to meet charitable obligations and maintain premises. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01758668

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Augustines College of Theology (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• GAINSBOROUGH, Jonathan Martin, The Rt Revd Dr — director, appointed 20/02/2024on trustee list
• NJOKA, Stanley, Rev — director, appointed 29/09/2022not on trustee list
• MOSS, John Pedder, Dr — director, appointed 04/03/2015on trustee list
• GREGORY, Alan Paul Roy, Rev Dr — director, appointed 19/05/2014on trustee list
• STRAWSON, Andrew Charles — secretary, appointed 16/11/2015

Official officers record.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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

• The Rt Revd Dr Jonathan Martin Gainsboroughchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Strawson
• Dr John Pedder Moss · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alan Paul Roy Gregory
• Rev Caroline Davina Armitage · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sylvia Collins-Mayo

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATION.

• ST AUGUSTINE'S FOUNDATION income £306k
• KING'S SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY income £72k
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• THE ARC income £1.4m
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