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WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 311449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Theological College and Resource Centre for Learning

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

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £306,720 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased staffing costs and expenditure on charitable activities. While total unrestricted income funds stood at £5,127,472, unrestricted liquid funds were significantly lower at £177,981, with the majority of funds held in fixed college assets. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing a £395,000 loan from the United Reformed Church Trust and expected reductions in future deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Activities for raising funds (48% of income)
“Activities for raising funds 1,151,578” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £178k; policy: three months income (i.e. around £300k))
“Unrestricted liquid funds totalled £177,981 (2023: £17,661). The Trustees hope to return to a regular balanced budget in the short to medium term which will allow the College to build up free reserves equivalent to 3 months income (i.e. around £300k).” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The United Reformed Church Trust paid £360k to Westminster College as a contribution to the teaching costs of the College and the College’s membership of the Federation.
“During the year the United Reformed Church Trust paid £360k (2023: £360k) to Westminster College as a contribution to the teaching costs of the College and the College’s membership of the Federation.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Westminster College Trading Limited
“Westminster College Trading Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary company of Westminster College, was registered on 22 January 2014 primarily to carry out the conferencing and accommodation business of Westminster.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£5.1m
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~22.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (48% 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: 47.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£2.8m
31/12/2023£1.8m£2.0m
31/12/2022£1.6m£1.7m
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2020£1.5m£1.8m

Common questions

Is WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £306,720 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased staffing costs and expenditure on charitable activities. While total unrestricted income funds stood at £5,127,472, unrestricted liquid funds were significantly lower at £177,981, with the majority of funds held in fixed college assets. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, citing a £395,000 loan from the United Reformed Church Trust and expected reductions in future deficits. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£1.0m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION1£25k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£23k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£20k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£8k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE£2.4m—0below—no doubt
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD FY2025£645k—0above—no doubt
WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL CENTRE FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
WESTMINSTER FUND FY2025£23.8m—0unclear—no doubt
KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE FY2024£162k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD CITY OF DAVID CAMBRIDGE FY2024£279k—0unclear—no doubt

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