NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Registered charity 526675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH ISLES NAZARENE COLLEGE

Provision of theological education in the HE sector

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Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a small surplus for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £1,608,296 against total expenditure of £1,600,470. Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,484,055, which the trustees confirmed remained within the target range set by their reserves policy. The trustees affirm that the College continues to operate as a going concern, citing stable recruitment and prudent financial management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted reserves identified by the trustees as appropriate given our plans for the future activities of the College (held: £2.5m)
“The reserves policy holds reserves it holds in line with the level of reserves identified by the trustees as appropriate given our plans for the future activities of the College.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£3.1m
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~23.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.6m£1.6m
30/06/2024£1.6m£1.6m
30/06/2023£1.7m£1.7m
30/06/2022£1.5m£1.4m
30/06/2021£1.5m£1.3m

Common questions

Is NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with a small surplus for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £1,608,296 against total expenditure of £1,600,470. Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,484,055, which the trustees confirmed remained within the target range set by their reserves policy. The trustees affirm that the College continues to operate as a going concern, citing stable recruitment and prudent financial management. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
CHRIST THE REDEEMER COLLEGE FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
NAZARETH CARE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43.3m——below—material uncertainty
Emmanuel Theological College FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
YESHIVA GEDOLA NEZER HATORAH FY2025£581k—0unclear—no doubt

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