The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology

Analysis

The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02958069). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology reported income of £499k and spending of £451k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £554k to £499k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 328%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East London Tabernacle Baptist Church (£499k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hope Church Islington (£499k) and Sports Chaplaincy UK and Ireland (£498k).