St Paul's Theological Centre

Analysis

St Paul's Theological Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2005, 21 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 05543940). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Paul's Theological Centre reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.6m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £3.1m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Paul's Theological Centre sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Westminster Abbey Trust (£3.1m), The Movement for Reform Judaism (£3.1m) and Trinity College Bristol Limited (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 45% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £108k. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.