Westminster Seminary UK

Analysis

Westminster Seminary UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Westminster Seminary UK reported income of £560k and spending of £508k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £635k to £560k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Westminster Seminary UK sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene with St Leonard, Bridgnorth (£559k), The Lutheran Council of Great Britain (£561k) and Polden Gospel Hall Trust (£559k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 14%, charitable activities 11%, trading 2.3% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £211k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.