Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge

Analysis

Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge reported income of £223k and spending of £244k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £206k to £223k (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pembroke Street Trust CIO (£223k), The Archangel Trust (£224k) and The Methodist Church, North Fylde Circuit (£223k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.