The Cambridge Theological Federation

Registered charity 1099953 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

2y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Religious Activities 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Finance 6Tech and media 5

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£965k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.6 in 2021

8 from 10 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge, General Funds Charity 1 shared trustee
The Canons Regular of Eltham CIO 1 shared trustee
Histon Baptist Church 1 shared trustee
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion 1 shared trustee
The National Churches Trust 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.theofed.cam.ac.uk
Email	enquiries@theofed.cam.ac.uk
Phone	01223 767 787
Address	2 The Bounds, Lady Margaret Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0BJ

Finances

£965,325 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£931,654	£939,985
2022	£1,083,713	£1,121,718
2023	£828,821	£891,171
2024	£1,423,124	£1,206,214
2025	£965,325	£963,616

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, TO ADVANCE RELIGIOUS, ECUMENCIAL EDUCATION CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PREPARE MEN AND WOMEN FOR ORDAINED OR LAY MINISTRY AND SERVICE WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES?

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 MARCH 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 DEC 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Anna Abramage band 55-59 since 2024
Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner since 2024
Dr Ian Randallage band 75-79 since 2025
Dr Nigel Hugh Walterage band 60-64 since 2023
Graham Stephen Buddage band 55-59 since 2025
Ian Chilles Strachanage band 65-69 since 2022
Rev Peter Mcenhillage band 65-69 since 2025
Revd Dr Simon Taylor KC since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

The Cambridge Theological Federation · 04700056 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/03/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge 1 shared trustee
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion 1 shared trustee
The National Churches Trust 1 shared trustee
Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge, General Funds Charity 1 shared trustee
The Canons Regular of Eltham CIO 1 shared trustee
Heythrop Institute 1 shared trustee
ST Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge 1 shared trustee
The Aidan Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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