Wesley House, Cambridge

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£8,862,692 latest income

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Charitable objects

4. Objects 4.1. The object of the Company is the advancement of education and the Christian faith in particular by establishing and maintaining a college, hostel or institution within the precincts of the University of Cambridge which provides: 4.1.1. training in theology and formation in a Wesleyan tradition for accepted candidates for the ministry and ordained ministers of the Methodist Church worldwide; and 4.1.2. theological training to lay members of the Methodist Church worldwide; and 4.1.3. theological training to others consistently with the values of the Methodist and Wesleyan traditions by means of tuition, academic supervision and mentoring (including by remote means) together with residential facilities in connection with such tuition, supervision and mentoring, where appropriate. 4.2. The Company shall function as a post-graduate college enabling students to have access, as appropriate, to the benefits of University life and tuition, and applicants shall normally be required to hold an undergraduate degree (or equivalent) prior to being granted access to residence and/or tuition in the college, save that the Trustees shall have discretion to permit access to such number and proportion of students who do not already hold an undergraduate degree as they see fit.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 JUL 2014 AS AMENDED ON 06 MAY 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 JUL 2022 as amended on 14 Nov 2022 as amended on 22 May 2025

Trustees (7)

• Christine Elliott Chair since 2019
• David Peniketage 60 since 2019
• Dr David Michael Chapmanage 65 since 2025
• Janet Arthurage 71 since 2019
• Professor Nigel David Pooleage 71 since 2021
• Rev Rose Westwoodage 68 since 2022
• Rev Stephen Burgessage 77 since 2016

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Wesley House, Cambridge · 09147032 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/07/2014

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Connected charities (9)

• Wesley College, Cambridge 3 shared trustees
• THE WYE AND Brook India Trust 1 shared trustee
• United Society FOR Christian Literature 1 shared trustee
• Shared Churches (Hertfordshire AND Bedfordshire) Limited 1 shared trustee
• Afghanaid 1 shared trustee
• London Mission (North-West) Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
• Churches Together IN Hertfordshire 1 shared trustee
• Bedfordshire Essex AND Hertfordshire District OF THE Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
• Methodist Independent Schools Trust 1 shared trustee