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Registered charity · Northwood

London School of Theology

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £2.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.lst.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
London School of Theology
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.8m£4.1m
  • 2024£3.2m£3.9m
  • 2023£3.0m£3.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.2m£3.7m
  • 2021£3.6m£3.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY’S OBJECT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COMPANY MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:-(A) THE CONDUCT OF THE SCHOOL AND ESTABLISHMENT AND CONDUCT OF COLLEGES (IN ALL CASES) FOR THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF THE BIBLE, CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND RELATED SUBJECTS;(B) THE TRAINING OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION, CHRISTIAN TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN WORKERS;(C) THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL, ITS STUDENTS AND ITS FORMER STUDENTS,WITH ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES BEING CARRIED ON IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS.

Grants received

2 grants · £55,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

Board analysis

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.

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 10Religious Activities 10Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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 9Manufacturing 2Other services 2

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£2.8m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 34.1 in 2021

68 from 71 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
312778
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25TH JUNE 1943 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 12TH DECEMBER 1958, 14TH FEBRUARY 1997, 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 AND 2ND FEBRUARY 2004 AND AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 JUNE 2011
Companies House
Company number 00381332 · Active
Contact on the register
01923456000 · enquiries@lst.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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