REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1056606
Report of the TNslees and Flnandel Staten￿ts for thé Year End￿1
31 August 2025
for
SplrttusTheologl¢al College
Gravita Autht Westem Limited
Charter&d ACc￿lntants aThJ statUt￿Y
Keb￿ Ho
Southemhay Gardens
Exolef
Dev
EX1 1NT

Splrftus Theolool(¥l Colloge
Contents of the Flnandal Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Report ol the Trt￿teeS
Aew)rt of th6 Independent Exarnlner
Statement of Fina￿lat AC￿lIeS
Balance Shgel
10
Not88 to the Financlal Statements

Splrlius Theokngllxl C¥Jllege
Rgport of thg Trustees
For the Y￿1 Ended 31 August 2025
Tho trustees we8eni their rep)rt vAth ￿ firw￿l￿ slalements of the Charity for the Ye￿ &nded
31 ALvJusI 2025. The trustees have ad(4)ted the w0vis￿n8 ol the Statement of RecommeThJed
Pract[￿ ISORPI 'Accountiru and Rep￿1￿ by Ctsilb8s' in wepar¥ig the annual repJrt and
finaThial 8taiements ol the Gharty.
REFEREIKE AND ADMIMSTrATIVE DEfALS
Reglstered Charlty nun*er
1056606
Reglsler¢d olfl
The Epiphany Trust (TrE¥ol Ltd
Kewn Church Road
Truro
Cornwal
TR13DR
Trustees
Revd CaTh)n Prof. Morwerna L￿j￿W
Rt Rev Hugh Nelson
Charles Mills
Hamish Adam
Dr Adam Dunnir
Th8 Rt. Flevrd James Gr
Sally Pl￿￿
Rèv'd Dr Benjamin Ajdws
Hannah Fosl
R￿hard Orr
Rev Andrew Fafftier
Flt Rev Davbj Grant Willwrns
AesvJn￿ 06 Decerntw 2025
FI￿r￿1 30 April 2025
R￿n￿l 06 Deeernber 2024
ResKJmY 01 September 2024
AF¢KJinted 21 March 2025
AFfX)inted 01 J￿Y 2tr25
Atptiinl￿ 09 O<xober 2025
Awinted 10 March 2026
Audltots
Grawta ALrdit Westem knmited
Kthe House
Souihernhay Gardgns
Exeter
EX1 1NT
STRUCTUR& GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Organlsallonal slrnciure and governlng dowmeni
Th& main activity of the Charity since ifs Frwrdtson C￿ 20 June 1995 has been the provlsion of
the0)￿l¢al education and IrainiTrJ for Christian mNiistries in the South West. candhlalès being
presented by the partiC4patiw churches. aL80 prowdos 0￿FaC(￿ theOlog￿al
education aThJ suw)rts research. The Charity is a rggistwed chwity (numter 1056606.}
The cornpany was ¢￿Verted lo a CharIt￿e lrwryva1￿ C*gani%ation (CIO) on 20 February 2020
and is now gjvemed by a fou￿lati(￿ lrnsl de&J. In event of MridiThJ up, every membw of the
Board is liable to contribute a sum not ex(w(iry £10 towarts the debts and liabililr8s of the Charity
the costs, charggs eX￿nSeS of w￿Ing up. On 14th May 2025 the Trustees agreed lo
chawe the name ol the CFwtty to 4Hrilus T￿log￿l Colbjg from 1° Septemtw 2025.
New trustees are wovitsd wtth a full irKkn¢XbJn to IP* Charity and trainkwJ k% pyovided wtrpre
required.
The tNslees are empower8d lo manage the stralegk busws of the Charty. to exerclse all the
Powers ol the Charity arKI lo appoint a Prww. lo ￿ reswi&Ue for the everyday op8rath)ns of
the Charity.

Splrllus Theoktygl¢al College
Report of the Trustees
For the Yvar Ended 31 August 2025
Iruslees have es1th[sh￿l finance. *rategy and HR committe8s lo a(fvis& the trM)ard.
Rtsk management
The I￿stee$ have a duty lo ithntrfy and revlew ihe whK* Charity is exposed and lo
ensurè approtmiate ￿ntrOL% are placa to INovt(* rea9)nable assurarKe 4anist fraud and err(K.
Th& opportunities aThJ LWrtalnties created by developm￿ts in reglonal pattems of trakniro are
continuously monitored by the Clwty Ihrolth its Lx)nlacts church baders.
Th& twste8s and meThbers of the board have inw(emented a rEk review procedure in cvder lo be
avwe ol the level8 of iisks atmy their kn￿lOn operatKlnS. Thi5 nvofves idgntifying th8 type ol risks
the Charity faces, piiortbsing them in le￿$ ol FK¢tentHI ImpaLt and I￿(&11h0od of occurence and
Klgnlrfying means of mrligating the iisk& The main risk Identrfied ￿ncerned lack ol C<￿1[01 over
slt*Y8nl nUm￿rs. Th8 picwlure is Mana￿ and kepi uThJ8r remew by Finance arKJ Strategy
Committee.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTvirnES
Oblectlves and alms
Spiritus ThwloLical College's visM Is to delrver Ministeri￿ forynatK)n that is focussed on Iraning
for prfical. lrfegwing and Fmweful mft)istry is emb￿lded in the Feople, communiti88 and
churches of the South Westand r(MJted In scriptvre and the liW￿ tr￿￿tIr￿S ol the Cmsiian lath. 11
se6ks to aehieve this vish)n, oall&J 71wbgy for Lmng, through am integrated acadgmic and
f￿MatI￿a C￿￿￿Ul￿M, accessitrAe to a Md8 rry ol ￿¢￿8, who learn together generously arhl
co118boratwely in Lx)mmunity.
Our sFx)nsoriThJ and lourKling church is the Church of Er￿ aThJ we hav8 strong r61ation8hlps
with thè DI(￿8$e8 of the SoLrfh West. in re￿nt years our hqje has ￿en to have 21 ordinatlon
students and 20 LLM (Reader) trainees for th8 10(a Wican Church. H(Iwever. we welcome
people of any denominatiTh) vh)0 want to SIL￿ theofogy or be trained for a Specif￿ ministry. We
s￿claI[Se in ar8as of Spiriiual Direction and Ch¥ainry training. We ho￿￿ togTOW the numbers
of slud8nls by diversifying what we offer lo rmide financHI stabilty. Some levels ol reoruitmenl
are out￿de our control hence we adopt flexitrAe adaptive Strateg￿ to 1eSFM￿vJ to the tharbJing
patterns and variety of ministries ￿lOPle￿ ￿ the thrth.
Publlc beneflt
The Iwslees have canclLMJed that Ihe Charity has met the PuNr Benefft ￿UIrements ￿ca￿.
l. the tAnefh that arises fr(wn the Charivs aiwns are th*,.
a. the Charfty ￿ a￿e lOacfvar￿e Ihe Christian rel￿￿On by ￿ ￿0M0th)n oflhwbjical
education. tTaiilng and research". and
b. the Charity is able to contrl)ute lo IFE tharKem8nl and k¥omotron of the Christian
rdigw)n.
2. the Chartvs ams inlerKI lo benefft generaly"
3. there are no restricti￿ on wlx) can have otvJrtWity io benefit <bU￿alleS 8Je
avarfaLle)- and
n￿OdY recewes any Fyivate b￿fft from Ihe Charity.
The trust8es Fwve LxMnpll&l with thg (W In the ￿arth￿S Act 2011. They havè h2&1 due regard lo
the guKI9￿? wLlished by the Charity in the Benefit Statgment.

Splrftus Theologlcal Collage
Report of the Trustees
Fw Ihe Year Ended 31 August 2025
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable a￿1vIlle$
The income ol the charity is derived mainty trcyn C￿rg8d lo spongoriro churches lor luili
PrOvK￿ to ordinalon camdKlate& Licensed Lay Mintsters (Readers) in trakning and others engaged
in minisienal traiiing. The wop)rtion ol ir￿orne from inde{￿thnt sttJL*nts has i￿￿eased in recent
years.
Incom6 for the year totaled £S40,159. EyNlitwe the year tDtsll￿ £398.730.
Student numbers
There were 9 LLMS IRea(kn} in tYatnirKJ frc¥n the [lic￿se of Exeter and 5 LLMS {Readersl in
TrainiThJ ftrDrn Ihe t)MKese of TrurD. We tra4￿1 21 from Lx)th dic¢eses, w￿h 7 lea￿7￿9 al
the end ol the academic Ye￿ to ￿ ordained deal￿. We also had 11 Independent stud8nls dolt
a rang8 ol academic courses Irom cert5r￿e lo Bl aloThJside 11 studonts trakning in Siirilual
Dir￿￿On aJKI 9 students Intred￿lI￿ lo Ch*iry course.
Acadomlc Quality Assurance
The Extemal Examiner IDr 2024-25 saKI. furriculL¥n aThJ moths ol leamlrNJ and assessment all
appear fitting lo me. The TEI takes a ¢>)[￿MIer￿ awoath lo these areas and is ￿t afraKI to
exp8rirnenl.' He went on to say that 'Tfus is a r￿k1 *lracts non-trath.tiOn￿ sludenls and
r8sults in a quite MIX￿ séi d oulcw. Sritrilus au)ears to weu with this cohort of stud¢nts,
SUPFQrting them In ways ttwl allow them to altain results in line wlth the bro&Jer sector.,
Foimatlon Progr8mmes
We (x)ntinued to evaluate IK)w w8 ths Ihe fOrynat￿￿ of our mnistetial stut*nts, making
changes lo ensure r( is rd8vanl and rig)rous. Th6 formationat Ihread, ￿nsiSts 011) Formation
S88sions on the SurKlays of resmlential weekerMLs, 21 The Leaming JoLrnai, which is dis¢uss￿l
with a Journaf Tutor. 31 the Formation Groups whK* me* betW8en each reshjontial a￿1 41
East&r/LeN School.
We a180 reviewed tho sT￿ure crf our resKlenikil weekth. Students rKJ I(￿￿r stay ovemuhl c
Fridays and to Compensate thB. more Sessic￿S have tEen al*1￿1 lo Sundays.
Sustalnablllty
The Se￿￿ level *Jwments with ￿trI Ihe Dic*xe of Exetw aThJ Truro to delivw LLM {Re￿I￿rI
Imning werg reregolialed ljelween October arKI Dec￿l￿ of 2024. The result was that cost
paid by th8 dioceses Fer Si[K￿nt has 5thtanti￿IY re(Jj(￿d.
The Charity has IntrThYu(*l new programmes ol SIts￿Y trj its portfolk) aimed to decrease the
antI￿pated change in furKJing arkj is sgeknng to ext4org further (Yjwses to enha[￿ fundlng
orportunities. TnJstges have agreed lo rejease mow from reseryes IOT strategic d&velopmenl
work ar7d product develcyment. In ad(Slh)n. several grant OkPOrtunttEs are LEing explored which
should identify areas c)1 study ￿rtI￿Snt to eihJCaiic￿ ar* tranirKJ of rnirxstries within the Church
of EnglatKI as well as the wKler Church. Furthermore. the Charity has moved womlses lo rec*Jce
ovetheads ￿ soughl lo ¢ul eX[￿d[tur8 vhwe possit4e. kn enhanced emplHsis was ptrt on the
chwily's ￿rSary lund exists io suw St￿￿ts y￿￿'no lo take up CXW￿8s.
Staff
Staff ￿Mair￿d relatNely stat4e over Ihe yw. T￿ Marc Kaslrw was app￿nI&l as Strateg
operat￿n$ C¥ficer and Mr Jthn rewr￿ to take w aTh)ther kXÉt in Ytyk Diocese.

Splrftus Theok)gl(*l College
Report ol the Truslees
For Ihe Year Ended 31 Augusl 2025
orga￿$01[0n
Mrs Hannah Foster aThJ Mr Rrhard Orrjoinod Stmritus as Trustees. Hamish Adam and Sally Flper
stepped dovffl dug to ￿t'reme￿. Mr Ben AlIk)￿ akn w[l￿r￿* fr(Kn the Tri*tee txjard.
SaleguardlrwJ
Safegu8rding contlnLES to take a very hwJh pri(th at girl￿JS. ￿ safe￿ardir0 officers are Rev
Hannah Mears, Mr Dawd Harwood and the Rev Dr Lucy Larkin. The trust￿ resportyue for
safeguarding in th8 year 2(r24-2025 was tt* Rev Prof Morwgnna iAKllow. W8 ensure that our
students attend the relevant saf￿UarthNJ traiThng weave safeguardlJ￿ into the academic and
formaliond ieac*iro.
FINAMCIAL REVIEW
Rgserves policy
Any Sur￿u8 of irKome over expeno7ture is rela￿￿ to enabje the company to pursue ils ciigctives.
Resewes are held lor the followirvJ wrposes:
to cover l￿eX￿ted s￿rtI￿lS n incclne from It)￿[ stud8nl nunbgrs CL¥npared lo
01￿110r$.,
to ensure IhalfLKKls are awL9ble to mget the bjal emkrfoymentenlrf(leM￿Jts of Charity staff.
to en￿& the Charty lo meet emero8ncy cdls arisiNJ Irown protEty damage (x equipment
lailures..
to enatle the Gharity to (x)ver expen(knTe durityj the lime that it *￿UkI lake to ayjust to a
m84or Change resullTTrJ trom extem￿ a￿1 irresi4bt4e l¢xces.
The pxilky of the Chaiity Is to hord 17 generaj reserve sufficlent fLwKJs lo cover Th)t le￿ than
three months of nom)al I￿)rking eXp￿NI￿￿1re.
At year-èrKI a lolal of £397.547 was held in res&rvès. £403.659 was held in liquky assets.
level ol reserves is consKI8r￿ lo be ad84uate.
Plans for future perlods
The Charity's oL¥'ecls for the future are lo makg a wry)lus in order that the Charty's reseNeg can
be aU￿￿ellted and maintained in acCOrdar￿ with ttrE r&serves pcAy. Due lo the ovgr811 thop in
tncorne frorll th& Ser￿e Level ￿reement ￿th Exeter (fiwese in 2024. the charity underwgnt a
IDSS last ye￿, however fErture kjsses are b&iw mitbJaled against by I￿￿Ing w(xluct
devdopm*rt. mthetlry strateg￿S and dversificatK)n ol iicome streams.
Inves1ment pollcy and obje¢llvos
11 is the policy of the company to m￿Mise irwgslment income while rninimising risk a￿1 to ensure
that ￿] Investm￿1$ are stricvy eth￿￿.

Spiritus Theologlcal Collegg
Report of the Trustees
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
The trustees are responsible lor preparing Ihe Report ol the Trijslees and the financial statements
in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charities law requir&s the trustees to prepare financial statements lor ea¢h financial year which
give a true and lair view ol the stale ol affairs ol the Charity and ol the in¢otning resources and
application ol resources, including the income and expenditure, ol the Charity lor that period. In
preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required lo
select suitable accounting PDlicies and then apply them Consistent￿,.
observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP..
make jLJdgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.,
prepare the financial statements on the going concem basis unless il is inappropriate to
presume that the Charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting re¢ords which disdose wrf£h reasonable
accura¢y at any tirne the financial position ol the Charity and lo enable them to ensure that the
financial statements ¢omply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding
the assets ol the Charity and hence lor taking reasonable steps lor the prevention and detection ol
IraLJd and other irregularities.
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDrroRS
We, the directors ol the company who held office al the date ol approva ol these Financial
Statements as sel out above each confirm, so lar as we are aware, that..
there is no relevant audit inlDrmation ol which the Charity's auditDrs are unaware,. and
we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as directors in order lo make ourselves
aware ol any relevant audit information and lo establish that the charity's auditors are aware
ol that information.
In apprtsving the Trustees, Annual Report, we also wrove the Strategic Report included therein,
in our capacity as Gharity trustees
AUDITORS
The auditors, Gravita Audit Western Limited. will be proposed lor re-appoinlmenl al the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting.
Apwoved by order ol the Board of Trustees on Z&1 *1
and signed on ils behalf by..
Rev'd Canon Prol. Morwenna Ludlow- Chair ol Trusl*s

Report of the Independer* Examlner to the TNstees ol
Splrllus Th￿lOgICal Collego
For Ihe Yeor Ended 31 August 2025
Independent Exwnlnerfs Report to the Trusiees of Splrltus Th￿logIcal &)Ilege
I report lo the charity INstees on my examinatt*n of the acc¢Junts ol the charity for tho year ended
31 Aug￿￿t 2025 wh￿h are sel on t￿ge9 7 to 18.
Respon￿bIllIeS or&1 basls ol reF
As the tharity's trustees you are responsiilè lor tho ol fv actounts in acc(*dance with
th8 rgwirements of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Act'i.
I reKM)rt in respect of my examinatlon of the charity's a￿(￿Jnts carri￿1 OLrt u￿ler geetion 145 01 tha
Act a￿1 in (xrrying out my examinalion I have IrAlowed an the arwicable Directions gNen by the
Charity Commission under Secti(￿ 145(5){bl ofthe ACL
IndepeThJent examlner's statement
Since the charity's gross income excethl £2￿.0[￿] examirEr musl te a member of a ￿dY
lis1￿1 in section 145 01 ihe Act. I confiim that l am (palrfied lo undertakè the examination because
l am a member of the ICAEW, whith is one ol the list￿1 LNxlBs.
I have completed my examination. I crmfimi that no maleriaj matters have ¢xJme to my attention in
conn6clion with the examination giviw me cause to believe that in any material resp￿t.
accountry records vrtre rx)t kept in resp￿ ol the th8rity as required by section 130 01 the
Act., or
2. the a(Kounts (kn not a(Kord ¥￿th thc6e rwds: or
3. the a￿OUnts do nol Comp￿ wtth ￿ atwlcable requirements r*)nceming the form and
content of accounts set out in the Charittes (Awxnts ￿ Rgwrtsl Regulalions 2008 other
any rewlrement that the ￿jUnts gNe a lair ¥1￿, whkh Is rv)t a Matter
consK18r8d as part of an indeFo[￿nI examin9tKYL
I have no cOn￿mS hav& come a<xoss Th) Ottr￿ fflatters i) conrwtk)n wlth the examinatkin to
whith allention should b8 drawn li thi5 repc*t in order to 8éTrb￿ a propor understanding ol the
accounts lo be reach￿1.
Jath Quaintance FCA
lor and on k*haW ol Gravila ALKIit Westem Limit￿1.
Chartered AccoLmlants arKI &atutory A￿itOrS
Keble House
Scwlhernhay Gard8r
Exeter
Devon
EXI 1NT
Dale..

Splrltus Theoknglcal College
Slaiemont of Flnanc181 Actr¥ilies
F¢y tho y￿r endèd 31 August 2025
Fur*
1￿C￿lING RESOiJR
funds
Inve&wi lThx¥ne
5.&31
&931
4.470
I￿)￿1￿ r8gouw Ir(wn charflthf¢
8C4lvlUes
424,￿9
Totd In()Jmlng regwr
Iabl?acll￿1oéS
Govemancècosts
379,
19.340
365,769
20,537
19340
Told reS￿r￿S •xp*dpd
NE[ INCOMINL¥IOUTGOINGI
RESOURCES
sni
1585711
4s
Ofvr mrNJnlsed ganesllloss•g)
iff4e*ment as
Net￿￿¥ÈI￿i
163.3
{S3,35¥
5&121
Tot4 luThls foTrr•d
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWPIID
397,547
The slalemenl of IIna￿l￿ activi￿eS i￿￿ude8 all gatrts arKI ktsses reccgnised n Ihe year.
All1Tr2)mlng resources arml resources exwKlbryt derive from c0niinui￿j act￿lt￿8.

Spiritus Theologlc81 College
Report ol the Trustees
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unrestricted
fund
Restrlct*d
fund
2025
2024
FIXED ASSETS
Note
Tangible assets
Investments
10
11
2,813
193,386
2,813
193,386
3,642
199,445
Toiol fixed assets
196,199
1%.199
203,087
CURRE￿ ASSETS
Debtors
Cash at har￿ arK8 in bank
12
16,894
210,272
18,894
212,614
2,363
270.031
2,342
Total Current assèts
227,166
2,342
229,508
272,394
CURRE￿ LIABILITIES
c￿dItorS.. amounts falliry du6 Wlthin
one year
13
128.1801
128,1601
114,5821
NET CURRENT ASSETS
199,CK)6
2,342
257,812
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRE
LIABILITES
395.205
2,342
397,547
460.899
NET ASSETS
395,205
2,342
397,547
460,899
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Pension fund
395,205
2,342
458.557
2,342
Total Chartty funds
397,547
460,899
The financial statements were approved by the Board ol Trustees on .&.Kl4trllLj and were
signed Dn ils behdl by..
Rev'd Canon Prol. Morwenna Ludlow- Chair ol Trustees

SplrltusThwbglcal College
)tos to the Flnanelal Ststements
For the Yeor Ended 31 Awusl 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POUCIES
Bas1$ of prep8rlng the flnandal stalements
Spiritus Theological co1￿￿ is a Chartty IrwWat￿ in England. Tr addrgss of the rgglster
offic& is given in the charlty inlomiati(N) on pago 1 01 these fin￿￿la1 stal8ments. The nature ol I
ch￿Ily'S operatiLKB th prin(ipJ activitles are to defThier mwiisterial l(xrnat￿.
The charity conslitules a PL*Jlic t￿effi entity as def￿￿ by FRS 102. The financid slaiemenls have
been preparul in acciydanc8 With Ac￿unb[y and Reixybng by Charities.. Statement ol
Re￿rnrnended Plac1￿e applicable io charibes Exeparirrfj their accounÉ in ￿l¥danCe with the
FiiarriJ R8porting stap.dard a￿4￿able i) thè UK a￿1 Rep￿￿1¢ ol Irela￿1 issued in October 2019
the FInana￿ Reporting Standard appliGabl8 in th& United KI￿OM ￿ Rewknlic of Irela￿ (FRS
102). Ihg Gharitlès Act 2L111 arml UK Genèraly ￿￿ept￿ A(￿l￿tIr￿ Practice.
Thg finameial stat￿eNts hav9 ￿en preF￿r8d lo give a'lrue aThl lairf view and have departed from
the Chariiies (Accounts and Reports) Rogutations 2008 only to extent r6Yuir￿j to txovide a
'INe a￿1 fwr view,. Thls departwe has invclved lollowrKJ the Al%￿ting and Reporting by
Charib8s'. Statement ol Recownmended Practice ¥K￿cable lo (*arrfies pre￿9[INg Iheir accounts in
accordance with the Financial RepofiTQ Starmlard ap￿I￿ab￿ in the UK and Republc ol Ireland
Isswl In Odr*>8r 2019.
The linanGid slatements a￿ wepared ￿ a g(MThJ basis un(kr th8 hlstorical cost
conv8nlion, modrfied lo Indude Cert￿n rtems al lair The li￿￿￿al statèments are pr88ented
in st8rfing whlch is th& functi1)n￿ currew of ts chartty.
Th¢ sKJnlknnt aco)untiNJ pc4Kies a&￿ied in ts preparatKm ol IPRse tlwnc1￿ statements are set
out below. Thèse Fdicies have b88n Wnst￿en￿Y 4VI￿ lo all years pr98enled unless olharwise
slat
Incomlng resour
All incoming re￿UrCeS are the Slatement ol FIn￿￿la1 ActNit*s vthen th& Charty is
ajly entitled to the income and the amount can t* qUanIffi￿ Y￿[h reasonaL4e a￿raCY.
Resources experKled
Expendilure is acoxjunlthl for an a￿nJal$ basis ar¥J has b8en c4assffied urm1￿ headirwJs that
aggregate all costs related lo the rateg¢xy. Whgre costs eanTh)I be (Ireclly attrbLrted lo particular
heading8 they have be6n to on a trAsis c#xtsistenl wlh thè use of resoLV￿S.
T8nglbl? flxed assets
Depreclatw)n is provic￿d at ￿ lo1knw1￿ annual ratss tyi orfer to off asset over its
estimated useful life.
OFFI￿ Ilrniture
Computer e(¥Jipment
. straiJht line over 5 years
- stravJhl Ine over 3 yews
Taxation
The Charty is exryt from corporation tax on its d￿ritatr￿ ￿tiv￿les.
Fund aceounllng
Unreslricled lunds can be used in ￿0rdar￿e with the ¢￿Arita￿ obj￿i￿e$ al Ihg discretion of t
trustees.
ReStr￿edIunds can orly1￿ usedfor particu[& rthicted wposeswithinthectyectsof the Charity.
Restr￿￿)rE arise when srxified by th& Lt)nor (Y fwKls we ra¢sed Iw particular reSt[￿ted
purroses.

Splrftu$ Thwk)ty￿l College
Notes to the Flnanclal stateM￿rtS
For tho Y￿r Ended 31 August 3]25
Further eXp￿natiOn ol thè nature arKI wrFX%8 of eath lurKI is tThludBd n th8 notes to ihe financlal
stalemenfs.
Penslon cosls end other posl-retlrenwrt beneffls
Thè eharity participales in ￿ (knfined (x)rIT*￿trOn ￿￿10n sthemes. F￿1 det￿19 oflhese schemes
are providgd in Note 18.
Lforary
No monetary vdu8 is attrit&rted to the ￿l￿ary arKI dl ex￿￿fftUre is wrilten off lo the income arKI
eXpe￿Illure a¢ciMJnt.
L￿Se5
Ass8ls acqured uNJgr finance leases ￿￿tarts￿l depwiat&Y over the shorter ol the lease
term and the exwled useful life of the asseL Minimwn lease payrnents we 8pportK>n8d ￿tw8￿n
Ihe fina￿8 charge abNI the reductton ol th& outslarmlng lease liatxltty using the èffectrve Inteiest
m&ttrKxY. The related ¢*ligations, nel ol Ithlwe finance tharges, arè inCl￿d in creditors.
Rentats payable aThJ reeeivthe u￿ler operabtwJ teages are d]arged to thè ￿A on a sIr￿ght line
basiq over the period ol the l&ase.
Slgnlflcant ludllements ond key sources ol egllmalkin uncertalnty
The aocounts contaln sigThf￿anE IL￿e￿enlS aThJ estknaies as loll(RVS:
Acxyuals and yepayTnonls wF¥ch are based on infiThat¥)n availth at the tlme of th8 audit.
2. INVESNENT INCOME
2024
Depo￿1 ￿￿nI Interest
4,470
4,470
5,931
3. INCOMI￿ RESOURGES FROM CHARtrABLE AcrivrnES
125
2024
ATrJlican sludwr188s
￿l￿ellaneDUs IrKX)me
Diocese ol Exeter Serv￿0 Contr&ts
195.978
29.459
108.791
154,677
263,077
334.228
424.399

Splr#us Theologl¢81 Colleg
Noles to the Flnanclal Statements
For the y￿ Ended 31 August 2025
4. CHARrrABLE ACTIVtllES COSTS
2025
Academic ¢08ts
EmployThenl c
Establlshment Costs
Encountering Th￿10
8.484
248,154
30,658
78,473
365.769
235,474
101,786
379,390
5. GOVERNANCE cosrs
)25
2024
Trustees, eX￿ng8S
A￿lItOrs. remuneration
Accountancy a￿1 prof￿￿￿ fees
75
6,270
14.192
20,537
9.3(
10.040
19,340
6. NET INCOMIN￿ RESOURCES
Net res￿r¢eS are slated after ctrwgTrig'.
2025
2024
Dewecl8tlon- as8el8
2.fK)I
1,401

Splrféus Theowcal College
Notes lo the Financl81 Stalemonts
For Ihe Y￿r Ended 31 August 2025
7. ITIUSTEES. R￿uNERATIoN AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees. reMUneratiC￿ or bwEli15 the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for
th8 year ￿￿ed 31 August 2024
2025
2024
Truste8s' expenses
75
8. STAFF COSTS
2024
aTKI ￿laries
Swial s￿ritY costs
Other co*
198,023
8.737
23,092
200.861
11,860
26.6D3
The average monthly number ol 8mt4oyees dL¥h)g year Yas as folksws:
Y)24
Staff
10
10
io
10
No efflpbyees r￿gIve￿ emcduments in excess of £60,LI)O.

SpirltusTheokngl￿I College
Notes to Ihe Fln8ncial Statements
For Ihe Year Ended 31 Augu* 2025
9. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEKf OF FINAMCIAL AcllvmES
iknrestrlcted Re8blct•d Total
l&)tss Funds
frJnd$
Funds
INCOMINQ AESOURCES
Incom1￿ re8ource5 Irom gen8rt8d funds
Investment it￿￿￿e
4.470
4.470
Incoming r￿Ure65 from charllablè ￿tIVItIeS
424.399
424,399
428 869
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Charll*)10 oetlvlti8s
Governanee costs
365.103
3).S37
365.769
20.&87
MET INCOMING RESOURCES
42.583
Other reeagnbed galnsIU¢s￿)
G￿n$ invesbnent assefs
13,
13,564
RECONCILIATION OF FUIIDS
Totsl ftTnds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWAFID
407,764
404.772
460,899

Spiritus Theologlcal Collegg
Notes to the Flnttnclal Ststenwnts
For the Year Endod 31 August 2025
10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Compuier
Equlpment
Furn￿1?
Total
Co$1
Cc6t blf
Athlllons
DL*w5￿8
13.889
1,172
19,885
1,172
DBpre¢latlon
D8pre¢iation bll
Charp for ￿8[
EliMIna￿ oll dispr￿
4,743
594
11.5C(J
1,407
16.243
2.001
DeprecIatI￿ cjl
18
Nel Book Value
Nel lyy)k value carrfed forward
Nel knok value b￿￿ght frmr(I
659
1253
2,154
2,813
11. INVESTMEKrs
Investmont8
Marketvalue
At I September 2024
RevaluatK)rns
199,445
I6.￿9)
At 31 August 2025
193,386
Nel Book Vafue
At 31 Augu8t 2025
At 31 August 2024
193,386
199,445
Invesknents are hekl wlh CCLA

Splrllu$ Tlwlogl￿l College
Notes to tho FIn￿cIal Statements
For the Yo&r Endgd 31 August 2025
12. DEBTORS: AMOUMTS FALLI￿ DUE ONE YEAR
2025
2)24
Trade dd)lors
Other (leblor5
9,813
7.081
2.8
2,3&3
18,894
I& CREtwroRS: Amouiifs FALUNG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025
2024
Trade crecrit￿S
Taxation and srKld S￿rity
Otsr credlo
7,495
3.227
17.438
340
5,168
9,074
28,1 FK)
14,582
14. ANALYSS OF NET ASs￿s BETWEEN FUNDS
Unrestrlcted
ReBtrfcted
fund
fund
2024
FIX￿ wots
Currwrt assets
Current liabllilies
196.199
7.1eé
I28.1￿)
395.205
2D3,087
272,394
114.5821
460.899
13
128,1601
397.547
1342

SplrMusThgobglc&l Collego
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
For the Ywr Ended 31 August 2025
15. MOVEUEKf IN FUNDS
At
01/￿)12024
movement
In lund$
At
31108r2025
Unreslrlcted lunds
G￿eral d&8ignated IuJK18
458.557
1&3,3521
395,205
Resirfcted funds
Reslri¢tgd lund
2,342
TOTAL FUMDS
460 899
897 547
Net movernenl in funds. i￿1[**d in the ab￿ are as fc4kTh8:
Galns.
Resource8 108*5 Movemgnl
1M$f&Y8
In fund8
I￿)mIng
Unr¢8tricted lunds
General and des￿nat￿j iunts
340.159
3￿,730
{4.7811
1&1,3521
Restrfctsd fvnds
Resiricted fu￿$
340,159
398.7
4,781
63.352
16. FINAIUIL COMMffMENrs
At 31 August 2025 the charity total commitments rnrtrCanC*llab￿ operating leases over
the rem&nlng life of th￿ leas8s of £Nil12024 - £Nil}-
17. RELATED DISCLOSURES
The trustees havg complet￿￿ Dedaratii)n of Inlerost fom)s arKI have consider￿￿ wheth9r thwe
have b&en any transactions with rdatwj partEs that sFKxAd be thsclosed.
0￿￿1g the year £15.64512024: £9.9061 of incoTh was recerrf&J Irom The Truro Diwesan B(Mrd
of Finance Umited, an entity with Shar￿ tnjstees.

Splrftus Th￿lOgICal Colle
Notes to the Flnarkclal Statements
For the Y￿￿ Ended 31 August a)25
18. MEMBERS, LIABILITY
In the ovenl of wirKJing up, every memb8r of the Board ts lo ￿￿trIbUte a sum not exceeding
£10 towards the (kbls and Ik7￿111￿eS ol thity arnl the cogt. tharges 0Xp￿Se$ of windlng
up.
19. PENSION AND OTHER POST41EfREMEKf BEMEFrrs
Church Workers Ponslon Fund ICWPF)
Spirrtus Theological College parUcipat8s in thè P￿0￿ BiMl¢*r S¢kne section of CWPF for lay
staff. CWPF is administergj by the Church ol EnulaThJ Pensions Board, which holds the CWPF
assets separatety from those ol the Empk)yer a￿1 other parbrypatir¥J eM[A)y￿S.
CWPF has two sectKins."
the D8fined Beneffts
the Pengon Buikjer Scheme, wtr￿Ch has sLbs￿l￿r￿,.
a ¢Jeferred anrNJity section kr￿n as PtsMsi￿ BuikJ&r Classic. an
a cash balanc8 sthin kno￿7 as Pensrcm Buikkn 2014.
Pension Buiider So*eme
Both sections of the PènsKm ￿lIder Scheme are daS￿d as defi￿1 ￿n￿lit s¢kn88.
Pension Builder CAassic provKles a pen￿￿, a￿umU￿t￿l from ￿ntri1XJti0nS tmid and converted
into a defe￿ed annuity dLYing empbyment ba￿d ￿ temis sel and reviewed ty the Church ol
England PensK)ns Board from lime lo time. DL8udk)rory increas8s may also ba added, depgnding
on Inv8Stmenl returns and othw I￿lor*
Pension Budder 2014 is a cash baJarKe ￿erne that provk*8 a lump sum whith members use ID
provkle benefits at retiremenl. Pension ¢(￿trIyjIiOns we recorthd ￿ an aw)unt for each member.
Discreti￿ary tr￿n￿Se$ maybe a(&￿1 befo￿ retir8menl, deFRfKliig ￿ investment retums and other
I￿tOrs. The a(rounL Fdus any 1x>r￿se$ the1ar￿1 IS FKqyaAe, ￿r￿j￿ed, from a9e 65.
Ther8 is m subQiv1s￿n of assets bth88n ￿P10yerS in each sedK)n of Pa￿lOn Buikler
SL*erno.
The sd￿me is consbje￿j to b8 a Mull1-wn￿0yeT SCh￿)e as descriw in S￿￿0￿ 28 of FRS 102.
This is because il is not possitAe lo attrtjule the Pension Builder Schemg's assèlg and liabililies lo
speclflc employers and means that cOntri￿S are ￿[x)unted for as il the Sctrwe were adgfined
contribution scheme. The pensions costs Char￿ lo the SOFA in the year are the c1mlrit￿Ilo1
payable of £4,9LY212024.' £8,342).
A v￿￿tr.0n of PeFksK>n BLllfvJer s￿￿ can1￿1 oth every yeaN Tho nTht
y￿￿al￿ Wds carri￿1 ￿ as al 31 D￿￿20?2.
F(x the Penson Buildw ClasEic g￿t￿￿. ts valJatKffi rwt8d a ￿j￿IS of £34.8rn on the orwbYJ
aSsump￿)r￿S u￿. Al ￿ most re￿ revieweffth* 1 January 2025. th8 PA)ard chcBe lo ￿an1
a clscretionwy bc¥)us o16.7Yo lo tx)Ih pertsM￿s notyet n payirth t￿9￿)n$ in payment in respe
or S￿¥K% piorlo ￿ 1997., ￿ a trAJnus payM￿tt in resp￿t01 FX)St Apil 2006 s6rvi
so th* pewon I￿rease was 2.PA I￿￿ LW il w(MAd be cakulated tas&S on infLAt￿n LP to
2.￿/.}. This f(*hved imwovements li ￿ hnYirrfJ wa124. Thwe requirernerrt f(wdthit
payrrwts at the cur￿1 time.
Th8 next w41ua1K￿ B due as at 31 DWitw￿l2s. CaU￿1KM$ forts aro c4nenty V￿ler￿aY.
10

Splrmus The0￿gICal College
tes to the Flnanclal Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
For the P￿slon 2014 rev&thl a oryJokng
assLKnplK)fL8 used. Therg 15 rn rWeI￿ fr*d*iL FwnH)ts attrE￿rrent tim8.
Th81gga 81n￿l￿e ol scheme E su(* that rf amther èmther lai&. Spritus Theological Goll8ge
could bewme r8sporL8I)18 lor paykng a share of ts la￿ emph)>￿8 Ken￿n liaLyliUes.
Church of EnglaTrd Funded Penslon Fund (CEFPS)
Spiritus Theologkal College partiiFts in C¥xuth ol EThJa￿l FurKI￿1 P￿$m)r6 Sthme for
s￿per￿lary dergy, a ￿firEd per￿￿ thn*. Tlis &thme is admill5t￿￿ by Ihe of
Er0[a￿l PersKTh Board, hokL8the￿ts￿th9s(*Pme syaldyfrorn UK6eol1￿ Resp￿*￿8
Bad￿s.
h part￿Pat￿g Body <Jurth of EnlarKI Pens￿5 SC￿m& FQy8
conthbuborB al a {X)Th￿ ¢xJthtyJli)n rate to [￿￿￿able sbFerds.
The scheme Is consKlered lo be a mulb*m￿oYer $Ch￿e as doscrib￿l in Section 28 01 FRS
102. It is not possible lo attrlxjle the Sckne's assds liabiliti8s to each speryfic ResFK)nst)le
Bcty, arMJ thi5 fflgans contrikMJlk)ns are accounted for as il the Scheme were a defin@d
conlributK)n schthme. Thg pensions costs charged tD SOFA in the year are ￿ntrIbUtIonS
payable towards benefits and expenses a(med in that year, whid) were £18.190 in 202512024:
£18,261), plus any figures 8S1￿ng fr¢MI ¢(￿l[￿1b￿S li resFect ol arby Scheme tsf￿li.
A valual'rjn ol the Scheme is Carni￿ out otrKe every three years. The 2021 valuat￿n slh)wgJ the
Scheme lo LE lully funded. The most recerrt Sthemewdlualicm Com￿led was carried out al as
31 D￿ernber 2024, and also showed the to be lully fun¢*d" as suth in 2025, the defKit
contributions paKI wer8 £012024." £01.
The December 2024 Valuat5￿ revealed a Su￿uS of £560rn, bas8J on assets of £2S70m aThl a
funding target of £2,010m, assessed usiNJ the fdlowing assumptions:
An averag& dixounl rate of 6.1FA KA.
RPI inflation of 3.4% pa land kwnsHJn r￿eaSeS LX)nsistenl wtth IF￿S}.
CPIH inflation in line ￿th RPI fess 0.7% pa pre 3M) ￿￿thI¥j to FIPI Mth no a￿￿tMeNt from
2030 ￿Wards.
Increases in p8nsi)natde stiperKls in line wtth CPIH.
Mortality in acCOrda￿e with 9￿. ￿ the S4NA_L tables, albwance for inprovemenls in
mortaSly ratès Irom 2017 in fine wth CM12023 extended model with a long term annu
rate ol imFxovernenl ol 1.5%. a smootlmry parameter of 7. an inrtial addit￿n lo mortJily
improvements ol 0.5Vo pa ar¥J an a[lOw￿ 2020 2021 data of 20% li.e. w- 20%).
The 2024 valuation reflects the bBnefit inyovemerrts Ihat ihe Generd Sync*l agr*l in pAThipl8
in July 2025 land ￿nfirmed in Fthuary 20261.
Section 28.1 IA ol FRS 102 r8quires agreed defic#t re￿ery payments to be recognis&Y as a
liability. However, as thwe were no def** recovw pa￿￿errtS fvom 1 January 2023 Or￿ardS, the
bdance sheet liability as al 31 December 2024 and 31 D￿ember 2025 is rril.