2025-08-31-accounts - Westcott House

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Charity number 311445

Westcott House

Report and Financial Statements

31 August 2025

Westcott House Report and accounts Contents

	Page
Reference and Administrative Details of the College, its Trustees and Advisors	1 - 2
Council Members' Report	3 - 8
Independent Auditors' Report	9 - 12
Statement of Financial Activities	13
Balance Sheet	14
Statement of Cash Flows	15
Notes to the Financial Statements	16 - 36

Westcott House

Reference and Administrative Details of the College, its Trustees and Advisors for the year ended 31 August 2025

The Trustees of the Charity are the Council of the College, as detailed in the Charter.

Ex-officio Members

Regius Professor of Divinity

The Very Revd Prof David Fergusson OBE, DD, FRSE, FBA (appointed January 2022)

The Honorary Treasurer

Mr Adam Morrow (appointed Treasuer July 2023)

Academic Members (who shall hold office for three years)

Two members of the Divinity Faculty nominated by the Faculty Revd Dr Victoria Johnson (appointed July 2024)

Member of Academic Staff of a Federation Institution nominated by the Federation Council The Revd Dr Muthuraj Swamy (appointed October 2024)

Appointed Representative of the Instutution with Academic links with the College Revd Dr Sam Hole (appointed October 2025)

Appointed Members (3/5 years) (not more than seven members appointed by the Council)

The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson (appointed November 2018, appointed Chair July 2019)

Mr William Chapman CVO (appointed Observer March 2019, appointed Trustee October 2019,

resigned February 2025)

The Revd Canon Professor James Walters (appointed March 2019 as a Gen.Synod Rep, in January 2022 became an Appointed Member, resignation effective October 2025)

The Revd Canon Flora Winfield (appointed July 2023 )

The Venerable Mark Steadman (appointed July 2023)

The Venerable Alex Hughes (appointed July 2023)

Mr Jeffrey Brown (appointed August 2023, resigned December 2024)

The Rt Revd Dr Anderson Jeremiah (appointed October 2025)

Mrs Charlotte Drinkwater (appointed October 2025)

Canon Clement Hutton-Mills (appointed October 2025)

Nominated Members (until dissolution of Synod) (Not more than two members of the Gen.Synod of the Church of England nominated by Gen.Synod, appointed by Council)

Dr Helen King (appointed November 2022)

Revd Mark Bennet MA Mmath ACA (appointed Synod Rep from November 2022, formerly Hon Treasuer from October 2020 -July 2023)

Observers

The Revd Simon Gatenby (since October 2004)

Mr Michael Wolton-Carr (since February 2020)

The Revd Dr Helen Dawes (appointed November 2018 , appointed Principal October 2020, Observer since July 2024)

The Revd Rachel Rosborough (appointed and first meeting November 2023, Observer since July 2024) Dr Julian Gotobed (appointed September 2021, Observer since July 2024)

Dr Julia Snyder (appointed September 2021, Observer since July 2024)

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Reference and Administrative Details of the College, its Trustees and Advisors for the year ended 31 August 2025

Observers (continued)

Mrs Catherine Cox (elected February 2024, moved to Observer role July 2024, end of term February 2025) Ms Matilda Tempest (elected February 2024, moved to Observer role July 2024, end of term February 2025) Mr Samuel Tudor (elected December 2023, moved to Observer role July 2024, end of term December 2024 ) Mr James Cochran (elected March 2025)

Miss Sarah Fagg (elected March 2025)

Mr George Allin-Roberts (elected December 2024)

Charity Registered number

311445

Principal office

Westcott House Jesus Lane Cambridge CB5 8BP

Visitor

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Independent Auditors

Streets Audit LLP Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 3 Wellbrook Court Girton Cambridge CB3 0NA

Bankers

Barclays Bank plc P O Box 2 Cambridge CB2 8BP

Solicitors

Ashton KCJ Chequers House 77-81 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8EU

Property Agents

Gerald Eve LLP 72 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AY

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The Council Members present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of Westcott House (the College) for the year ended 31 August 2025. The Council Members confirm that the Annual Report and financial statements of the College comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the College’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting Charities” applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102 second edition - October 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Policies and objectives

The principal charitable objective of the college has historically been "to provide, carry on and maintain a College or Colleges for the preparation in accordance with the formularies of the Church of England of candidates for Holy Orders in the Church of England or in a Church in communion with the See of Canterbury." During the year of this report the college petitioned His Majesty in Council for an expansion of its charitable objects, to include a larger range of activities to prepare and support ministers. The Order was granted on 10 July 2024.

Strategies for achieving objectives

To further these objectives the College provides students with opportunities to study the CertHE, DipHE, and BA (Hons) in Theology, Ministry and Mission (awards of the University of Durham) through the Cambridge Theological Federation along with a variety of academic courses leading to BTh, DTM, BA (Tripos), MPhil and PhD qualifications with the University of Cambridge.

The College is an officially recognised institution with links to the University of Cambridge, the University of Durham and Anglia Ruskin University. Teaching staff are affiliated to the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge.

The College is a member of the Cambridge Theological Federation, comprising nine full and three associate member institutions providing preparation for ministry and theological research. Federation members share resources and teaching (courses, seminars and supervisions) is planned jointly. In 2014, the Cambridge Theological Federation entered into a validation agreement with the University of Durham and the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England to deliver the Common Awards.

The College maintains a special link with the Manchester Diocese to place ordinands in Urban Priority Areas (UPA) parishes for teaching contextual theology as an integral component of their ministerial training. A parttime member of staff is based in Manchester. The College also maintains and develops links with Churches and training institutions overseas. Students have recently had the opportunity to participate on an exchange programme with Yale in the US and the Prediger Seminar in Wittenberg, Germany.

Activities for achieving objectives

Westcott House provides teaching staff and facilities, residential accommodation, a chapel, a continuously updated library, access to online resources, dining hall and other communal facilities. The teaching staff, augmented by local clergy both in Cambridge and in Manchester, provides tutorial and supervisory support for all students. A chaplain provides individual spiritual and pastoral support.

There is emphasis on spiritual and personal formation alongside academic learning, encouraging staff and students to grow in holiness, wisdom, compassion and openness.

In preparation for ministry in churches and the wider community, students in their first two years of training are attached to a local parish or university college chapel to gain liturgical and pastoral experience. During their training, which can last up to four years, all students complete an 8 to 10 week full time parish placement. For many of our students this takes place in Manchester where we maintain a house in partnership with the Diocese of Manchester. This partnership was established a generation ago.

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

During the ordinands’ sustained period in a ministry context, students participate in a range of pastoral, social, liturgical and educational activities in local churches to enable them to develop their readiness to start in public ordained ministry. Westcott House pays attention both in the classroom and in practical placements to developing the awareness and skills to promote community cohesion including between people of different faiths.

Main activities undertaken to further the charity's purposes for the public benefit

In planning and in carrying out the college’s activities for the year, the Council has taken account of the published Guidance of the Charity Commission concerning Public Benefit (pursuant to section 4 of the Charities Act 2011).

Through the residential programmes, Westcott House prepares men and women to be effective in serving both congregations across the country, and the wider communities in which they are set. We place particular store in preparing ordinands to exercise their public, pastoral and spiritual responsibilities to the whole population.

As well as training those going to be public ministers, the teaching staff members themselves contribute to the wider church and community, through writing and research and assisting in local churches.

The Council has a policy of encouraging conference activity outside the teaching terms, to generate additional income and to defray some of the fixed costs of the enterprise. We hope that this can be recovered in time to pre-COVID levels. The conference activity is centred on religious and educational programmes, where organisational aims are consistent with the College's objectives. Accommodation is also provided for visitors to Cambridge.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Review of activities

The year covered by this report saw the fourth complete annual cycle in which the House was led by its Principal, the Revd Dr Helen Dawes.

During the year 2024-25, there were nineteen students preparing for public ministry in the Church of England ranging in age from early-twenties to early-fifties. Students came in the main from England, with a small number from overseas. Fourteen students were studying for Durham University awards in Theology, Ministry and Mission and graduate and post-graduate diplomas; five were studying for B.Th and BA (Tripos) qualifications with the University of Cambridge. Of these students, nine left at the end of the academic year.

In addition, there were twenty-two independent students studying at Westcott House at the end of 2024/25, ranging in age from mid-twenties to late sixties. Of these students eleven were studying PhDs and all studied either University of Cambridge, Durham University or Anglian Ruskin University awards.

Whilst the direct effects of COVID are no longer immediately current, we are alert to the possibility of longterm effects on individuals.

The college continues to implement a system of staff oversight and appraisal.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial results

During 2024-25 Westcott House incurred a deficit of £89,000 after other gains on foreign currency (2024: deficit of £332,000). Levels of income from charitable activities increased to £918,000 (2024: £784,000). Expenditure on charitable activities decreased to £1,372,000 (2024: £1,397,000).

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Going concern

After reviewing budgets, projections and cash flow forecasts to 31 August 2028, the Council members are satisfied that the College will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the immediate future. Cash resources are available, further funding is being explored and the College continues to maintain effective cashflow management. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements

The long-term financial future of the College is more difficult to predict and depends on a number of factors that are only partially within its control. The House does not have a significant permanent endowment. Its funding arrangements are set out below, and further comments about fundraising may be found later in this report.

The main funding for the House’s activities derives from grants for the tuition and maintenance of ordinands while in residence. During the year, the House received £12,577 tuition fees and £6790 maintenance allowance per capita (based on full time single person equivalent) for each student. The funding arrangement with The Church of England changed during the year, whereby a general uplift in fees was granted. Although the House currently receives no central funding from the Church the amended agreement for Resourcing Ministerial Formation provides for an amount of block funding, total received in 2024-25 was £392,000 (which included a retrospective adjustment under the new arrangement).

Funding is received directly from the Ministry Division of the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Each diocese has its own requirements and many dioceses are choosing to fund part time training, allowing students to continue in part time work, rather than committing to a full-time residential training programme. This is further contributing to the unpredictability of year on year student numbers and it is our hope that an increase in the College’s range of training offers will have a positive effect over the mid to long term.

College income is driven predominantly from student numbers that vary each year. Student numbers choosing a full-time residential route to the ministry have further dropped in 2024-25, primarily driven by the change in The Church of England’s discernment process. The trend has halted in 2025-26 and there is cautious optimism that numbers will improve in 2026-27.

Due to the historic nature of most of its buildings, the College has an ongoing programme of maintenance alongside its day to day costs. Significant work is still needed, notwithstanding recent substantial refurbishments, to bring the whole site up to modern standards. The Trustees continue to be aware of the needs identified in the Condition Survey undertaken in the recent past along with the rising costs associated with this work.

Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.

Investment policy and performance

Westcott House did not hold any investments at the end of the year (2024: £nil), however funds were help on deposit with Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA) Investment Management Limited.

Reserves policy

The College had total funds of £13,890,000 at 31 August 2025 (2024: £13,979,000). The free reserves position excluding fixed assets and associated borrowings and pension reserve stood at £582,000 at the year end (2024: £480,000). The finance committee have established a policy of maintaining reserves at a level of 6 months expenditure. This policy is challenging and necessitates the need to continue to raise additional funds and explore new revenue streams.

The terms of the College’s restricted funds have been reviewed, and funds currently shown as permanent endowment are in line with the original donors’ wishes.

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Risk management

The College contracts with Shield Safety to advise on risk management and to conduct inspections as required. The Council has a policy of keeping the risk register under regular review. The College continues to contract with Shield Safety to maintain a food safety policy and provide wider health and safety advice.

The College continues to identify the following as key risks: Student numbers; loss of key academic staff; financial shortfalls; maintenance obligations of our historic buildings and reputational risk. Cyber security risk is monitored and mitigated where possible with a cyber liability insurance policy which was in force for the duration of the year.

The College is seeking to increase student numbers by ensuring that we continue to deliver training which fits the needs of a wider range of students than hitherto, while maintaining high educational standards. We continue to believe however in the importance of the House offering students the option of a residential programme of theological training and formation at the initial pre-ordination stage.

Plans to increase income include alumni fundraising and increasing student numbers. Income from casual lets and wider letting have contributed to increased additional income as has the hosting of a conference over the summer period. It is considered that maintaining this increased level of income is sustainable, subject to any risk being effectively managed

The College has, and continues to develop, robust Safeguarding policies and procedures in relation to the protection of vulnerable people, the establishment of a safe culture, and its importance for the Church’s future leaders.

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

Future developments

The Council continues to exercise appropriate caution in respect of financial commitments to capital works.

Having stated that principle, the Council continues to have on its agenda the fact that the historic college site — Old Court and the Chapel — presents difficulties of accessibility. An initial outline concept design was commissioned and delivered during the year, for a project that would obviate the problems of stepped access between the parvis on the northern side of the Court (which is on the street level of Jesus Lane) and the remainder of the site as well as addressing the level changes and steps between the Cloister and the Chapel. The Council received initial funding and a commitment for further funding, during the year, to enable phase one of the project to be undertaken subject to faculty and planning consents. Council continues to develop a strategy to raise funds for the substantive cost of phase two and phase three of the project.

Fundraising

For much of the previous years, systematic charitable fundraising was a largely unrealistic option for obvious reasons. With the pandemic of 2020 behind us, it has once again become possible, as is a concerted attempt to strengthen alumni relations. Establishing a foundation of regular givers both supports our work directly through increasing our regular income and also enables us to demonstrate the support for the work we do and for Westcott House as an institution in fundraising conversations with grant-making trusts and philanthropists. The Principal and Council continue to explore external sources of funds and to make appropriate contacts accordingly.

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Key management and personnel remuneration

The key management personnel of the College are those in charge of directing and controlling the College and running and operating the College on a day to day basis. Key management personnel are considered to be the Council Members plus The Principal, Vice Principal and Director of Finance (observers). For the period up to the grant of an Order for the revision of the Charter on 10 July 2024, four employees of the College were Council Members, as stipulated in the Royal Charter and Supplemental Charters: The Principal and Vice Principal of the College, (ex officio); and two members of the academic staff. Subsequent to this revision no employees are Council Members.

All Council Members give of their time freely and were not remunerated in the period. Details of trustee expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in the notes to the accounts.

Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the Council and in accordance with the College’s policy withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.

The pay of the key management personnel is reviewed annually by a Remuneration Committee and normally increased in accordance with average earnings. The remuneration is bench marked with charities of a similar size and activity (for the roles where the holder is required to be a priest, that includes the stipend and emoluments of clergy carrying a commensurate level of responsibility) to ensure that the remuneration set is fair and not out of line with that generally paid for similar roles.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Constitution

Westcott House is incorporated by Royal Charter of 29 November 1960 as amended by Supplemental Charters of 21 June 1979 and 20 April 1998, and a further Order on 10 July 2024.

The Charter provides that the income of the College shall be applied solely towards the objects of the College, one of which states "that for these purposes and objects generally to do all such acts and things as are or may be termed incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the … purposes and objects of the college or the exercise of any of its powers."

As stated above, revision of the Charter has enabled the House to offer within its charitable purposes a wider range of learning and formation, as well as in-service learning, in order better to serve the Church of England, the Anglican Communion and the public at large, in the future. The revisions to the Charter removed all employees and student representatives from Council membership (and therefore their position as trustees and directors of the college as a charitable company), although they continue to be invited to attend Council meetings for unreserved business. Template texts were included in order to bring the Charter in line with the Charity Commission’s best recommended practice. Employed staff and student representatives will no longer be Trustees.

Method of appointment or election of Council Members

The management of the College is the responsibility of the Council members who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Royal Charter. New Appointed Members of the Council are recruited according to criteria agreed by Council.

A number of measures have been put in place to strengthen systems and practice of governance.

Organisational structure and decision making

The members of the Council have overall management control and oversight. The Finance Committee, which includes members with relevant professional expertise, has delegated responsibility for financial decisions, and reports to the Council each term. Full Management Accounts are presented and reviewed at each meeting of the Council.

The Principal is responsible for the academic and pastoral organisation, appointment of staff, and general wellbeing of the College.

Westcott House Registered number: 311445 Council Members' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

Domestic and Catering facilities, together with Administration, are the responsibility of the Operations Manager. Financial management is the responsibility of the Director of Finance.

Council Members’ responsibilities statement

The Council Members are responsible for preparing the Council Members’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Council Members to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the College and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the College for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Council Members are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the College will continue in operation.

The Council Members are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the College’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the College and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the College and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report was approved by the Council Members, on 12 January 2026 and signed on their behalf by:

The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson Chair of the Council

Westcott House Independent auditors' report to the Council Members of Westcott House

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Westcott House (the 'charitable college') for the year ended 31 August 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has been withdrawn.

This has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable college's affairs as at 31 August 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Basis of opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable college in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Council Members use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable college's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Council Members with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The Council Members are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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Independent auditors' report to the Council Members of Westcott House

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the Council Members’ report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
adequate accounting records have not been kept; or
● the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or ● we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of Council members

As explained more fully in the council members' responsibilities statement, the Council Members are responsible for the preparation of financial statements which give a true and fair view. and for such internal control as the Council Members determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Council Members are responsible for assessing the charitable College's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Council Members either intend to liquidate the charitable College's or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charitable college through discussions with Council Members and other management, and from our knowledge and experience of the education sector;
we obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the charitable college and how the charitable college is complying with that framework;

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Independent auditors' report to the Council Members of Westcott House

we obtained an understanding of the charitable college’s policies and procedures on compliance with laws and regulations, including documentation of any instances of non-compliance;
we identified which laws and regulations were significant in the context of the charitable college. The Laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Charities Act 2011 and taxation legislation. We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items;
in addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which might be fundamental to the charitable college’s ability to operate or to avoid material penalty; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit
we reviewed the minutes of Council Members’ meetings to identify and references to non-compliances with laws and regulations.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charitable college’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we;

tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in the accounting policy were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
● performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
● reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the Council Members and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.

Westcott House Independent auditors' report to the Council Members of Westcott House

Use of our Report

This report is made solely to the Council Members in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Council Members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Council Members for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Shane Tharby (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of

Streets Audit LLP

Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 3 Wellbrook Court Girton Cambridge CB3 0NA

Date: 21 January 2026

Westcott House Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2025

		Endowment	Restricted	Unrestricted	Total	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
	Notes	2025	2025	2025	2025	2024
		£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies	2	-	72	(14)	58	81
Charitable activities	3	-	24	894	918	784
Other trading activities	4	-	4	289	293	208
Investments	5	-	-	46	46	50
Other income	6	-	-	3	3	5
Total Income and endowments		-	100	1,218	1,318	1,128
Expenditure on:
Raising Funds
Voluntary income	7	-	-	7	7	18
Other trading activities	4	-	-	36	36	45
Charitable activities	8	-	20	1,352	1,372	1,397
Total Expenditure		-	20	1,395	1,415	1,460
Net Income / (expenditure) before		-	80	(177)	(97)	(332)
Transfers
Transfers between funds	18	-	(5)	5	-	-
Net Income / (expenditure) before		-	75	(172)	(97)	(332)
Other recognised gains / (losses)
Other gains	27	-	-	8	8	-
Net Movement of funds		-	75	(164)	(89)	(332)
Reconciliation of Funds
Total funds brought forward		285	199	13,495	13,979	14,311
Total funds carried forward		285	274	13,331	13,890	13,979

All activities relate to continuing activities.

The notes on pages 16 to 36 form part of these financial statements.

Westcott House Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

	Notes		2025		2024
			£000		£000
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	13		13,394		13,686
Current assets
Stocks	14	1		2
Debtors	15	53		72
Cash at bank and in hand		1,134		987
		1,188		1,061
Creditors: amounts falling due	Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year	16	(215)		(415)
Net current assets			973		646
Total assets less current
liabilities			14,367		14,332
Creditors: amounts falling due	Creditors: amounts falling due
after more than one year	17		(477)		(353)
Net assets			13,890		13,979
Charity Funds
Endowment Funds	18		285		285
Restricted Funds	18		274		199
Unrestricted Funds	18		13,331		13,495
Total funds			13,890		13,979

The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson Chair of the Council

Approved by the board on 12 January 2026

The notes on pages 16 to 36 form part of these financial statements.

Westcott House Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 August 2025

Notes Cash flows from Operating activities Net cash generated by operating activities 23 Cash flows from Investment activities: Purchase of tangible fixed assets Proceeds from sale of tangible fixed assets Interest received Net cash generated by/(used in) Investment activities: Cash flows from financing activities Repayment of borrowings Cash inflows from new borrowings Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities Change in cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents brought forward Cash and cash equivalents carried forward	2025 £000 215 (56) - 47 (9) (59) - (59) 147 987 1,134	2024 £000 (5)
		(22) - 49
		27
		(35) -
		(35)
		(13) 1,000
		987

The notes on pages 16 to 36 form part of these financial statements.

Westcott House Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1.1 BASIS OF PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Second edition October 2019 – effective 1 January 2019) and Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and Charities Act 2011.

Westcott House constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

1.2 FUND ACCOUNTING

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Council Members in furtherance of the general objectives of the College and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Council Members for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the College for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charges against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.

1.3 GOING CONCERN

The Charity incurred a deficit for the year of £97,000 (2024: £332,000) before other recognised gains/losses. Income from donations increased to £78,000 (2024: £61,000). Restricted donations increased with £57,000 given by two donors for the accessibility project; but unrestricted donations from regular giving continues to decline in a challenging environment and decreased by £42,000. Due to uncertainty the Legacy income of £20,000 previously recognised in 2024 is no longer recognised in 2025. Income from other trading activities increased significantly on last year by £85,000; rooms not used for the purpose of accommodating ordinands were still used for educational purposes to accommodate students from other colleges within the collegiate university. The unrestricted deficit was £177,000 (2024: £350,000) before other recognised gains/losses. However, there was a reported surplus before depreciation and other recognised gains/losses of £171,000 (2024: £nil).

The number of ordinands in training reduced again in the year, however this was expected and budgeted for and reflected the trend within the theological education sector. In March 2025 The Ministry Development Board announced, following approval by the Archbishops’ Council, a revised approach to funding the first stage of initial ministerial formation (IME1) for ordinands. The revised approach sits within the Resourcing Ministerial Formation (RMF) framework and made use of the

recently conducted external financial review of the theological education sector. The new funding structure means Block Grants will now be based upon the sum of a Core Grant per ordinand plus a Vocations Allowance per ordinand for each training mode. The changes to the funding were backdated to be effective for the year 2024/25 and resulted in an increase of funding of £160,000 over what was originally budgeted.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

1.3 GOING CONCERN (continued)

Income and net contribution from independent study has increased by 15% during the year; driven by the growing number of students who are studying with Anglia Ruskin University . During the year the College had its first full time student take the Cambridge University DTM award. The independent study programme has further expanded in 2025/26 with significant growth in Anglian Ruskin University PhD and MA awards. To help facilitate and sustain this growth the College has recruited 20 Associate Supervisors. In 2025/26 the number of full time independent students increased to two, one taking DTM and the other a Durham Common award. As a result of this growth a significant upturn in income derived from independent study will be reported in 2025/26.

During the year bank interest and investment income generated totalled £46,000 (2024: £50,000)

Income generated from trading activities centres around letting rooms to postgraduate students from other Cambridge colleges within the collegiate university; there is some income derived from the casual letting of rooms, particularly through the summer period, as well as a modest contribution from hosting a small number of conferences and events. The income received from the letting of rooms to postgraduate students has grown significantly reflecting the decline of residential Westcott ordinands. The trend will reverse in future years as the number of Westcott residential students is anticipated to increase. During the year a pre Covid income stream was reestablished with several sabbatical guests staying at Westcott.

The Charity continuously scrutinises its finances, regularly updating and reviewing financial reports and cashflows. Each year budgets are set, discussed at finance committee meetings and approved by Council; thereafter periodic forecasts and projections are published with actual performance regularly monitored throughout the year.

The Council Members consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

1.4 INCOME

All income is recognised once the College has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.

Teaching and training fees are recognised in the period to which they relate and include all fees chargeable to students.
Accommodation, events and other income is recognised as the service is provided or event takes place. Any income received in advance is deferred.
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the College; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the College is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the Trust that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the College has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the College, or the College is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

1.5 EXPENDITURE

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the College and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Costs of generating funds are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.

Charitable activities and Governance costs are costs incurred on the College’s educational operations, including support costs and costs relating to the governance of the College apportioned to charitable activities.

1.6 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Land and buildings, including fit out costs, forming the main site are valued on a fair value basis, with the value of operational land equating to market value on the assumption of a continuation of the existing use. The valuation is reported under the special assumptions to exclude any value of development opportunities for which planning permission would be required and has not been granted or where development has not yet commenced.

Tangible fixed assets are carried at valuation, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. Depreciation is not charged on freehold land. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold land	- not depreciated
Freehold building-main site	- over 85-90 years straight line
Property fit out	- over 10-30 years straight line
Furniture, fittings & equipment	- 10%-33% straight line

A review for impairment of a fixed asset is carried out if events or changes in circumstance indicate that the carrying value of any fixed asset may not be recoverable. Shortfalls between the carrying value of fixed assets and their recoverable amounts are recognised as impairments. Impairment losses are recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 STOCKS

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.

1.8 DEBTORS

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

1.9 CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

1.10 LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probably that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the College anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the good or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised within interest payable and similar charges.

1.11 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The College only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.12 PENSIONS

Church of England Funded Pension Scheme

The College participates in a defined benefit pension scheme for clergy staff. Contributions payable to this scheme are charged to the statement of financial activities so as to spread the cost of the pension over the employee’s expected working life. The pension charge is calculated on the basis of actuarial advice. The actuarial valuations are only prepared annually to 31 December and the College recognises its share based on the valuation following each financial year end as this is not considered to be materially different to a valuation as at 31 August. These contributions are invested separately from the College’s assets.

Church Workers Pension Scheme

The College also participates in a defined benefit scheme for lay staff. Contributions are accounted for as if the scheme were a defined contribution scheme whereby the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the College to the fund in respect of the year. These contributions were invested separately from the College’s assets.

1.13 JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Significant judgements

There are no significant judgements (apart from those involving estimations) that management has made in the process of applying the entity's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying value amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows:

Tangible fixed assets are recognised at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged over the estimated useful life of the asset to its estimated residual value.

Westcott House Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

1.14 FOREIGN CURRENCY

Foreign currency transactions are initially recognised by applying the foreign currency spot exchange rate between the functional currency and the foreign currency at the date of the transaction.

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency at the balance sheet date are translated using the closing rate.

2 Income from donations and legacies

Donations Legacies Total 2024	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - 72 6 78 61 - - (20) (20) 20
	72 (14) 58 81
	- 33 48 81

During the year uncertainty arose around a legacy that had previously been recognised and reported in the 2024 accounts. Although probate has been granted the uncertainty has arisen due to insufficient assets being realised by the lay executors (most notably the sale of the deceased's residence). Consequently the income is no longer recognised in the accounts, with the 2024 accrual of £20,000 being reversed in 2025. As the interest of the charity in this pecuniary legacy cannot be measured reliably, it is disclosed here as a contingent asset until the full criteria for income recognition are met.

3 Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Teaching and training Accommodation Total 2024	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - 20 556 576 516 - 4 338 342 268
	- 24 894 918 784
	- 17 767 784

4 Other trading activities

Other trading activities
	Endowment	Restricted	Unrestricted	Total	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
	2025	2025	2025	2025	2024
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Events and other lettings - income	-	4	289	293	208
	-	4	289	293	208
Events and other lettings - expenses
Direct expenses	-	-	1	1	3
Other allocated expenses	-	-	3	3	4
Allocated Staff costs	-	-	32	32	38
	-	-	36	36	45
Net income from trading activities	-	4	253	257	163

In 2024 £2k of income from events and other lettings was restricted. There were no restricted costs.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - - 46 46 50	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - - 46 46 50	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - - 46 46 50
-	-	46 46 50
		50 50 Unrestricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 3 3 5
-
		3 3 5
	1,142 230 1,372 1,397
	1,169 228 1,397

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 August 2025

Total Total Education Welfare Property 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 67 - - 67 81 12 4 172 188 219 31 - - 31 34 - 25 - 25 30 353 80 50 483 455 - - 348 348 350	Total Total Education Welfare Property 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 67 - - 67 81 12 4 172 188 219 31 - - 31 34 - 25 - 25 30 353 80 50 483 455 - - 348 348 350	Total Total Education Welfare Property 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 67 - - 67 81 12 4 172 188 219 31 - - 31 34 - 25 - 25 30 353 80 50 483 455 - - 348 348 350
463 109 570 1,142 1,169
469 113 587 1,169 Total Total Education Welfare Property 2025 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 62 8 23 93 93 7 1 3 11 10 86 8 32 126 125
155 17	58 230	228
		2024 £000 350 10 2
155 18	55 228
	2025 £000 348 10 2 2025 £000 545 44 59 648.00 Number 11 - 12 23
		2024 £000 529 40 63
		632
		Number 12 - 12
		24

The average number of employees fundraising during the year was less than one and has therefore been included in other

The average number of full time equivalent employees in the year was 15 (2024: 16)

One employees was paid in excess of £60,000 (2024: none).

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

12 Staff costs (continued)

During the year no employees of the charity were council members. In the previous year the Principal and Vice Principal of the College, (ex officio); and two members of the academic staff were council members.The Royal Charter and Supplemental Charters were amended in 2024 and the stipulation ceased for the Principal and Vice-Principal of the College, (ex officio) and two members of the academic staff to be Council members, with the resignation of all employees from council membership on 13/07/2024. In the previous year these council members received remuneration as employees, but did not not receive any emolument in their capacity as council members. During the year the remuneration for these members totalled £nil (2024 : £122,000) and employer's pension contributions totalled £nil (2024 : £19,000).

Key management personnel are considered to be the Principal and Vice-Principal plus the Director of Finance. In the previous year the two academic staff council members were also considered key management During the year the remuneration for these personnel, including pension contributions, totalled £169,000 (2024 : £161,000). The two academic staff are not considered key management personnel and their remuneration is not included in the comparative.

During the year, three (2024 : two) council members were reimbursed for travel expenses totalling £553 (2024: £161).

13 Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation At 1 September 2024 Additions Disposals At 31 August 2025 Depreciation At 1 September 2024 Charge for the year On disposals At 31 August 2025 Carrying amount At 31 August 2025 At 31 August 2024	Freehold property Fixtures, fittings and equipment Total £000 £000 £000 13,488 2,989 16,477 - 56 56 - (16) (16)
	13,488 3,029 16,517
	1,228 1,563 2,791 162 186 348 - (16) (16)
	1,390 1,733 3,123
	12,098 1,296 13,394
	12,260 1,426 13,686

Included in land and buildings is freehold land at a cost/valuation of £6,339,000 (2024: £6,339,000) which is not depreciated.

The main site properties, including land, were valued at 31 August 2014 by Gerald Eve LLP, a registered firm of Chartered Surveyors. The valuation was prepared in accordance with the requirements of RICS Valuation - Professional Standards, January 2014 amended and Financial Reporting Standard 102 and the 2014 Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting for Further and Higher Education'.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

13 Tangible fixed assets (continued)

During the financial year 2025/26 the College will instruct property agents to carry out a valuation of the main site properties, including land.

At 31 August 2025 there were property maintenance commitments of £nil (2024: £14,300).

There were no losses on disposals of fixed assets during the year (2024: £nil).

14 Stocks Kitchen and housekeeping stock 15 Debtors Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income 16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Bank loans Other loan Trade creditors Other taxes and social security costs Other creditors Accruals and deferred income	2025 £000 1 2025 £000 25 - 28 53 2025 £000 35 24 19 17 2 118 215	2024 £000 2
		2024 £000 5 - 67
		72
		2024 £000 50 200 64 21 2 78
		415

Bank mortgage loan disclosed under creditors falling due within 1 year is secured by the charity on certain of its freehold properties. It comprises a 20-year loan drawn in 2016 which has a 5 year fixed rate of 3.71% per annuum, fixed in January 2022 for 5 years, and is repayable by instalments.

Bank loans includes a Government backed 'bounce back' loan, which was drawn down in July 2020. This loan is 100% guaranteed by the Government, repayable in monthly instalments up to the repayment date of June 2026. Interest is charged at 2.5% per annum.

Other loan is an unsecured loan of HK$2,028,082.76 received from Church Body of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. Following a renegotiation of the terms of the loan effective 5 June 2025, the loan has a repayment date of June 2029 , with interest charged at a rate of 0% and is payable by instalments. Previously in the financial statements the loan was denominated in GBP, had a repayment date of February 2025 but repayable on demand, with interest charged at a rate of 0% and was not payable by instalments. The GBP value of the loan reported at 31 August 2024 was £200,000.00. Any foreign currency gains or losses have been reported in the SoFA. Foreign currency transactions are reported in note 27.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (continued)

Deferred income Brought forward Income released in the year Income deferred in the year Carried forward	2025 2024 £000 £000 28 15 (28) (15) 57 28 57 28

Deferred income relates to student vacation charges, student flat rentals and external let rentals for September 2025 and sabbaticals taking place post year end.

17 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2025 £000 Bank loans 332 Other loan 145 477 Creditors include amounts not wholly repayable within 5 years as follows: 2025 £000 Repayable by instalments 225	2024 £000 353 -
	353
	2024 £000 183

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

18 Statement of Funds

Current Year Designated Funds Fixed asset fund General Funds General Fund Endowment Funds Restricted funds Total of Funds Prior Year Designated Funds Fixed asset fund General Funds General Fund Endowment Funds Restricted funds Total of Funds Total Unrestricted funds Endowment Fund (note 21) Restricted funds (note 22) Total Unrestricted funds Endowment Fund (note 21) Restricted funds (note 22)	Brought Resources Transfers Gains/ Balance Forward Income expended In/out (losses) 2025 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 13,015 - - (266) - 12,749
	480 1,218 (1,395) 271 8 582
	13,495 1,218 (1,395) 5 8 13,331
	285 - - - - 285
	199 100 (20) (5) - 274
	13,979 1,318 (1,415) - 8 13,890
	Brought Resources Transfers Gains/ Balance Forward Income expended In/out (losses) 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 13,318 - - (303) - 13,015
	521 1,076 (1,426) 309 - 480
	13,839 1,076 (1,426) 6 - 13,495
	285 - - - - 285
	187 52 (34) (6) - 199
	14,311 1,128 (1,460) - - 13,979

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

19 FUNDS

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

The endowment funds were set up from monies gifted to the Charity. The Funds have been invested in order to generate income in the form of dividends and interest to be used for the purposes detailed below. The capital element of the funds cannot be expended

Inge Bequest Fund

The income generated is included in the General Fund. The Fund was set up to provide bursaries for training for Orders in the Church of England, provided the student is not tied to any diocese

Purvis Bequest Fund

The income generated is included in the General Fund. The income is available to help towards the Principal's stipend

Specific Funds

Endowment Funds where the income generated is specific are included below

Endowment Fund

The Endowment Fund was set up with the intention that the capital element should be preserved. The income generated is split between the specific restricted funds and unrestricted funds

RESTRICTED FUNDS

Ministry Division Exceptional pathway funding

The fund represents a contribution from Ministry Division towards academic tuition fees

Cunningham Bequest

The fund is used to provide bursaries for Old Marlburian and Wykehamist students training for ministry or other students in training for ministry

Cunningham Memorial Fund

The fund was set up to provide monies for refresher courses

Arthur Swingler Fund

The income is used to provide bursaries of grants to students particularly in the case of illness

Montefiore Prize Fund

The fund was set up to provide prizes, awarded at the discretion of the Principal and Council

Bushby Memorial Fund

The purpose of this fund is to assist students in Greek testament studies

Haworth Prize Fund

The Fund was established to provide prizes awarded at the discretion of the Principal and the Council awarded in books for the best performance in Federation Exams

Jennings Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to assist students to take a course of studies at Westcott House

Principal's Discretionary Fund

The Fund was set up with the intention that the capital element should be preserved. The income generated is used at the Principal's discretion in furtherance of the charity's objectives

Southern African Bursary Fund

The Fund was set up in 1997 from a donation of £25,000. The income generated is used to provide bursaries towards maintenance and tuition costs for one term's study at Westcott House for clergy from the Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa

The Peter Walker China Bursary

This was set up from a donation received in 2004 to provide living expenses and tuition fees for candidates from Hong Kong and China

Bursary Fund

Set up in 2011 the fund contributes towards the academic fees for those in training for Ministry

Westcott House Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

19 FUNDS (continued)

Wayfinders fund

The fund was set up from a grant received in 2022 to assist with the decarbonisation of the college

Seedcorn grant

Set up in 2023 to fund a research project entitled "The Trauma-Informed Church"

Accessibility building project fund

Set up in 2023 to fund a feasibility study and commissioning costs for accessibility improvements across the Westcott House site

Benefact Trust grant

Set up from a grant received in 2024 to assist in work to provide level access in the chapel

The Oliver Tomkins Bursary

Established in 2023 to fund people in ministry to become part-time PhD students

Ordinand IT bursary

The fund was set up in 2025 following donations received from current ordinands to assist in the purchase of IT equipment for future ordinands

20 Analysis of Net Assets between funds

Current Year Tangible fixed assets Current Assets Creditors due within one year Creditors due in more than one year Provisions for liabilities and charges Prior Year Tangible fixed assets Current Assets Creditors due within one year Creditors due in more than one year Provisions for liabilities and charges	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 £000 £000 £000 £000 285 - 13,109 13,394 - 274 914 1,188 - - (215) (215) - - (477) (477) - - - -
	285 274 13,331 13,890
	Endowment Restricted Unrestricted Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2024 2024 2024 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 285 - 13,401 13,686 - 199 862 1,061 - - (415) (415) - - (353) (353) - - - -
	285 199 13,495 13,979

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

21 Endowment Funds

Current Year GENERAL FUNDS Inge Bequest Purvis Bequest Unrestricted units SPECIFIC FUNDS Cunningham Bequest Cunningham Memorial Arthur Swingler Fund Montefiore Prize Bushby Memorial Haworth Prize Jennings Fund Principal's Discretionary Fund UNINVESTED FUNDS Unrestricted Prior Year GENERAL FUNDS Inge Bequest Purvis Bequest Unrestricted units SPECIFIC FUNDS Cunningham Bequest Cunningham Memorial Arthur Swingler Fund Montefiore Prize Bushby Memorial Haworth Prize Jennings Fund Principal's Discretionary Fund UNINVESTED FUNDS Unrestricted	Balance at Income Transfers Revaluation Balance at 1 September of 31 August 2024 Investments 2025 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 30 - - - 30 71 - - - 71 3 - - - 3
	104 - - - 104
	10 - - - 10 7 - - - 7 20 - - - 20 4 - - - 4 3 - - - 3 1 - - - 1 12 - - - 12 48 - - - 48
	105 - - - 105
	76 - - - 76
	285 - - - 285
	Balance at Income Transfers Revaluation Balance at 1 September of 31 August 2023 Investments 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 30 - - - 30 71 - - - 71 3 - - - 3
	104 - - - 104
	10 - - - 10 7 - - - 7 20 - - - 20 4 - - - 4 3 - - - 3 1 - - - 1 12 - - - 12 48 - - - 48
	105 - - - 105
	76 - - - 76
	285 - - - 285

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

22 Restricted Funds

Restricted Funds
Current Year	Balance at	Income	Resources	Transfers	Revaluation	Balance at
	1 September		expended		of	31 August
	2024				Investments	2025
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
MINISTRY DIVISION FUNDS
Ministry Division
academic fee	-	20	(20)	-	-	-
SPECIFIC FUNDS
Cunningham Bequest	13	1	-	-	-	14
Cunningham Memorial	10	1	-	-	-	11
Arthur Swingler Fund	21	1	-	-	-	22
Montefiore Prize	5	-	-	-	-	5
Bushby Memorial	3	-	-	-	-	3
Haworth Prize	1	-	-	-	-	1
Jennings Fund	9	1	-	-	-	10
Southern African
Bursary Fund	89	-	-	-	-	89
Peter Walker China
Bursary	18	-	-	-	-	18
Bursary Fund	-	5		(5)	-	-
Principal's
Discretionary Fund	23	4	-	-	-	27
Wayfinders fund	3	-	-	-	-	3
Seedcorn grant	3	-	-	-	-	3
Accessibility building
project fund	1	50	-	-	-	51
Benefact Trust	-	7	-	-	-	7
The Oliver Tomkins
Bursary	-	10	-	-	-	10
Ordinand IT bursary	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Restricted	199	100	(20)	(5)	-	274

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

22 Restricted Funds (continued)

Prior Year	Balance at	Income	Resources	Transfers	Revaluation	Balance at
	1 September		expended		of	31 August
	2023				Investments	2024
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
MINISTRY DIVISION FUNDS
Ministry Division
academic fee	-	13	(13)	-	-	-
SPECIFIC FUNDS
Cunningham Bequest	13	-	-	-	-	13
Cunningham Memorial	10	-	-	-	-	10
Arthur Swingler Fund	20	1	-	-	-	21
Montefiore Prize	5	-	-	-	-	5
Bushby Memorial	3	-	-	-	-	3
Haworth Prize	1	-	-	-	-	1
Jennings Fund	8	1	-	-	-	9
Southern African
Bursary Fund	89	-	-	-	-	89
Peter Walker China
Bursary	18	-	-	-	-	18
Bursary Fund	-	6		(6)	-	-
Principal's
Discretionary Fund	20	3	-	-	-	23
Wayfinders fund	-	3				3
Seedcorn grant	-	5	(2)	-	-	3
Accessibility building						-
project fund	-	20	(19)	-	-	1
Total Restricted	187	52	(34)	(6)	-	199

At the year end the charity reviewed its expenditure during the year and where possible allocated costs to certain restricted funds. Where specific costs were not easily identifiable these have been shown as transfers to unrestricted funds.

The transfer from the Bursary Fund represents a contribution to the shortfall in funding for ordinands studying BTh and other Cambridge awards.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 31 August 2025

23 Reconciliation of Net Movement in Funds to Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities

			2025		2024
			£000		£000
	Net income for the year (as per Statement of financial		(89)		(332)
	activities)
	Adjustment for:
	Depreciation charges		348		350
	Gains on foreign currency transactions		(8)		-
	Dividends, interest and rents from investments		(47)		(49)
	(Increase)/decrease in stocks		1		-
	Decrease/(increase) in debtors		19		(8)
	Increase/(decrease) in creditors		(9)		34
	Increase/(decrease) in provisions		-		-
	Net cash generated by operating activities		215		(5)
24	Analysis of Net Debt
	Current Year	Balance at		Other non-	Balance at
		1 September	Cash	cash	31 August
		2024	Flows	changes	2025
		£000	£000	£000	£000
	Cash in hand	987	147		1,134
	Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
	Bank loans	(50)	36	(21)	(35)
	Other loan	(200)	23	153	(24)
	Creditors: Amounts falling after more than one
	year
	Bank loans	(353)		21	(332)
	Other loan			(145)	(145)
	Total	384	206	8	598
	Prior Year	Balance at		Other non-	Balance at
		1 September	Cash	cash	31 August
		2023	Flows	changes	2024
		£000	£000	£000	£000
	Cash in hand	1,000	(13)		987
	Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
	Bank loans	(51)	35	(34)	(50)
	Other loan	(200)			(200)
	Creditors: Amounts falling after more than one
	year
	Bank loans	(387)		34	(353)
	Total	362	22	-	384

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

25 Pension Commitments

Westcott House participates in two defined benefit pension schemes administered by the Church of England Pensions Board, which holds the assets of the schemes separately from those of Westcott House and the other Responsible Bodies. One of these is the Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme for stipendiary clergy. The other is the Church Workers Pension Fund for lay staff.

Church of England Funded Pension Scheme (CEFPS)

Each participating Responsible Body in the Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme pays contributions at a common contribution rate applied to pensionable stipends.

The scheme is considered to be a multi-employer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102. It is not possible to attribute the Scheme’s assets and liabilities to each specific Responsible Body, and this means contributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the SoFA in the year are contributions payable towards benefits and expenses accrued in that year, which were £21,300 in 2025 (2024: £23,009), plus any figures arising from contributions in respect of the Scheme’s deficit (see below). The 2021 valuation showed the Scheme to be fully funded and as such in 2024, following the valuation results being agreed, the deficit contributions paid were £0 (2023: £0).

A valuation of the Scheme is carried out once every three years. The most recent Scheme valuation completed was carried out at as 31 December 2021. The 2021 valuation revealed a surplus of £560m, based on assets of £2,720m and a funding target of £2,160m, assessed using the following assumptions:

An average discount rate of 2.7% pa;
RPI inflation of 3.6% pa (and pension increases consistent with this);
�CPIH inflation in line with RPI less 0.8% pa pre 2030 moving to RPI with no adjustment from 2030 onwards;
Increase in pensionable stipends in line with CPIH.;
Mortality in accordance with 90% of the S3NA tables, with allowance for improvements in mortality rates from 2013 in line with the CMI2020 extended model with a long term annual rate of improvement of 1.5%, a smoothing parameter of 7, an initial addition to mortality improvements of 0.5% pa and an allowance for 2020 data of 0% (i.e. w2020 = 0%).

Following finalisation of the 31 December 2021 valuation, deficit contributions ceased with effect from 1 January 2023, since the Scheme was fully funded.

The deficit recovery contributions under the recovery plan in force at each 31 December were as follows:

			% ofpensionable stipends
31	December	2021	7.1% payable from January 2021 to December 2022
31	December	2022	Nil
31	December	2023	Nil
31	December	2024	Nil

An interim reduction to deficit contributions to 3.2% of pensionable stipends was made with effect from April 2022, and remained in place until December 2022.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

25 Pension Commitments (continued)

For senior office holders, pensionable stipends are adjusted in the calculations by a multiple, as set out in the Scheme’s rules.

Section 28.11A of FRS 102 requires agreed deficit recovery payments to be recognised as a liability. However, as there were no deficit recovery payments from 1 January 2023 onwards, the balance sheet liability as at 31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024 is nil. The movement in the balance sheet liability over 2023 and over 2024 is set out in the table below.

	2024	2023
Balance sheet liability at 1 January	0	0
Deficit contribution paid	0	0
Interest cost (recognised in SoFA)	0	0
Remaining change to the balance sheet liability*	0	0
(recognised in SoFA)
Balance sheet liability at 31 December	0	0

Balance sheet liability at 31 December

Comprises change in agreed deficit recovery plan, and change in discount rate and assumptions between year-ends.

This liability represents the present value of the deficit contributions agreed as at the accounting date and has been valued using the following assumptions. No assumptions are needed for December 2022 onwards as there are no agreed deficit recovery payments going forward. No price inflation assumption was needed for December 2021 since pensionable stipends for the remainder of the recovery plan were already known.

	December 2023	December 2022	December 2021
Discount rate	n/a	n/a	0.0% pa
Price inflation	n/a	n/a	n/a
Increase to total	pensionable
payroll	n/a	n/a	-1.5% pa

The legal structure of the scheme is such that if another Responsible Body fails, Westcott House Cambridge could become responsible for paying a share of that failed Responsible Body’s pension liabilities.

Church workers Pension Fund (CWPF)

Westcott House participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of CWPF for lay staff. CWPF is administered by the Church of England Pensions Board, which holds the CWPF assets separately from those of the Employer and other participating employers.

CWPF has two sections:1. the Defined Benefits Scheme

the Pension Builder Scheme, which has two subsections; a.a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic, and, b.a cash balance section known as Pension Builder 2014.

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

Westcott House

25 Pension Commitments (continued)

Pension Builder Scheme

Both sections of the Pension Builder Scheme are classed as defined benefit schemes.

Pension Builder Classic provides a pension, accumulated from contributions paid and converted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added, depending on investment returns and other factors.

Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance scheme that provides a lump sum which members use to provide benefits at retirement. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. Discretionary bonuses may be added before retirement, depending on investment returns and other factors. The account, plus any bonuses declared is payable, unreduced, from age 65.

There is no sub-division of assets between employers in each section of the Pension Builder Scheme.

The scheme is considered to be a multi-employer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102. This is because it is not possible to attribute the Pension Builder Scheme’s assets and liabilities to specific employers and means that contributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined contribution scheme. The pensions costs charged to the SoFA in the year are the contributions payable (2025: £39,295, 2024: £38,032 ).

A valuation of the Pension Builder Scheme is carried out once every three years. The most recent valuation was carried out as at 31 December 2022.

For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £34.8m on the ongoing assumptions used. At the most recent annual review effective 1 January 2025, the Board chose to grant a discretionary bonus of 6.7% to both pensions not yet in payment and pensions in payment in respect of service prior to April 1997; and a bonus on pensions in payment in respect of post April 2006 service so that the pension increase was 2.7% (where usually it would be calculated based on inflation up to 2.5%). This followed improvements in the funding position over 2024. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time.

The next valuation is due as at 31 December 2025.

For the Pension Builder 2014 section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £8.5m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time.

The legal structure of the scheme is such that if another employer fails, Westcott House could become responsible for paying a share of the failed employer’s pension liabilities.

26 Related Party Transactions

During the year, three (2024: three) trustees made donations to the charity totalling £907 (2024: £550). No benefits were received as a result of these donations.

During the year, three (2024 : two) council members were reimbursed for travel expenses totalling £553 (2024: £161).

During the year, one (2024: none) trustee rented property from the charity with payments for rent and utilities totalling £20,028 (2024: £nil). The agreement was on the same terms as that issued to other non related party external lets.

There were no other related party transactions in the current or prior year.

Westcott House

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025

27 Foreign Currency transactions

Foreign Currency transactions
Balance brought forward Payments Transfers Realised gain/(loss) Unrealised gain/(loss) Balance carried forward Balance brought forward Payments Transfers Balance carried forward Closing rate valuation HK$/GBP	Total Other loan 2025 £000 £000 £000 (200) - (200) 23 - 23 - 169 169 1 - 1 7 - 7 (169) 169 - Total Other loan 2025 HK$000 HK$000 HK$000 (2,028) - (2,028) 250 - 250 - 1,778 1,778 (1,778) 1,778 - 10.52 10.52 Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents	Total 2024 £000 (200) - - - -
		(200)
		Total 2024 HK$000 (2,028) - -
		(2,028)

The other loan was not revalued in the accounts before 2025 and no exchange gains/(losses) were reported in the SoFA. Revaluation at 31 August 2024 would have resulted in an exchange gain of £2,000 and a carrying value of £198,000.

The cash and cash equivalent represents funds held on deposit with Wise financial holdings. The amount held on deposit exactly matches the liability of the other loan.

28 Operating Lease Commitments

At 31 August 2025 the total of the charity's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases was:

Amounts payable: within one year within two to five years	Other Other 2025 2024 £000 £000 - 2 - - - 2

The phone system lease agreement was not renewed until 15 September 2025 meaning there were no operating lease commitments as at 31 August 2025.