Spurgeon’s: ‘Jaw-dropping’ accounts behind closure

Lydia Houghton  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  26 Aug 2025
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Spurgeon’s: ‘Jaw-dropping’ accounts behind closure

Spurgeon's College. Source: Wikimedia Commons

A “jaw-dropping” financial situation, and a perceived loss of doctrinal sharpness, have variously been blamed for the abrupt closure of Spurgeon’s College, London.

The Bible college – founded by celebrated preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) – announced its closure earlier this year, after 169 years of service.

Peter Williams, principal of the Biblical studies centre Tyndale House, Cambridge, remarked on X that the college’s collapse appeared sudden to any who hadn’t been watching closely, but went on to write: “However, [the college’s] last set of published accounts are jaw-dropping. I have never seen their like. I cannot fathom how trustees (collectively – some may have argued against) could allow such deficits or borrowing. I feel sorry for the many people affected by this collapse.”

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