Ridley Hall has distanced itself from documents apparently showing an alumna using its address in dealings with an offshore firm.

Documents as part of the ‘Panama Papers’ show that the theological college’s address was used as the operational address for a client sundry account in the name of Chan Ee Teng, also known as Felicia. These accounts are used by offshore services firms to record miscellaneous charges of an officer or master client.

Chan is a “master client” of an offshore company, DrewXander Ltd, one of the registered addresses of which is Portcullis TrustNet in the British Virgin Islands. She is also a master client of the similarly named DrewXander Trust, which is connected to three “shell companies”, Execorp, Managecorp and Sharecorp, all of which have Portcullis TrustNet as a listed address, as well links to numerous other companies listed in the leaked documents.

A Guardian investigation from 2013 found that the Portcullis TrustNet address has been used as part of tax avoidance schemes. It is linked to the Portcullis Group, a wealth management company.

As well as the British Virgin Islands, Portcullis Group also has offices in the Cayman Islands, the Seychelles, Samoa, Singapore, and the Cook Islands, among others. It claims: “Our international network gives us the reach and ability to provide a multitude of services in a variety of regulated jurisdictions, bringing advantages in terms of cost, convenience and efficiency.”

Ridley Hall, on Sidgwick Avenue, is one of the theological colleges closely linked to the University of Cambridge. Though not formally part of the university, many of its graduates have their degrees provided by Cambridge.

Jo Kibble, the college’s bursar, thanked Varsity for bringing the situation to her attention, and said that “no one at Ridley Hall was aware that the college’s name and address was being used as the operational address for the account in question”.

Kibble said that the college has “discovered that the account belonged to a former independent student”. Chan studied Christian Theology between 2007 and 2009. She said that Ridley Hall has “no affiliation” to Chan. She also said that “Ridley Hall has no links to the DrewXander Trust, nor to Portcullis TrustNet Chamber”.

When contacted by Varsity, Chan said: “The master client list stated on ICIJ website is outdated and inaccurate”.

“In fact this information was stolen from my lawyer’s office in Singapore and used in the ‘Panama papers’. A police report has been lodged in Singapore process [sic] against the perpetrator of the stolen data.”

She said: “I am not a UK resident and has [sic] never been. Whatever taxes that were required to be paid in the UK have been paid”. It is unknown whether Chan’s use of the address could affect Ridley Hall’s charitable status. The bursar did not reply to Varsity’s request for comment on this matter.