Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 0

WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN

1. Provision of facilities to assist full time ministers. 2. Producing material for Bible education, publishing, importing, exporting, recording, translating, producing Bible literature.3. Purchasing, building, and renovating properties for use by Jehovah's Witnesses as places of worship.4. Humanitarian aid. 5. Distributing funds and goods to other entities with similar aims.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Charities Commission has issued a Public Report on this charity (see details below)
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £250,448,943 available, equivalent to 37 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 25 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£88,968	£82,014	£6,953	£0	£250,449	£250,449	36.6	50
31/08/21	£130,210	£61,424	£68,787	£0	£261,533	£261,533	51.1	50
31/08/20	£144,318	£99,585	£44,733	£0	£192,747	£192,747	23.2	50
31/08/19	£129,600	£130,459	£-859	£0	£148,014	£148,014	13.6	50
31/08/18	£93,818	£75,539	£18,279	£0	£148,966	£141,982	22.6	50
31/08/17	£89,598	£48,482	£41,117	£0	£131,352	£124,510	30.8	0
31/08/16	£50,478	£41,467	£9,011	£0	£89,069	£82,237	23.8	0
31/08/15	£82,049	£42,894	£39,155	£16	£79,348	£70,568	19.7	0
31/08/14	£44,583	£43,882	£700	£12	£38,226	£27,953	7.6	0
31/08/13	£30,560	£31,527	£-966	£13	£36,830	£18,282	7	0
31/08/12	£35,926	£39,548	£-3,622	£18	£37,215	£20,605	6.3	0
31/08/11	£30,434	£37,471	£-7,038	£12	£40,351	£25,213	8.1	0
31/08/10	£24,438	£23,606	£832	£12	£50,164	£36,630	18.6	0
31/08/09	£27,083	£23,715	£3,367	£13	£47,763	£35,539	18	0
31/08/08	£23,584	£20,734	£2,850	£25	£47,138	£36,298	21	0
31/08/07	£26,141	£18,764	£7,376	£11,549	£43,269	£33,074	21.2	0
31/08/06	£20,106	£17,034	£3,072	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/05	£19,744	£18,811	£933	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/04	£19,070	£15,915	£3,154	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 36.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-73

ANDREW JEFFERY LLEWELLYN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Minister

GIOSUE MARAIA Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

LUKE THOMAS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Minister

PETER PHILLIP BELL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

ROBERT LI (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Minister

SCOTT CHRISTOPHER DOCHERTY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

STEPHEN JOHN MORICE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Minister

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/10/1999, number: 1077961
Registered at Companies House on 08/10/1999, number: 03858051

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Public Reports

2023-08-07 - INQUIRY REPORT (SORI)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 Kingdom Way
West Hanningfield
CHELMSFORD
CM2 8FW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS (?THE OBJECTS?) OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS PRACTISED BY THE BODY OF CHRISTIAN PERSONS KNOWN AS JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 3.1 PRODUCING AUDIO AND VIDEO MATERIAL FOR BIBLE EDUCATION, PUBLISHING, IMPORTING, EXPORTING, RECORDING, TRANSLATING, PRODUCING, AND DISTRIBUTING BIBLE LITERATURE; 3.2 PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE WORLDWIDE ORDER OF SPECIAL FULL-TIME SERVANTS OF JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES (THE ORDER) AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; 3.3 PURCHASING, BUILDING, AND RENOVATING PROPERTIES FOR USE BY JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, AS WELL AS FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS; 3.4 ENGAGE IN ACTS OF CHARITY, MERCY, AND HUMANITARIAN AID; AND 3.5 DISTRIBUTING FUNDS AND GOODS TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR AIMS. NOTHING IN THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CHARITY SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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