Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 4

NAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD

The Society distributes copies of the Bible, New Testaments and Psalms and illustrative material to the United Kingdom armed forces personnel and their associates, to the forces of the Commonwealth and other nations, all merchant seafarers, United Kingdom police, fire and rescue services and others.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	Staff
31/12/22		£212	£169	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£152	£164	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£179	£150	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£151	£145	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£73	£76	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17	*	£82	£116	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£130	£81	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£110	£152	£-42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£96	£102	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£126	£106	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12		£113	£105	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£90	£121	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10		£134	£132	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/09		£114	£113	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08		£118	£112	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/07		£107	£107	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£103	£87	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05		£98	£61	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£134	£115	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.nmbs.org.uk

info@nmbs.org.uk

02392699873

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Akrotiri, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic), Cyprus, Dhekelia, Falkland Islands, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Kenya, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Portugal, São Tomé And Principe, Scotland, South Sudan, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-67

ANDREW ROBERT DAVID RAWSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Facilities Manager

CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND HUCKSTEP Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Test Pilot

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DENNIS GEORGE VINCENT MBE Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: THE ESSEX REGIMENT MUSEUM,

TOBY RICHARD HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ordinand

REV KAREN LOUISE BASSETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Elim Pentecostal Minister

REV JAMES PITKIN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Minister

REV SIMON PAUL SPRINGETT MA (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: FRONT LINE NAVAL CHAPLAINS,

COLONEL JOHN WILLIAM LEWIS, Occupation: Army Officer, Other trusteeships: THE SOLDIERS' AND AVIATORS' SCRIPTURE READERS ASSOCIATION, THOMAS HARRIS FUND,

DR PHILIP ANDREW LUCAS WGCDR RAF Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Doctor Of Medicine, Other trusteeship: AIR CADETS SURREY EDUCATION TRUST,

STUART ROSS RIVERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo, Sailors' Society, Other trusteeship: SALISBURY ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2004, number: 1102593
Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2004, number: 05021052

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR17: 27 days late,

Main office

Naval & Military Bible Society
Unit 24
Shrivenham Hundred Business Park
Majors Road, Watchfield
SWINDON
SN6 8TZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY DISTRIBUTING, EITHER FREE OF CHARGE OR BY SALE, COPIES OF THE BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT AND PSALMS AND ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL TO UNITED KINGDOM ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL AND THEIR ASSOCIATES, TO THE FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER NATIONS, ALL MERCHANT SEAFARERS, UNITED KINGDOM POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES AND OTHERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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