Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BIBLE AND GOSPEL TRUST 

To provide for the increase and improvement of Christian knowledge and the spread of the gospel by the printing, publication and distribution of Christian literature.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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 Volun-
teers
30/06/23£6,986£6,266£720£0£10,608£10,60820.323189
30/06/22£5,598£5,362£236£0£9,888£9,88822.129185
30/06/21£3,512£5,652£-2,140£0£9,651£9,65120.528189
30/06/20£4,046£5,791£-1,745£0£11,791£11,79124.429193
30/06/19£5,843£5,516£327£0£13,536£13,53629.428193
30/06/18£4,674£4,628£46£0£13,209£13,20934.2270
30/06/17£5,360£4,392£967£0£13,163£13,16336310
30/06/16£3,959£5,722£-1,764£0£12,195£12,19525.6320
30/06/15£4,224£4,469£-244£82£13,959£13,95937.5290
30/06/14£5,767£3,878£1,889£53£14,203£14,20343.9260
30/06/13£5,031£4,024£1,007£44£12,314£12,31436.7250
30/06/12£5,358£4,490£869£30£11,307£11,30730.2250
30/06/11£3,388£2,823£566£50£10,438£10,43844.4250
30/06/10£2,984£2,795£189£49£9,873£9,87342.4270
30/06/09£3,088£3,012£76£32£9,684£9,68438.6290
30/06/08£2,592£2,731£-140£38£9,607£9,60742.2290
30/06/07*£2,470£2,038£432£29£9,747£9,74757.4260
30/06/06£2,255£2,396£-141£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 31%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 20.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 19 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 189 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2005, number: 1110085
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/2005, number: 05476487
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR07: 0 days late,
Main office

BIBLE & GOSPEL TRUST
CHELWOOD HOUSE
COX LANE
CHESSINGTON
KT9 1DN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE WRITINGS AND WORKS OF J N DARBY, F E RAVEN, JAMES TAYLOR SENIOR, JAMES TAYLOR JUNIOR, JAMES HARVEY SYMINGTON, JOHN STEPHEN HALES, BRUCE DAVID HALES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AS MINISTER OF THE LORD IN THE RECOVERY INCLUDING BY PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE, PRINTING, PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OR SALES OF SUCH WRITINGS AND WORKS EITHER GRATUITOUSLY OR AT SUCH OTHER PRICE (INCLUDING A PRICE LESS THAN COST) AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT SUBJECT TO THE TRUSTEES HAVING A DISCRETION TO RESTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS DESIGNATED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME AS HELPFUL MINISTRY FOR THE SAINTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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