THE BANNER OF TRUTH TRUST

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
PUBLISHING CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND ORGANISING CONFERENCES
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£2,414,031
Donations and legacies | £94.23k | |
Charitable activities | £2.22m | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £100.53k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£2,518,753
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £2.52m | |
Other | £0 |
£86,099 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £2.52m |
People

15 Employee(s)
10 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Religious Activities
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Other Charitable Activities
- Scotland
Governance
- 25 February 1965: Standard registration
- 09 January 2023: Funds received from 278411 WELWYN BOOKS LIMITED
- BANNER (Working name)
- BANNER OF TRUTH (Working name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
10 Trustee(s)
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Rev JEFFREY KINGSWOOD | Chair | 08 April 2015 |
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Dr David Whitla | Trustee | 20 April 2023 |
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Rev Andrew Young | Trustee | 13 October 2022 |
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David Campbell | Trustee | 30 April 2022 |
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Rev Warren Peel | Trustee | 03 April 2019 |
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Dr Donald John MacLean | Trustee | 28 April 2017 |
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ROBERT STRIVENS | Trustee | 09 April 2015 |
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THOMAS EARL RICHWINE | Trustee |
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Rev MARK GARDINER JOHNSTON | Trustee |
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REVEREND IAIN HAMISH MURRAY | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.97m | £2.18m | £2.65m | £2.36m | £2.41m | |
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Total expenditure | £1.54m | £1.92m | £2.14m | £2.51m | £2.52m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £104.79k | £75.25k | £458.76k | £272.21k | £94.23k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.79m | £1.97m | £2.13m | £2.01m | £2.22m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £75.32k | £62.71k | £67.48k | £70.97k | £100.53k | |
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Income - Other | £2.56k | £10.86k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £32.85k | £48.76k | £64.25k | £92.19k | £27.19k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £1.54m | £1.91m | £2.14m | £2.51m | £2.52m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £13.65k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £39.31k | £13.92k | £0 | £57.11k | £147.49k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £28.10k | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £13.65k | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £4.43k | £11.79k | £11.61k | £13.39k | £8.62k | |
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Long-term investments | £1.78m | £2.14m | £2.22m | £2.04m | £2.10m | |
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Other assets | £4.50m | £4.61m | £5.10m | £5.29m | £4.96m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £338.38k | £266.00k | £303.18k | £474.15k | £280.08k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 13 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 13 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 05 June 2024 | 126 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 05 June 2024 | 126 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 25 May 2023 | 114 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 25 May 2023 | 114 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 27 April 2022 | 86 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 27 April 2022 | 86 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 22 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 22 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED DATED 1 JULY 1959, ORDERS OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 18 APRIL 2005, AND 14 JUNE 2005. AS AMENDED ON 28 APR 2017 AS AMENDED ON 08 NOV 2017
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION TO ENHANCE THE BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PERTICULAR THAT ASPECT OF THE SAID FAITH AS TAUGHT BY THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS AND ENGLISH PURITANS.
Area of benefit
ANY PART OF THE WORLD.
Contact information
- Address:
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3 MURRAYFIELD ROAD
EDINBURGH
EH12 6EL
- Phone:
- 01313377310
- Email:
- info@banneroftruth.co.uk
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