NAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD

Charity Number: 1102593
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £165,860
Total expenditure: £228,640

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Dhekelia
  • Estonia
  • Falkland Islands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greenland
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea-bissau
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Isle Of Man
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • São Tomé And Principe
  • Scotland
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 March 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • NAVAL MILITARY & AIR FORCE BIBLE SOCIETY (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Simon Paul Springett MA Chair 16 May 2016
FRONT LINE NAVAL CHAPLAINS
Received: On time
Robin Richardson Trustee 14 March 2025
None on record
Christopher Raymond Huckstep Trustee 12 October 2023
None on record
Toby Richard Humphreys Trustee 12 October 2023
None on record
Andrew Robert David Rawson Trustee 12 October 2023
None on record
REV Karen Louise Bassett Trustee 30 June 2017
None on record
STUART ROSS RIVERS Trustee 10 February 2017
SALISBURY ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH
Received: On time
Rev JAMES PITKIN Trustee 11 June 2014
None on record
COLONEL John William Lewis Trustee
THE SOLDIERS' AND AVIATORS' SCRIPTURE READERS ASSOCIATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £151.05k £179.02k £151.92k £212.44k £165.86k
Total expenditure £144.55k £149.64k £164.15k £168.54k £228.64k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 29 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 05 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 23 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 23 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 27 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 27 August 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
Naval & Military Bible Society
Unit 24
Shrivenham Hundred Business Park
Majors Road
Watchfield
SWINDON
Phone:
02392699873