NAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD

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
People

9 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Religious Activities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- Provides Services
- 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
- 11 March 2004: Standard registration
- NAVAL MILITARY & AIR FORCE BIBLE SOCIETY (Previous name)
- 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
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)
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Rev Simon Paul Springett MA | Chair | 16 May 2016 |
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Robin Richardson | Trustee | 14 March 2025 |
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Christopher Raymond Huckstep | Trustee | 12 October 2023 |
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Toby Richard Humphreys | Trustee | 12 October 2023 |
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Andrew Robert David Rawson | Trustee | 12 October 2023 |
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REV Karen Louise Bassett | Trustee | 30 June 2017 |
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STUART ROSS RIVERS | Trustee | 10 February 2017 |
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Rev JAMES PITKIN | Trustee | 11 June 2014 |
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COLONEL John William Lewis | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £151.05k | £179.02k | £151.92k | £212.44k | £165.86k | |
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Total expenditure | £144.55k | £149.64k | £164.15k | £168.54k | £228.64k | |
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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 |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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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 |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JANUARY 2004 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 JUL 2017
Charitable objects
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.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE
Contact information
- Address:
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Naval & Military Bible Society
Unit 24
Shrivenham Hundred Business Park
Majors Road
Watchfield
SWINDON
- Phone:
- 02392699873
- Email:
- info@nmbs.org.uk
- Website:
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