CHAPTER TWO

Registered charity 1053047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chapter Two promotes the Christian faith from a non-denominational standpoint. It publishes and distributes Christian literature in numerous languages and distributes Holy Bibles & Testaments in about 150 languages. Chapter Two has supplied HMP Chaplains for over five years with free non-English Bibles for prisoners in their care.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £48,528 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,597,414 to £1,548,886. The trustees state that unrestricted funds are maintained to cover stocks and governance costs for at least six months, and they consider the charity to have sufficient funds to fulfill its obligations. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON HAROLD ATTWOODchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair Frank Warnes
• HUGH ALAN CLARK · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARYLON ELIZABETH CROSS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark David Grasso · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gibraltar · India · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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