SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL

Registered charity 1072964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Communications and Strategic DevelopmentNetworking and TrainingFinancial Support for the worldwide movementPolicy and Oversight

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF SCRIPTURE UNION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ITS AIMS OF ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY:-1. MAKING GOD'S GOOD NEWS KNOWN TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; AND 2. ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO MEET GOD DAILY THROUGH THE BIBLE AND PRAYER, SO THAT THEY MAY COME TO PERSONAL FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, GROW IN CHRISTIAN MATURITY AND BECOME BOTH COMMITTED CHURCH MEMBERS AND SERVANTS OF A WORLD IN NEED.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

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Latest income

£879k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £223,812 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,261,298. The trustees confirm that general unrestricted reserves of £389,259 are deemed satisfactory as they equate to around 36% of total general expenditure, falling within the stated policy target of 25% to 50%. The directors maintain a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1 1” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 25% to 50% of annual operational costs (reserves figure: £389k)

“The Directors have established a policy to hold a level of general unrestricted reserves (excluding designated funds) at a balance in the range 25% to 50% of annual operational costs” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Monika Kuschmierz received remuneration of £78,240.

“During the year, one Director received remuneration from the Company. The Company's Articles of Association authorises the payment of remuneration to the International Director, Monika Kuschmierz.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Monika Kuschmierz, a director, received remuneration from the Company. Amounts are recharged from SU Germany to Scripture Union International Council relating to the International Director's salary.

“Monika Kuschmierz, a director, received remuneration during the year - details of which are disclosed in note 9 'Directors' remuneration and expenses’. The charitable company has not entered into any other related party transactions during the year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties at the balance sheet date.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young Fitch Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment 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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 09/01/2023, 70 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Scripture Union International (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£879k

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£389k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew McKenzie
DEREK MARK HEASMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Jaya Abraham
Jonathan William Dyer · trustee of 1 other charity
Jose Joshua Ortiz Gonzalez
Kwame Adu
MONIKA KUSCHMIERZ
Margaret Waithira Karangatha
Shirley Wang

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£879k	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£1.2m
31/12/2022	£969k	£1.1m
31/12/2021	£927k	£799k

Common questions

Is SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £223,812 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,261,298. The trustees confirm that general unrestricted reserves of £389,259 are deemed satisfactory as they equate to around 36% of total general expenditure, falling within the stated policy target of 25% to 50%. The directors maintain a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young Fitch Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH	1	£474k
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD	1	£126k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST	1	£110k
FIELDSDENE TRUST	1	£78k
THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£64k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	1	£43k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK	1	£35k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNION FOUNDATION.

UNION FOUNDATION income £1.6m
SCRIPTURE UNION income £4.7m
INTERNATIONAL P.E.N. income £1.9m
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED income £518k
WESLEYAN REFORM UNION OF CHURCHES income £152k
TRANSFORMING PLACES income £174k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL	£879k	£70,001 - £80,000	—	within	—	no doubt
UNION FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SCRIPTURE UNION FY2025	£4.7m	£80,001 - £90,000	6	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL P.E.N. FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
UNION OF WELSH INDEPENDENTS INCORPORATED FY2025	£518k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WESLEYAN REFORM UNION OF CHURCHES FY2026	£152k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.