FRIENDS OF JOHANNESBURG BIBLE COLLEGE

Registered charity 1136631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Friends of JBC is an independent charity registered in the UK to support the work of Johannesburg Bible College (JBC) in South Africa. JBC runs courses in handling God's word and connecting it to South African Society. It delivers courses in three locations in and around Johannesburg: Auckland Park, Soweto and Zandspruit.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £452,268, a decline from the previous year, while total resources expended were £406,007. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £407,819, which the trustees consider sufficient to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Kevin Mulligan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jean Nathaniel du Plessis
• RICHARD JOHN LAWRENCE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Rigby

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · South Africa

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM, JERUSALEM.

• BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM, JERUSALEM income £1.3m
• THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE JAFFA INSTITUTE income £361k
• FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM income £148k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM income £703k
• THE FRIENDS OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD COLLEGE income £171k
• FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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