INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE

Registered charity 1173899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IBTI, INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING INSTITUTE

A) ADVANCING RELIGION BYI.PROVIDING SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, EQUIPPING THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH SO THEY BECOME MINISTERS, MISSIONARIES & EVANGELISTS;II THROUGH MISSION OUTREACHES, CAMPAIGNS, RADIO & TELEVISION BROADCASTSIII PUBLISHING/DISTRIBUTING RELIGIOUS MATERIALB) RELIEVING POVERTY IN UK & WORLDWIDE BY AID

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£179k

Latest spending

£278k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,713,405, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. Although the charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year, the substantial reserve balance indicates strong financial health and adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.7m)

“It is the policy of the trustees to aim to maintain reserves in the Charity at a level to enable it to be administered efficiently, to meet its short-term expenditure requirements and to have adequate resources to fund its charitable objectives. The Trustees deem this to be equivalent to 3 months operating expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK ANDREW SHERRATTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
BERNARD CLAIRVAUX LEWIS
JOHN WHYTE · trustee of 1 other charity
MARTYN RICHARD SHEPPARD · trustee of 2 other charities
Simon Pastorello

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£179k	£278k
30/09/2024	£114k	£254k
30/09/2023	£159k	£212k
30/09/2022	£123k	£259k
30/09/2021	£455k	£295k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,713,405, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. Although the charity reported a net expenditure deficit for the year, the substantial reserve balance indicates strong financial health and adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE as a grant recipient include THE WOODLANDS TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MARTYN RICHARD SHEPPARD — trustee here and at THE WOODLANDS TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODLANDS TRUST	FY2025	£10k	in line with The Woodlands Trust's objects

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
THE S M B TRUST	2	£6k
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£118k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST BURSCOUGH BRIDGE	1	£63k
THE LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION	1	£36k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WEST HARROW	1	£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EMMANUEL, SOUTH CROYDON	1	£6k
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK.

INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK income £1.1m
BRISTOL BAPTIST COLLEGE income £659k
UNITARIAN COLLEGE income £128k
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH FOUNDATION LTD income £236k
WORD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK income £233k
LONDON INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £1000k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE	£179k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK FY2024	£1.1m	—	below	11.0%	no doubt
BRISTOL BAPTIST COLLEGE FY2025	£659k	—	below	—	no doubt
UNITARIAN COLLEGE FY2025	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH FOUNDATION LTD FY2024	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WORD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES UK FY2024	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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