COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND MENA

Registered charity 1193171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting, developing, and translating/publishing study and devotional material of a Christian nature both for those inside and outside the church, and in particular study courses and other teaching material pertaining to the Bible on the pattern established by Community Bible Study International. The charity works within Europe and Middle East and North Africa

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Latest income
£443k
Latest spending
£499k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £110,192 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of annual operating costs. The charity reported a net income deficit of £55,872 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £166,063 to £166,063 (note: total assets less liabilities remained stable at £166,063, but unrestricted reserves dropped significantly while restricted reserves increased).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £110k; policy: three months of annual operating costs)
The Trustees have a policy of keeping reserves equal to at least three months of annual operating costs — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Albania · Algeria · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Brunei · Bulgaria · Croatia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£443k£499k
31/08/2024£463k£377k
31/08/2023£296k£295k
31/08/2022£210k£176k
31/08/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND MENA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £110,192 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of annual operating costs. The charity reported a net income deficit of £55,872 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £166,063 to £166,063 (note: total assets less liabilities remained stable at £166,063, but unrestricted reserves dropped significantly while restricted reserves increased). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.