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UNITED SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN LITERATURE

Registered charity 226512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U S C L

The United Society for Christian Literature (USCL) is an incorporated charity limited by guarantee. The Society is interdenominational in organisation and spirit and exists to provide Christian teaching to Christians and others around the world.

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Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£570k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has ceased all activities and is being wound up, resulting in a total deficit for the year of £621,758. Total reserves decreased to £1,675,608 as investments were sold and funds transferred to cash to settle liabilities and prepare for striking off. The trustees intend to transfer remaining assets to The British and Foreign Bible Society once creditors are settled.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a fund to provide an income stream for the work and objectives of the charity through Feed the Minds (held: £1.6m)
“Since that time, the Society adopted the policy of treating this as a fund to provide an income stream for the work and objectives of the charity through Feed the Minds.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“Therefore, the company is no longer a going concern. The accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 13
“During the year, USCL paid grants totalling £498,719 to Feed the Minds (2024: £379,803). At the year-end £18,719 (2024: £15,000) was due to Feed the Minds. At 30 April 2025, Feed the Minds and USCL had one common Trustee, Mr Garry Beech.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£70k£570k
30/04/2024£89k£386k
30/04/2023£114k£369k
30/04/2022£112k£432k
30/04/2021£113k£405k

Common questions

Is UNITED SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN LITERATURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has ceased all activities and is being wound up, resulting in a total deficit for the year of £621,758. Total reserves decreased to £1,675,608 as investments were sold and funds transferred to cash to settle liabilities and prepare for striking off. The trustees intend to transfer remaining assets to The British and Foreign Bible Society once creditors are settled. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.