BIBLICA EUROPE MINISTRIES TRUST

Registered charity 227111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IBS-STL MINISTRIES TRUST, S.P. TRUST LIMITED, SCRIPTURE PRESS FOUNDATION (UK ) LIMITED, STL TRUST

Biblica is a worldwide organisation focusing on 3 core strategies of Bible translation, Bible Publishing and Bible Engagement. The mission statement is "transforming lives through God's word". The charity concentrates on carrying out these objectives in the UK and Continental Europe and also operates in other countries as included in A12 above.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been prepared in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The independent auditors concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by David Howard. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr John Philip Harry Prestonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daria Novikova
• Laura Fisher
• Rev Mark Pugh
• Trevor Wilson

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

Operates in: Belgium · Canada · China · Egypt · France · Germany · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Netherlands

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

• THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY income £26.2m
• THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK income £307k
• BIBLE AND GOSPEL TRUST income £8.9m
• UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION income £35.0m
• COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND MENA income £443k
• GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE! income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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