THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

Registered charity 231144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S P C K

SPCK promotes Christian knowledge through broad-based publishing programmes producing books, electronic products and internet-based resources. Its Assemblies website provides teachers with free downloadable materials for collective worship in school. Materials are produced to reach people outside the church.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a net surplus of £1,437,000 for the year, driven by a 17% increase in publishing sales to £6.6 million. The trustees report that freely available reserves of £2,205,000 are within the stated policy target range of £1,400,000 to £2,800,000, representing 6-12 months of operating costs. The removal of a £1.465 million pension liability and the maintenance of net current assets support the conclusion that the charity is financially healthy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SPCK - Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Eastchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton
• Dr Sanjeevani Perera
• Elspeth McKinnon
• PAUL BURRAGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Mark Nam
• Rev Michael Beasley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sue Halliday · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY income £163k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH income £309k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, KETTERING income £239k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WITH ALL SAINTS SPITALFIELDS income £1.2m
• GO TEACH PUBLICATIONS LIMITED income £165k
• UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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