THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY

Registered charity 233082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TBS · also registered in Scotland as SC038379 (OSCR)

Provides Scriptures and Scripture portions in many languages throughout the world. Funds and co-ordinates translation of Scriptures into different languages.

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Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.7m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds reduced by £636,435 during 2024, resulting in a net expenditure of £474,752 after removing foreign exchange movements. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a healthy liquidity position with cash and short-term investments totaling over £5.8 million, and free reserves significantly exceeding the stated policy target of four months' expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months' expenditure (held: £2.7m)

“Free Reserves should be at least equivalent to four months’ expenditure as defined by the Baseline figure.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee connected business

“Payments totalling £3,273 (2023: £4,524) were made to Setfords Solicitors for legal services rendered. Mr A. K. Jones (Trustee) worked at relevant times under the auspices of Setfords Solicitors.” — page 31

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.7m

Cost of raising funds

£26k

Reserves (reported)

£12.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~30.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Marcus Richard Keogh-Brownchair
ALUN KENT JONES
Darren Cadapen
JONATHAN PAUL SAYERS
REV TREVOR KIRKLAND
RICHARD ALAN CLARKE · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Aaron Lewis
Rev James Gracie
Rev John Peter Thackway · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Wesley Irwin

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

Operates in: Australia · Brazil · Canada · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£4.3m	£4.7m
31/12/2023	£5.9m	£5.1m
31/12/2022	£4.4m	£4.0m
31/12/2021	£5.1m	£3.6m
31/12/2020	£3.5m	£3.6m

Common questions

Is THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total funds reduced by £636,435 during 2024, resulting in a net expenditure of £474,752 after removing foreign exchange movements. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a healthy liquidity position with cash and short-term investments totaling over £5.8 million, and free reserves significantly exceeding the stated policy target of four months' expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY as a grant recipient include MELBOURNE HALL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MELBOURNE HALL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH	FY2026	£250	International Missionary work

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
RADSTOCK TRUST CIO	2	£399k
FIELDSDENE TRUST	2	£30k
THE S M B TRUST	2	£20k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	2	£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, CAMBERLEY	2	£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	2	£10k
PARKVIEW CHAPEL, BOTESDALE	2	£4k
THE LIVING WATERS TRUST	2	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION.

UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION income £35.0m
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY income £26.2m
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE! income £3.1m
NAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD income £195k
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK income £307k
BIBLE AND GOSPEL TRUST income £8.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY	£4.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION FY2025	£35.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY FY2025	£26.2m	—	—	unclear	20.0%	no doubt
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE! FY2025	£3.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	2	within	—	no doubt
NAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD FY2024	£195k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK FY2025	£307k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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