THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY — grant history
Latest income
£26.2m
Grants listed (FY2025)
17
Listed grants total
£15.6m
Accounts grants total
£14.0m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Credited as a funder by
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Albania
What changed: FY2022 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2022 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Middle East) | — | £4.5m |
| new | UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION | — | £4.0m |
| new | Prisons, immigration centres, colleges (via Bibles to prisons, immigration centres, colleges) | — | £1.7m |
| new | United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to China) | — | £1.2m |
| new | Other national grant recipients | — | £1.0m |
| new | United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Other translation projects) | — | £345k |
| new | United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Other advocacy grants) | — | £294k |
| new | United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Africa) | — | £222k |
| up | Cambridge University Library | £41k | £87k |
| not listed | Other advocacy grants | £1.1m | — |
| not listed | Africa | £721k | — |
| not listed | Other production & distribution grants | £553k | — |
| not listed | China | £450k | — |
| not listed | Middle East | £368k | — |
| not listed | Other translation projects | £152k | — |
| not listed | Other national grants | £76k | — |
| not listed | Other literacy projects | £30k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Middle East) | FY2025 | £4.5m | Literacy grants - Middle East |
| United Bible Societies | FY2025 | £4.0m | Total capacity building grants |
| Prisons, immigration centres, colleges (via Bibles to prisons, immigration centres, colleges) | FY2025 | £1.7m | National grants - Bibles to prisons, immigration centres, colleges |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Middle East) | FY2025 | £1.2m | Engagement and advocacy grants - Middle East |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to China) | FY2025 | £1.2m | Engagement and advocacy grants - China |
| Other national grant recipients | FY2025 | £1.0m | National grants - Other national grants |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Other translation projects) | FY2025 | £345k | International grants - Other translation projects |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Other advocacy grants) | FY2025 | £294k | Engagement and advocacy grants - Other advocacy grants |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to China) | FY2025 | £223k | Capacity building grants - China |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Africa) | FY2025 | £222k | Engagement and advocacy grants - Africa |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Other literacy projects) | FY2025 | £216k | Literacy grants - Other literacy projects |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Africa) | FY2025 | £176k | International grants - Africa |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Africa) | FY2025 | £139k | Capacity building grants - Africa |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Africa) | FY2025 | £106k | Literacy grants - Africa |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to China) | FY2025 | £100k | International grants - China |
| Cambridge University Library | FY2025 | £87k | National grants |
| United Bible Societies (via UBS grants to Middle East) | FY2025 | £69k | International grants - Middle East |
| Other advocacy grants | FY2022 | £1.1m | International grants - Advocacy |
| Africa | FY2022 | £721k | International grants - Advocacy |
| Africa | FY2022 | £635k | International grants - Advocacy |
| Other production & distribution grants | FY2022 | £553k | International grants - Production & Distribution |
| China | FY2022 | £450k | International grants - Advocacy |
| Other advocacy grants | FY2022 | £412k | International grants - Advocacy |
| China | FY2022 | £370k | International grants - Other |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £368k | International grants - Advocacy |
| China | FY2022 | £337k | International grants - Other |
| China | FY2022 | £332k | International grants - Advocacy |
| Africa | FY2022 | £331k | International grants - Translation |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £299k | International grants - Advocacy |
| Africa | FY2022 | £246k | International grants - Capacity building |
| Africa | FY2022 | £162k | International grants - Capacity building |
| Other translation projects | FY2022 | £152k | International grants - Translation |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £143k | International grants - Other |
| Africa | FY2022 | £128k | International grants - Translation |
| Other translation projects | FY2022 | £123k | International grants - Translation |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £119k | International grants - Other |
| China | FY2022 | £118k | International grants - Translation |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £108k | International grants - Capacity building |
| Africa | FY2022 | £104k | International grants - Literacy |
| China | FY2022 | £78k | International grants - Translation |
| Africa | FY2022 | £78k | International grants - Other |
| Other national grants | FY2022 | £76k | National grants |
| Africa | FY2022 | £74k | International grants - Literacy |
| Other production & distribution grants | FY2022 | £64k | International grants - Production & Distribution |
| Cambridge University Library | FY2022 | £41k | National grants |
| Africa | FY2022 | £33k | International grants - Literacy |
| Africa | FY2022 | £33k | International grants - Other |
| Other literacy projects | FY2022 | £30k | International grants - Literacy |
| Other literacy projects | FY2022 | £25k | International grants - Literacy |
| Bibles to prisons, immigration centres, colleges | FY2022 | £23k | National grants |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £21k | International grants - Translation |
| Middle East | FY2022 | £15k | International grants - Translation |
| Africa | FY2022 | £11k | International grants - Capacity building |