The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Scripture Union International Council

Registered charity 1072964 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 8Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 7Health and social care 5Hospitality 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.7 in 2020

8 from 8 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.scriptureunion.global
Emailadmin@scriptureunion.global
Phone+49 1573 4628790
AddressLytchett House, Unit 13, Freeland Park, Wareham Road, POOLE, Dorset

Finances

£1,365,027 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,494,670£1,014,589
2021£927,341£799,179
2022£969,192£1,072,951
2023£1,141,461£1,178,067
2024£1,365,027£1,423,927

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF SCRIPTURE UNION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ITS AIMS OF ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY:-1. MAKING GOD'S GOOD NEWS KNOWN TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; AND 2. ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO MEET GOD DAILY THROUGH THE BIBLE AND PRAYER, SO THAT THEY MAY COME TO PERSONAL FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, GROW IN CHRISTIAN MATURITY AND BECOME BOTH COMMITTED CHURCH MEMBERS AND SERVANTS OF A WORLD IN NEED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 DEC 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 MAR 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Scripture Union International Council · 03678243 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/12/1998

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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