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Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain

Registered charity 1077961 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£38.5m latest income
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.

28.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 47.7 in 2021

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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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone02089062211
Address1 Kingdom Way, West Hanningfield, CHELMSFORD, CM2 8FW

Finances

£38,463,325 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£130,210,285£61,423,632
2022£88,967,810£82,014,411
2023£100,899,361£133,846,050
2024£120,653,380£111,075,601
2025£38,463,325£78,172,336

What it does

What

Overseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (?THE OBJECTS?) OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS PRACTISED BY THE BODY OF CHRISTIAN PERSONS KNOWN AS JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 3.1 PRODUCING AUDIO AND VIDEO MATERIAL FOR BIBLE EDUCATION, PUBLISHING, IMPORTING, EXPORTING, RECORDING, TRANSLATING, PRODUCING, AND DISTRIBUTING BIBLE LITERATURE; 3.2 PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE WORLDWIDE ORDER OF SPECIAL FULL-TIME SERVANTS OF JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES (THE ORDER) AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; 3.3 PURCHASING, BUILDING, AND RENOVATING PROPERTIES FOR USE BY JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, AS WELL AS FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS; 3.4 ENGAGE IN ACTS OF CHARITY, MERCY, AND HUMANITARIAN AID; AND 3.5 DISTRIBUTING FUNDS AND GOODS TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR AIMS. NOTHING IN THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CHARITY SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/10/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 APR 2016 as amended on 08 Apr 2022 as amended on 26 Apr 2022 as amended on 26 Apr 2022 as amended on 11 Mar 2024

Trustees (7)

4trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain · 03858051 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/10/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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