The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bible and Gospel Trust

Registered charity 1110085 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6.2y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 5Other Charitable Purposes 2

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

Manufacturing 5Retail and trade 5Business services 2

Gaps to watch

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

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

30.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.5 in 2021

24 from 28 in 2021
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.christiandoctrineandgospelpublishing.org
Emailinfo@bgtuk.org
Phone020 3301 7219
AddressBIBLE & GOSPEL TRUST, CHELWOOD HOUSE, COX LANE, CHESSINGTON, KT9 1DN

Finances

£8,880,705 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,511,549£5,651,570
2022£5,598,184£5,361,911
2023£6,986,059£6,265,854
2024£7,941,710£5,796,356
2025£8,880,705£6,055,835

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE WRITINGS AND WORKS OF J N DARBY, F E RAVEN, JAMES TAYLOR SENIOR, JAMES TAYLOR JUNIOR, JAMES HARVEY SYMINGTON, JOHN STEPHEN HALES, BRUCE DAVID HALES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AS MINISTER OF THE LORD IN THE RECOVERY INCLUDING BY PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE, PRINTING, PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OR SALES OF SUCH WRITINGS AND WORKS EITHER GRATUITOUSLY OR AT SUCH OTHER PRICE (INCLUDING A PRICE LESS THAN COST) AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT SUBJECT TO THE TRUSTEES HAVING A DISCRETION TO RESTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS DESIGNATED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME AS "HELPFUL MINISTRY FOR THE SAINTS"

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 09 JUNE 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 OCT 2018 as amended on 14 Apr 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bible and Gospel Trust · 05476487 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/06/2005

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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