The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Scripture Union

Registered charity 213422 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, France, The Gambia, Germany

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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.

11 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Religious Activities 11Accommodation/housing 1Recreation 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.

Tech and media 11Health and social care 4Business services 3

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£4.7m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

5.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.0 in 2021

76 from 65 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

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Contact

Websitewww.scriptureunion.org.uk
Emailinfo@scriptureunion.org.uk
Phone01908856000
AddressScripture Union, Trinity House, Opal Court, Opal Drive, Fox Milne, MILTON K

Finances

£4,715,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,526,000£4,167,000
2022£4,400,000£4,533,000
2023£4,532,000£5,085,000
2024£4,215,000£5,243,000
2025£4,715,000£5,714,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY BY SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE OBJECTS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARTICULAR, BUT LIMITED TO, WORKING WITH CHURCHES: 1. BY MAKING GOD'S GOOD NEWS KNOWN TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; AND2. BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO MEET GOD DAILY THROUGH THE BIBLE AND PRAYERSO THAT IN EACH CASE 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 OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED ON 29 JANUARY 1951 AS AMENDED ON 26 JULY 1954, 27 MARCH 1961, 24 MAY 1989, 19 NOVEMBER 1999, 27 SEPTEMBER 2001, 17 SEPTEMBER 2003 AND 25 SEPTEMBER 2009, AMENDED BY SCHEME 16 JANUARY 2002 as amended on 17 Oct 2020

Trustees (11)

11trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Scripture Union · 00039828 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/10/1893

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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