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Registered charity · Fox Milne

Scripture Union

Scripture Union is a registered charity (number 213422) based in Fox Milne, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Richard Westacott Godden since 2018. Latest income £4.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Scripture Union England and Wales, SU, Undeb Y Gair (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £4.7m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia and more
Website
www.scriptureunion.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Scripture Union
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.7m£5.7m
  • 2024£4.2m£5.2m
  • 2023£4.5m£5.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.4m£4.5m
  • 2021£4.5m£4.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

4 grants · £4,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

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Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

10
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 10Religious Activities 10Accommodation/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 10Health and social care 4Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
213422
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00039828 · Active
Contact on the register
01908856000 · info@scriptureunion.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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