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Registered charity · Chelmsford

International Bible Students Association

The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) 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:(1) Facilitating the provision of Bible-based literature and...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £41m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Paul Stephen Norton, Steve Winston Sylvester.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
ibsa-charity.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
International Bible Students Association
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£41m£37m
  • 2024£50m£58m
  • 2023£40m£44m
Earlier years
  • 2022£63m£49m
  • 2021£72m£76m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) 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:(1) Facilitating the provision of Bible-based literature and materials for religious instruction, teaching, education, and worship to Jehovah’s Witnesses and the public; (2) Maintaining one or more religious orders or communities of Jehovah’s Witnesses;(3) Distributing funds and goods to other entities that have similar aims;(4) Engaging in acts of charity, mercy, and humanitarian aid; and (5) Administering the property, facilities, and financial affairs of or pertaining to religious worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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.

5 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 5Religious Activities 5

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 5

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£40.6m 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.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.2 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
216647
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/06/1914AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/1949AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/04/1951AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 APR 2016 as amended on 21 May 2024
Companies House
Company number 00136726 · Active
Contact on the register
02089062211
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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