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Scripture Gift Mission (Incorporated)

Scripture Gift Mission (Incorporated) is a registered charity (number 219055) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Robin Andrew Howard Baker since 2019. Latest income £1.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as SGM Lifewords, Lifewords (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Brazil, Canada and more
Website
www.lifewords.global (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Scripture Gift Mission (Incorporated)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£2.1m
  • 2024£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.6m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.4m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO CARRY ON BY ALL SUCH MEANS AS THE COUNCIL OF THE COMPANY MAY DEEM FIT THE MISSION WORK WHICH WAS FORMERLY CARRIED ON FOR AND ON BEHALF OF AN UNINCORPORATED SOCIETY KNOWN AS SCRIPTURE GIFT MISSION AND TO SECURE THAT THE SAID MISSION WORK SHALL BE CARRIED ON IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINAL BASIS (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

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

5.6y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 5Religious Activities 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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 6Other services 4Health and social care 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

15.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

8 from 10 in 2020
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
219055
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/02/1917AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/03/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/05/1951AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/06/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/05/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/06/1976AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/2011
Companies House
Company number 00145932 · Active
Contact on the register
02077302155 · uk@lifewords.global
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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