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The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £634k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.sdhs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£634k£608k
  • 2024£843k£530k
  • 2023£541k£463k
Earlier years
  • 2022£473k£465k
  • 2021£531k£393k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

5.1 THE PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS.5.2 THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOCIETY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.THE OBJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SCRIPTURES AND WITH THE BELIEFS AS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 7 HEREOF.÷

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.

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 8Property 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£634k 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.

32.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 44.8 in 2021

9 from 9 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
232692
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5TH JANUARY 1952 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 JUNE 1963 AND CHANGE OF NAME 14 JULY 1982 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 DECEMBER 2010.
Companies House
Company number 00503177 · Active
Contact on the register
01462457486 · office@sdhs.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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