Bible Reading Fellowship

Registered charity 233280 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

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 10Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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.

Tech and media 10Education 7Other services 4

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£1.9m 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.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.9 in 2021

47 from 42 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

Ridley Hall, Cambridge 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Augustine's With ST Luke’s , Bromley Common 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint John With Saint James, West Ealing 1 shared trustee
Hinchley Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Leading Your Church Into Growth 1 shared trustee
Fmdm Foundation CIO 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.brf.org.uk
Email	enquiries@brf.org.uk
Phone	01865319700
Address	BRF, 15 THE CHAMBERS, VINEYARD, ABINGDON, OX14 3FE

Finances

£1,927,669 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,118,568	£1,944,284
2022	£2,164,475	£2,057,583
2023	£1,924,698	£2,242,115
2024	£1,899,870	£2,496,866
2025	£1,927,669	£1,972,139

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BYA) ENCOURAGING UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGESB) ENCOURAGING AND RESOURCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AND/OR MINISTRY AMONGST PEOPLE OF ALL AGES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 1929 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2003.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2014

Trustees (10)

10trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Andrew James Bartonage band 65-69 since 2020
Andrew Craig Howardage band 55-59 since 2021
Christina Rathika Proffittage band 40-44 since 2023
David Jack Leedsage band 35-39 since 2023
Gillian Verity Mitchellage band 60-64 since 2023
Julian James Hillsage band 65-69 since 2021
Mark Robert Sheardage band 65-69 since 2024
Mike Wilkinson since 2019
Rev Paul Weston Goodliffage band 70-74 since 2022
Rev Sarah Elizabeth Hayesage band 60-64 since 2011

Linked company (Companies House)

Bible Reading Fellowship(the) · 00301324 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/05/1935

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

The Streetlight Trust 1 shared trustee
Christians Against Poverty 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint John With Saint James, West Ealing 1 shared trustee
Ridley Hall, Cambridge 1 shared trustee
Leading Your Church Into Growth 1 shared trustee
Fmdm Foundation CIO 1 shared trustee
Hinchley Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Augustine's With ST Luke’s , Bromley Common 1 shared trustee

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