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Description
1. Provision of facilities to assist full time ministers. 2. Producing material for Bible education, publishing, importing, exporting, recording, translating, producing Bible literature.3. Purchasing, building, and renovating properties for use by Jehovah's Witnesses as places of worship.4. Humanitarian aid. 5. Distributing funds and goods to other entities with similar aims.
Also known as
- The Society Kingdom Hall Fund
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
- Watch Tower Society
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
CM2 8FW
Latest income
£88,967,810 (on )
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Areas of operation in the UK
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1077961 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
GB-CHC-1077961Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Religious congregations
I10
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Arts
AR» Media and publishingAR200» LiteratureAR202 -
Economic and community development
EC» International developmentEC103 -
Education
ED -
Religion
RL» ChristianityRL200 -
Religion
RL» ChristianityRL200» Jehovah's WitnessesRL204 -
Religion
RL» Religious activitiesRL300» Church or place of worshipRL302 -
Saving of lives
SL» Humanitarian reliefSL102
Theme (CCEW)
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Overseas Aid/famine Relief
106 -
Religious Activities
108
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
GB-CHC-1077961Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-10-27 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-08-31 | 19,069,848 | 15,915,435 |
| 2005-08-31 | 19,744,000 | 18,811,000 |
| 2006-08-31 | 20,106,000 | 17,034,000 |
| 2007-08-31 | 26,140,715 | 18,764,269 |
| 2008-08-31 | 23,584,061 | 20,733,710 |
| 2009-08-31 | 27,082,527 | 23,715,215 |
| 2010-08-31 | 24,437,937 | 23,606,341 |
| 2011-08-31 | 30,433,582 | 37,471,117 |
| 2012-08-31 | 35,925,958 | 39,548,322 |
| 2013-08-31 | 30,560,270 | 31,526,739 |
| 2014-08-31 | 44,582,617 | 43,882,271 |
| 2015-08-31 | 82,049,332 | 42,894,062 |
| 2016-08-31 | 50,478,154 | 41,467,158 |
| 2017-08-31 | 89,598,492 | 48,481,630 |
| 2018-08-31 | 93,818,172 | 75,539,023 |
| 2019-08-31 | 129,599,589 | 130,458,697 |
| 2020-08-31 | 144,317,948 | 99,584,773 |
| 2021-08-31 | 130,210,285 | 61,423,632 |
| 2022-08-31 | 88,967,810 | 82,014,411 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | - |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 50 | 50 |
| Trustees | 7 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
GB-CHC-1077961Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 74.6 | 125.2 |
| Legacies | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 77.1 | 129.2 |
| Income from charitable activities | 1.1 | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Other income | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Total | 89.0 | 130.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 81.9 | 61.3 |
| Charitable activities | 81.9 | 61.3 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 82.0 | 61.4 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 7.0 | 68.8 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1.9 | 14.9 |
| Investment assets | 252.7 | 2.6 |
| 254.6 | 17.6 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | 244.0 |
| Cash | 8.3 | 6.6 |
| Other current assets | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 11.4 | 254.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (7.4) | (2.2) |
| Net current assets | 4.1 | 252.6 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 258.7 | 270.2 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (8.2) | (8.7) |
| Net assets | 250.4 | 261.5 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | - |
| Unrestricted funds | 250.4 | 261.5 |
| 250.4 | 261.5 | |
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
GB-CHC-1077961Income from government
Back to contentsAccording to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
GB-CHC-1077961Services regulated by the Care Quality Commission
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(id: 1-212188112)
CQC Provider: Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society Of Britain
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