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The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-231144 .
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Description

SPCK promotes Christian knowledge through broad-based publishing programmes producing books, electronic products and internet-based resources. Its Assemblies website provides teachers with free downloadable materials for collective worship in school. Materials are produced to reach people outside the church.

Also known as

  • Alice Barnes Memorial Fund
  • Annis Bible Fund
  • Becker Trust
  • Belke East India Trust
  • Belke General Trust
  • Bequest of Richard Richardson
  • Bishop John Charles Jones Memorial Fund
  • Boyd Trust (In Memory of Miss Elizabeth Boyd)
  • Cannings Fund
  • Chelsea Hospital
  • ...and 56 other names
  • Church Historical Society
  • Clericus Trust
  • Corden Trust
  • Crawford's Arabic Trust
  • Crawford's Irish Trust
  • Darlington Trust
  • Darrell Trust
  • Disney and Drake Trust
  • Edith M Gowan Memorial
  • F N Davey Memorial Trust
  • Ferrett Trust
  • Fleming Trust
  • Foster Trust
  • French Trust
  • Godfrey Ermen Fund
  • The H C Richards Fund
  • H M Bliss Trust Fund
  • Hitchin Memorial Prize Fund
  • Ipswich Committee
  • Ipswich Committee Trust
  • Jenkins Trust
  • Knight Bequest
  • Lectiones
  • Manx Fund
  • Mary Legg Memorial Trust
  • Mary Wilcox Trust
  • MC Comas Trust
  • Medical Mission in Southern India Trust
  • Miss Bromley's Fund
  • Mitchell Clarke Trust
  • Morgan Trust
  • Munden Fund
  • Negus Rotherhithe Trust
  • Negus Welsh
  • Nocton Trust
  • Owen Fund
  • Owen-Smith Trust
  • Peacock Trust
  • Peter Van Vryhouven Trust
  • Reverend G C Reynell (Bombay) Bequest
  • Reverend Samuel Settle Fund (Excluding the Settle Educational Foundation)
  • Reverend T a Morgan Jones Trust
  • Reverend W C Piercy Fund
  • Reverend W H Havergal
  • Rigg Trust
  • S P C K
  • S P C K General Common Investment Fund
  • S P C K Special Common Investment Fund
  • Settle Educational Foundation Staplehurst
  • The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
  • St Augustine's College
  • St Helena (Island of) Trust
  • Stockley Trust
  • Stowmarket Trust
  • Walter Howard Frere Fund
  • William Kemp Lowther Clarke Trust

CCEW Charity number

231144

Company number

RC000557

Registered

Postcode

EC1N 7RJ

Website

spck.org.uk

Domain

spck.org.uk

Latest income

£6,341,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Linked records

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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 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-231144 .
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The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Themes and activities

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This 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.

  • Religious congregations I10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Religion RL » Christianity RL200

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Religious Activities 108

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • National

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1971-06-21 Registered as a charity
2004-04-30 9,379,000 9,160,000
2005-04-30 9,278,000 9,875,000
2006-04-30 8,677,000 9,872,000
2007-04-30 5,419,000 6,179,000
2008-04-30 3,557,000 3,010,000
2009-04-30 3,278,000 2,984,000
2010-04-30 2,830,000 2,701,000
2011-04-30 2,895,000 2,600,000
2012-04-30 3,178,000 2,729,000
2013-04-30 2,986,000 2,978,000
2014-04-30 3,119,000 3,068,000
2015-04-30 3,335,000 3,311,000
2016-04-30 5,020,000 5,104,000
2017-04-30 5,565,525 5,412,735
2018-04-30 5,748,979 5,503,090
2019-04-30 5,827,000 5,446,000
2020-04-30 6,260,000 6,217,000
2021-04-30 5,781,000 5,261,000
2022-04-30 8,405,000 8,103,000
2023-04-30 6,341,000 5,894,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 52 58
Employees paid more than £60,000 5 7
Volunteers - -
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement 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.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 335.0 253.0
Legacies 58.0 39.0
Endowments 257.0 -
Donations and legacies 650.0 292.0
Income from charitable activities 4,987.0 5,874.0
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 704.0 1,813.0
Other income - 426.0
Total 6,341.0 8,405.0
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 22.0 31.0
Spending on raising funds 22.0 31.0
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 5,679.0 7,818.0
Charitable activities 5,679.0 7,818.0
Other spending 193.0 254.0
Total 5,894.0 8,103.0
Net income / (expenditure) 447.0 302.0

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Balance sheet

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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.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 14,723.0 50.0
Investment assets - 16,483.0
14,723.0 16,533.0
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 50.0 303.0
Other current assets 2,995.0 4,082.0
3,045.0 4,385.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (3,405.0) (1,804.0)
Net current assets (360.0) 2,581.0
Total assets less current liabilities 14,363.0 19,114.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (148.0) (1,163.0)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 14,215.0 17,951.0
Defined benefit pension scheme (4,291.0) (5,014.0)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 9,924.0 12,937.0
Funds
Endowment funds 7,208.0 8,110.0
Restricted funds 119.0 76.0
Unrestricted funds 2,597.0 4,751.0
9,924.0 12,937.0

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

GB-CHC-231144

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