BSL Bible Translation Project

Analysis

BSL Bible Translation Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06278694). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, BSL Bible Translation Project reported income of £43k and spending of £58k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £29k to £43k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, BSL Bible Translation Project sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thaxted Baptist Church (£43k), 23rd Wakefield (Sandal Methodist) Scout Group (£43k) and St Agatha's Trust (£43k).