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Bibles for Europe

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1141367RomfordReligion
Income£198k2025-12-31
Spending£184ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctReligion
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bibles for Europe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07521600). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bibles for Europe reported income of £198k and spending of £184k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £550k to £198k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bibles for Europe sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hindu Cultural Society of Bradford (£198k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Ware (£198k) and The Way of the Spirit (£198k).

Income and spending

£0£140k£279k£419k£559k2021 Income: £550,1852021 Spending: £558,60720212022 Income: £204,4312022 Spending: £224,52820222023 Income: £222,6262023 Spending: £239,46420232024 Income: £555,6922024 Spending: £515,05420242025 Income: £198,2302025 Spending: £183,9202025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the Christian faith and to educate people in relation to that faith by contributing to: print, publish, supply, distribute and make available for free distribution: Bibles, books, magazines, periodicals, educational and study materials.Operations are based in the UK, for free distribution of publications throughout the UK and Europe.

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CharityLocationIncome
Hindu Cultural Society of BradfordBradford£198k
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The Way of the SpiritNorwich£198k
Sri Vedmata Gayatri Pariwar UKLeicester£198k