The Berean Publishing Trust CIO

Analysis

The Berean Publishing Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Berean Publishing Trust CIO reported income of £107k and spending of £141k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £93k to £107k (+15%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Berean Publishing Trust CIO sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Providence Baptist Chapel, Cheltenham (£107k), The Benefice of Penshurst and Fordcombe (£107k) and Shree Swaminarayan Temple (£107k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.