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Open the Bible (UK)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1198923NorthamptonReligion
Income£146k2025-12-31
Spending£164ksame year
Spent / received86%4-year average
Size in its cause71st pctReligion
Registered2022CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Open the Bible (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Open the Bible (UK) reported income of £146k and spending of £164k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £90k to £146k (+62%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Open the Bible (UK) sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yeovil and Blackmore Vale Methodist Circuit (£146k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Leonard's Heston (£146k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew's, Much Hadham with St Thomas' Perry Green in the Diocese of St Albans (£146k).

Income and spending

£0£52k£104k£156k£208k2023 Income: £90,2802023 Spending: £46,89520232024 Income: £186,4392024 Spending: £129,67920242025 Income: £208,3352025 Spending: £200,11720252025 Income: £146,3412025 Spending: £164,2102025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Open the Bible (UK) educates people about the Christian faith, and provides training and resources to church leaders, through its website; social media; audio and printed resources; and by airing radio programmes on Premier Christian Radio in the UK.

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