The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures

Analysis

The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00503177). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures reported income of £634k and spending of £608k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £531k to £634k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moorlands Church (£633k), The United Sikh Association Guru Gobind Singh Gudwara (£635k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint George and All Saints Tufnell Park (£632k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 5.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £160k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10k. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.