# SCRIPTURE UNION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 213422
- **Other names:** SCRIPTURE UNION ENGLAND AND WALES, SU, UNDEB Y GAIR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 3, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=213422


## Contact

- **Address:** Scripture Union, Trinity House, Opal Court, Opal Drive, Fox Milne
- **Postcode:** MILTON K
- **Phone:** 01908856000
- **Email:** info@scriptureunion.org.uk
- **Website:** www.scriptureunion.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY BY SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE OBJECTS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARTICULAR, BUT LIMITED TO, WORKING WITH CHURCHES: 1. BY MAKING GOD'S GOOD NEWS KNOWN TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; AND2. BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO MEET GOD DAILY THROUGH THE BIBLE AND PRAYERSO THAT IN EACH CASE THEY MAY COME TO PERSONAL FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, GROW IN CHRISTIAN MATURITY AND BECOME BOTH COMMITTED CHURCH MEMBERS AND SERVANTS OF A WORLD IN NEED.

**Activities:** We help children and young people explore the Bible, respond to Jesus and grow in faith. We make Jesus known through our work in communities, schools, holidays and missions. Through publishing, using print and digital media, we aim to inspire leaders to make disciples of children and young people with our resources and to equip Christians to grow in discipleship with Bible guides and publications.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Armenia
- Australia
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Namibia
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- The Gambia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4715000 | £5714000 | £3922000 | 76 |
| March 31, 2024 | £4215000 | £5243000 | £4899000 | 75 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4532000 | £5085000 | £5762000 | 76 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4400000 | £4533000 | £6571000 | 71 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4526000 | £4167000 | £6644000 | 65 |



## Trustees

- **Richard Westacott Godden** (Chair) — appointed July 19, 2018
- Caroline Sarah Daly — appointed Feb. 4, 2026
- Ian Robertson Gulland — appointed Nov. 16, 2024
- JUNIOR CHARLES JOHNSON — appointed Feb. 5, 2020
- KIM B HURST — appointed Sept. 20, 2017
- Malcolm William Forsyth — appointed Nov. 19, 2020
- Mark Binney — appointed July 1, 2025
- RICHARD ALASTAIR EVANS — appointed July 11, 2019
- Rachael Mary Heffer — appointed Feb. 12, 2026
- SANDRA MORRIS — appointed Jan. 3, 2022
- Sarah Jane Smart — appointed Sept. 4, 2023