# THE SOCIETY FOR DISTRIBUTING HEBREW SCRIPTURES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 232692
- **Other names:** S D H S
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 18, 1965
- **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=232692


## Contact

- **Address:** JOSEPH HOUSE, 1 BURY MEAD ROAD, HITCHIN
- **Postcode:** SG5 1RT
- **Phone:** 01462457486
- **Email:** office@sdhs.co.uk
- **Website:** www.sdhs.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 5.1 THE PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS.5.2 THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOCIETY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING THE DISSEMINATION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.THE OBJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SCRIPTURES AND WITH THE BELIEFS AS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 7 HEREOF.÷

**Activities:** Recognising our debt to the Jewish people for the Bble and the need to overcome prejudice, the society publishes and freely distributes the Hebrew scriptures to Jewish people worldwide.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £633993 | £607813 | £3344492 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £843010 | £530241 | £3314511 | 9 |
| March 31, 2023 | £541051 | £463107 | £2994126 | 9 |
| March 31, 2022 | £473162 | £464589 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £530753 | £393087 | £2876167 | 9 |



## Trustees

- Abigail Lawrence — appointed Sept. 10, 2019
- Amudalatu Oloruntoyin Popoola — appointed Sept. 19, 2023
- DESMOND WIGHTMAN
- Gabriel Bennett — appointed April 13, 2022
- Gareth Lucas — appointed May 18, 2021
- JOHN HENRY PIKE
- Matthew James Ramsey — appointed Nov. 21, 2023
- Timothy John Dawson — appointed Sept. 23, 2025