INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+42.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£165M
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION 2013-08-22 → present
- INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 2013-08-22 → 2013-08-22
- INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION 1914-06-30 → 2013-08-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,402,956 | £39,606,842 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£7,816,612 | £3,810,954 | |
| Cash | £2,029,993 | £2,884,255 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,730,569 | £167,541,523 | |
| Net assets | £160,802,688 | £164,613,642 | |
| Equity | £160,802,688 | £164,613,642 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -22.7% | 9.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 4.19x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Rickard Luckin Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees regularly monitor the financial position of the charity and at this time have no significant concerns regarding the going concern status of the Association.”
Significant events
- “During the past year £12 million (2024: £33.8 million) was donated to WTBTSB for use in their charitable activities...”
- “...Association secured a venue for a special convention in Glasgow. This event attracted over 9,000 local attendees and 3,000 international delegates, significantly benefiting the local economy. The Glasgow Convention Bureau estimates the convention generated approximately £11,347,500, providing a substantial boost to restaurants, hotels, and small businesses.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANLEY, Jonathan | Director | 2017-11-30 | Dec 1981 | British |
| NORTON, Paul Stephen | Director | 2025-06-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| SIMPSON, Michael | Director | 2021-11-08 | Apr 1979 | British |
| SNAITH, Karl William | Director | 2015-03-11 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SUTTON, Andrew Paul | Director | 2021-09-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| SYLVESTER, Steve Winston | Director | 2025-06-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| SYMONDS, Stephen Charles Hale | Director | 2018-09-28 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Sydney David | Secretary | — | 2008-04-06 |
| ANDREWS, John Stuart | Director | 1992-06-12 | 2015-07-29 |
| BELL, Peter Phillip | Director | 2007-08-22 | 2011-11-02 |
| BUTTNER, Philip | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2017-07-10 |
| DARBY, Ivor | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2021-08-31 |
| DUTTON, John Dennis | Director | 1999-11-03 | 2016-04-28 |
| FRANZ, Frederick William | Director | — | 1992-12-22 |
| GILLIES, Paul Stuart | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2018-07-05 |
| GOOCH, Wilfred | Director | — | 1992-03-24 |
| HARDY, Stephen Albert | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2015-07-29 |
| HENSCHEL, Milton George | Director | 1993-01-06 | 1999-07-30 |
| MORICE, Stephen John | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2015-03-11 |
| PAPPS, Stephen | Director | 2007-08-22 | 2021-10-31 |
| SMITH, Sydney David | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| SWINGLE, Lyman Alexander | Director | — | 1999-08-06 |
| WYNN, John Alfred | Director | — | 2003-12-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Charles Hale Symonds | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-11-01 | Ceased 2023-07-27 |
| Mr Stephen Papps | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-31 |
| Mr Paul Stuart Gillies | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+15.1%
£34,402,956 £39,606,842
-
Cash
+42.1%
£2,029,993 £2,884,255
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£160,802,688 £164,613,642
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers