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Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, “WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN (1077961) — overview and financial history”

31 August 2025Source ID src-cc-2025-0000-wtbts-britain-1077961Accessed 19 September 2026
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Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, “WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN (1077961) — overview and financial history”

31 August 2025 · Charity Commission

“Total gross income (FYE 31/08): 2021 £130.21m; 2022 £88.97m; 2023 £100.90m; 2024 £120.65m; 2025 £38.46m. Total expenditure: 2021 £61.42m; 2022 £82.01m; 2023 £133.85m; 2024 £111.08m; 2025 £78.17m. Activities: '1. Provision of facilities to assist full time ministers. 2. Producing material for Bible education … 3. Purchasing, building, and renovating properties for use by Jehovah's Witnesses as places of worship. 4. Humanitarian aid. 5. Distributing funds and goods to other entities with similar aims.'”

Register shows income from government grants/contracts as N/A in every year; FYE 2025 total income £38,463,325 and expenditure £78,172,336.

Provenance and verification note for Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN (1077961) — overview and financial history

Confidence note. Fetched the register pages via curl (WebFetch was refused with 403) and parsed the financial-history data table.

Corroborated by. src-cc-2025-0000-ibsa-216647, src-cc-2025-0000-kingdom-hall-trust-275946

Notes. Overview page: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3966490. A Scottish registration also exists (OSCR SC046952; not opened).

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-cc-2025-0000-wtbts-britain-1077961