WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN

"WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF BRITAIN" is an organisation with legal form Charitable company in the United Kingdom. It is active in the areas of culture and art, courses, humanitarian & disaster relief and others.

gbCharitable companyChelmsfordUnited KingdomEnglishFounded 1999

Mission

  1. Provision of facilities to assist full time ministers. 2. Producing material for Bible education, publishing, importing, exporting, recording, translating, producing Bible literature.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.

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/10/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 APR 2016 as amended on 08 Apr 2022 as amended on 26 Apr 2022 as amended on 26 Apr 2022 as amended on 11 Mar 2024

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (?THE OBJECTS?) OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS PRACTISED BY THE BODY OF CHRISTIAN PERSONS KNOWN AS JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 3.1 PRODUCING AUDIO AND VIDEO MATERIAL FOR BIBLE EDUCATION, PUBLISHING, IMPORTING, EXPORTING, RECORDING, TRANSLATING, PRODUCING, AND DISTRIBUTING BIBLE LITERATURE; 3.2 PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE WORLDWIDE ORDER OF SPECIAL FULL-TIME SERVANTS OF JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES (THE ORDER) AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME; 3.3 PURCHASING, BUILDING, AND RENOVATING PROPERTIES FOR USE BY JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES AS PLACES OF WORSHIP, AS WELL AS FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO SUPPORT THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS; 3.4 ENGAGE IN ACTS OF CHARITY, MERCY, AND HUMANITARIAN AID; AND 3.5 DISTRIBUTING FUNDS AND GOODS TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR AIMS. NOTHING IN THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE CHARITY SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Robert LiPresident
Andrew Jeffery Llewellyn
Luke Thomas
Luke Stephen Samuels
Joel Bruce Fairall
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