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*** Due to formatting issues when posting, I will be posting stats as a separate replies to this thread ***
Stats as of January 13, 2018
England and Wales: 1,325 congregations
Scotland: 108 congregations
N. Ireland: 21 congregations
TOTAL: 1,454 congregations
Congregations removed/disbanded
England & Wales: 89
Scotland: 0
Northern Ireland: 6
Of the 1,454 active congregations in the UK, there are 557 congregations sharing Kingdom Halls
There are six Assembly Halls in the UK, all of which are in England
East Pennine Assembly Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
The Dudley Assembly Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
Manchester Assembly Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
Assembly Hall Trust Jehovahs Witnesses Bristol District
The Surrey Assembly Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
North London Assembly Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses
Legacies and Transfers to WT HQ/IBSA for years 2015-2017
|
Country |
Congregation |
Legacy |
Legacy Year |
Total trf to HQ |
Transfer Year |
Notes |
|
England & Wales |
£ 70,000.00 |
2016 |
£ 80,000.00 |
2016 |
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England & Wales |
£ 25,320.00 |
2016 |
£ 20,000.00 |
2016 |
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England & Wales |
£ 87,000.00 |
2015 |
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England & Wales |
£ 361,471.00 |
2016 |
£ 360,180.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 20,000.00 |
2015 |
£ 20,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 58,500.00 |
2015 |
£ 69,200.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 29,072.00 |
2015 |
£12,972 May/Jun 2015; £16,100 / 2017 |
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England & Wales |
£ 43,201.00 |
2016 |
£ 7,010.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 11,800.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 7,200.00 |
2016 |
£ 42,300.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 59,000.00 |
2015 |
£ 59,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 64,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 23,740.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 16,308.00 |
2016 |
£ 23,680.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 118,098.00 |
2016 |
In 2016 Eckington Kingdom Hall sold for £120,000 and the funds donated to WT |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 34,598.00 |
2016 |
£ 37,167.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 34,500.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 141,000.00 |
2017 |
Our currently held bank balance is in excess of our aimed for 3 monthly funds. This is due to a legacy and it is to be used for funding property projects. |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 10,350.00 |
2016 |
£ 20,145.00 |
2016 |
Donations to WTBTS of £15,000 in June, £2000 in November, £500 in December 2015. |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 105,105.00 |
2015 |
£ 91,659.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 30,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 20,551.00 |
2016 |
£ 20,400.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 34,015.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 40,026.00 |
2015 |
£31,750 donated to WWW in 2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 37,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 95,000.00 |
2015 |
£ 100,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 7,023.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 139,000.00 |
2015 |
£ 24,827.00 |
2015 |
Within these funds is a fund of £5,000 held in trust for helping needy ones in the congregation / 2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 21,265.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 5,350.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 95,313.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 14,400.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 122,400.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 34,618.00 |
2015 |
£ 35,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 15,892.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 21,964.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 9,800.00 |
2017 |
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|
England & Wales |
Personal donation of £11,000 / 2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 17,615.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 24,404.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 14,100.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 47,797.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 76,954.00 |
2016 |
£ 77,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 107,287.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 16,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 110,000.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 33,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 33,000.00 |
2017 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 86,013.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 22,224.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 55,992.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 4,000.00 |
2016 |
Also of interest was a one off donation to the World Wide Work of £4,000 from general funds / 2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 23,100.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 59,103.00 |
2016 |
£ 60,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 10,000.00 |
2016 |
£ 10,300.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
Newcastle Upon Tyne Gosforth Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses |
Sold Kingdom Hall for £194,841 / 2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 10,000.00 |
2016 |
£ 9,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 50,000.00 |
2016 |
£ 50,658.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 18,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 150,000.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 75,264.00 |
2015 |
It is proposed that £60,000 be donated to the Society's Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall construction worldwide / 2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 111,110.00 |
2017 |
£ 112,410.00 |
2017 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 30,859.00 |
2015 |
£ 46,500.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 96,446.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 83,434.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 112,320.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 132,100.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 36,357.00 |
2015 |
£ 31,340.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 49,500.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 7,500.00 |
2016 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 40,813.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 22,600.00 |
2015 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 385,000.00 |
2015 |
£315,000 Dr Solomon Will Trust / 2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 71,400.00 |
2015 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 127,947.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 28,052.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 8,959.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 15,700.00 |
2017 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 168,415.00 |
2015 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 61,600.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 15,400.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 7,678.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 17,157.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 17,700.00 |
2016 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 18,000.00 |
2017 |
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|
Scotland |
£ 13,000.00 |
2016 |
£ 13,600.00 |
2016 |
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|
Totals |
£ 2,067,560.00 |
£ 4,140,596.00 |
Legacies left to Congregations for years 2011-2014
Legacies, transfers and other notable financial events for years 2011-2014
|
Country |
Congregation |
Legacy |
Legacy Year |
Total trf to HQ |
Transfer Year |
Notes |
|
England & Wales |
£ 24,550.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 17,333.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
Outstanding loan discharged, resolution to keep paying £1,100 monthly |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 28,702.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 40,052.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 271,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 33,381.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 77,220.00 |
2014 |
£51,202.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 30,000.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 40,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 668,440.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 133,090.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 42,075.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 20,000.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 40,000.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 30,721.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 5,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 360,000.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 140,000.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 226,714.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 31,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 14,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 9,739.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 32,791.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 26,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 29,665.00 |
2012 |
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England & Wales |
£ 3,448.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£6,128 Rents from property / 2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
Sold Kingdom Hall for £185,307 / 2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 315,000.00 |
2014 |
£315,000 Dr Solomon Will Trust |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 30,000.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 33,931.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 45,000.00 |
2011 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 23,946.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 18,510.00 |
2013 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 12,510.00 |
2012 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 63,853.00 |
2014 |
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|
England & Wales |
£ 152,014.00 |
2012 |
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|
Total |
£ 3,069,685.00 |
There were 218 congregations who had additional filings with the Charity Commission, usually because their income exceeded a certain amount.
Of these congregations, 34 had legacies left to them in the amount of £3,069,000 for the years 2011-2014.
In 2015, Governing Body member Stephen Lett, made a statement on the monthly broadcast that more money was going out than coming in.
Of the 218 congregations who filed additional reports for their year end tax statements, 79 congregations had legacies left to them in the amount of £2,067,560 for the years 2015-2017.
Most of these congregations followed the Governing Body's advice and donated in excess of 3 months of congregation expenses. These often included the full amount of any legacies bequeathed to the congregations.
The total amount of money transferred to WT HQ/IBSA, including one off donations, transfers of wills and regular donations was £4,140,596.
Some notable examples:
Blackburn Roe Lee Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses received a legacy of £361,471 in 2016 and donated £360,180 to WT HQ.
Watford Central Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses received a legacy of £315,000 in 2014 and donated £385,000 to WT HQ in 2015.
Most notable.
Only one congregation had a fund for the poor and needy.
Keynsham Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses
"Within
these funds is a fund of £5,000 held in trust for helping needy ones in the
congregation / 2015"
It's not possible to accurately estimate what legacies other congregations had bequeathed to them who did not file additional financial reports but it's safe to say that Watchtower has received milions of pounds of legacies and congregations transferred several million pounds to WT HQ from 2015-17.
These monies - your monies, your relative's monies, have been used, whether directly or indirectly, to fund child abuse settlements that Watchtower had to pay out.
