by truthseeker 38 Replies latest members private
Darkspilver, that is interesting. I deduped the list last night and inc Scotland and N. Ireland there are 1,557 registered JW congregations. I'm assuming the Yearbook is only counting English and Welsh congregations.
Thanks for the link to the JW meeting app finder. I can compare the list with what I have.
Slim,
i haven't got there yet. The Scottish data is different in format than the charities listed for England and Wales.
There is a way you can all help. Any rumours you hear of congregations being merged or disbanded can be listed here so I can add a comment to the list. Also any halls that have closed or been sold can also be added. It will take some time to trawl through the posts but I feel that this is worth it. Once the list is up to date it will be fairly easy to automate data pulls. I wish I had done this earlier.
Truthseeker
Revised Stats (registered and removed)
England & Wales: 1,414 (foreign language congregations - 98)
*Bristol Hengrove congregation was previously registered as charity #1065257 before becoming amalgamated on 18 Feb 2005 and then re-registered as charity #1066946
Scotland: 108
Northern Ireland: 27
Grand Total: 1,549
Any ideas?
London Clapham congregation is overdue with its accounts by 1,389 days. they haven't filed a report since 2013!
For years 2012 and 2013 they have spent more money than they had coming in.
Manchester Old Trafford not submitted a report for 5 years!
Thank you truth seeker
Update...
It's exhausting work putting this together but worth it in the end.
the UK charity website has a beta version which shows the number of trustees/elders in each congregation and many report how many members they have.
When both numbers are present one can calculate the ratio of elders to publishers.
Many congregations have additional financial information given as links to pdfs. These documents includes the sale of Kingdom Halls and legacies bequeathed.
Northern Ireland congregations are included in the Ireland total I have been told.
