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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

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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.

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  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"
  
  
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  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.
  
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  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	Alcester Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 24,550.00	2013
  England & Wales	Ashton Under Lyne Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 17,333.00	2014
  England & Wales	Blaydon Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses					Outstanding loan discharged, resolution to keep paying £1,100 monthly
  England & Wales	Brighton Woodingdean Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 28,702.00	2013
  England & Wales	Carleton Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 40,052.00	2014
  England & Wales	Caterham Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 271,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Chester Le Street Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 33,381.00	2012
  England & Wales	Clacton On Sea Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 77,220.00	2014	£51,202.00	2014
  England & Wales	Great Yarmouth Gorleston Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 30,000.00	2012
  England & Wales	Harold Hill Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 40,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Hastings Central Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 668,440.00	2014
  England & Wales	Hazel Grove Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 133,090.00	2012
  England & Wales		£ 42,075.00	2014
  England & Wales	High Wycombe Hughenden Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 20,000.00	2013
  England & Wales	Kidderminster Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 40,000.00	2012
  England & Wales	Leeds Armley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 30,721.00	2012
  England & Wales	London Borehamwood Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 5,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Plymouth St Budeaux Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 360,000.00	2012
  England & Wales		£ 140,000.00	2013
  England & Wales		£ 226,714.00	2014
  England & Wales	Porthcawl Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 31,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Scarborough South Bay Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 14,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Sheffield Gleadless Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 9,739.00	2014
  England & Wales	Sheffield Heeley Brook Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 32,791.00	2014
  England & Wales	St Ives Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 26,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Taunton Priorswood Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 29,665.00	2012
  England & Wales	Telford Dawley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 3,448.00	2013
  England & Wales	The Sheffield Woodhouse Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses					£6,128 Rents from property / 2012
  England & Wales	Totnes Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses					Sold Kingdom Hall for £185,307 / 2012
  England & Wales	Watford Central Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 315,000.00	2014			£315,000 Dr Solomon Will Trust
  England & Wales		£ 30,000.00	2014
  England & Wales	Weston Super Mare North Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 33,931.00	2012
  England & Wales	Worcester East Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 45,000.00	2011
  England & Wales		£ 23,946.00	2012
  England & Wales	Workington Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 18,510.00	2013
  England & Wales	Worksop Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnessess	£ 12,510.00	2012
  England & Wales	Wrexham East Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 63,853.00	2014
  England & Wales	Yeovil Hendford Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 152,014.00	2012
  	Total	£ 3,069,685.00
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  truthseeker

  Legacies left to Congregations for years 2011-2014

  
  

  
  
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  truthseeker

  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	Aberdare Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 70,000.00	2016	£ 80,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Bexhill On Sea Pebsham Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 25,320.00	2016	£ 20,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Biggleswade Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 87,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Blackburn Roe Lee Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 361,471.00	2016	£ 360,180.00	2016
  England & Wales	Bognor Regis Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 20,000.00	2015	£ 20,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Bournemouth Boscombe Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 58,500.00	2015	£ 69,200.00	2015
  England & Wales	Bridgwater Quantock Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 29,072.00	2015	£12,972 May/Jun 2015; £16,100 / 2017
  England & Wales	Bridgwater Sedgemoor Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 43,201.00	2016	£ 7,010.00	2015
  England & Wales	Carleton Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 11,800.00	2015
  England & Wales		£ 7,200.00	2016	£ 42,300.00	2016
  England & Wales	Clacton On Sea Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 59,000.00	2015	£ 59,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Crowborough Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 64,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Denbigh Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 23,740.00	2016
  England & Wales	Eastbourne Hampden Park Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 16,308.00	2016	£ 23,680.00	2016
  England & Wales	Eckington Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 118,098.00	2016	In 2016 Eckington Kingdom Hall sold for £120,000 and the funds donated to WT
  England & Wales	Evesham Bengeworth Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 34,598.00	2016	£ 37,167.00	2016
  England & Wales	Evesham Hampton Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 34,500.00	2016
  England & Wales	Fakenham Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 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.
  England & Wales	Gosport Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 10,350.00	2016	£ 20,145.00	2016	Donations to WTBTS of £15,000 in June, £2000 in November, £500 in December 2015.
  England & Wales	Great Yarmouth Central Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 105,105.00	2015	£ 91,659.00	2015
  England & Wales	Halesowen Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 30,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Harpenden Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 20,551.00	2016	£ 20,400.00	2016
  England & Wales	Harrogate Granby Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 34,015.00	2016
  England & Wales	Hemel Hempstead West Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 40,026.00	2015	£31,750 donated to WWW in 2015
  England & Wales	High Wycombe Hughenden Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 37,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Hinckley Middlefield Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 95,000.00	2015	£ 100,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	Ilkeston East Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 7,023.00	2016
  England & Wales	Keynsham Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 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
  England & Wales	Leeds Armley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 21,265.00	2015
  England & Wales	Leicester Eyres Monsell Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 5,350.00	2015
  England & Wales	Leominster Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 95,313.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Hayes Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 14,400.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Ruislip Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 122,400.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Avery Hill Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 34,618.00	2015	£ 35,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	London Bethnal Green Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 15,892.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Brent Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 21,964.00	2016
  England & Wales				£ 9,800.00	2017
  England & Wales	London Camberwell Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses					Personal donation of £11,000 / 2016
  England & Wales	London Edgware Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 17,615.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Forest Hill Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 24,404.00	2016
  England & Wales	London Hounslow Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 14,100.00	2015
  England & Wales				£ 47,797.00	2016
  England & Wales	London New Addington Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 76,954.00	2016	£ 77,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	London New Cross Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 107,287.00	2015
  England & Wales	London Streatham Common Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 16,000.00	2015
  England & Wales	London Tooting Bec Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 110,000.00	2015
  England & Wales				£ 33,000.00	2016
  England & Wales				£ 33,000.00	2017
  England & Wales	Lowestoft Oulton Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 86,013.00	2015
  England & Wales	Lowestoft Pakefield Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 22,224.00	2016
  England & Wales	Luton Leagrave Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 55,992.00	2015
  England & Wales	Milton Keynes South Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 4,000.00	2016	Also of interest was a one off donation to the World Wide Work of £4,000 from general funds / 2016
  England & Wales	Morley Tingley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 23,100.00	2016
  England & Wales	Mountain Ash Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 59,103.00	2016	£ 60,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Newbury Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 10,000.00	2016	£ 10,300.00	2016
  England & Wales	Newcastle Upon Tyne Gosforth Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses					Sold Kingdom Hall for £194,841 / 2016
  England & Wales	Newquay Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 10,000.00	2016	£ 9,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Newton Abbot West Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 50,000.00	2016	£ 50,658.00	2016
  England & Wales	Northampton Abington Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 18,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Norwich Sprowston Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 150,000.00	2016
  England & Wales	Okehampton Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 75,264.00	2015			It is proposed that £60,000 be donated to the Society's Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall construction worldwide / 2015
  England & Wales	Peterborough Deepings Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 111,110.00	2017	£ 112,410.00	2017
  England & Wales	Redcar Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 30,859.00	2015	£ 46,500.00	2015
  England & Wales	Rhondda Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 96,446.00	2015
  England & Wales	Rugby Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 83,434.00	2015
  England & Wales	Saddleworth Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 112,320.00	2016
  England & Wales	Sheerness Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 132,100.00	2016
  England & Wales	Shipley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 36,357.00	2015	£ 31,340.00	2015
  England & Wales	Sowerby Bridge Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 49,500.00	2015
  England & Wales	St Albans West Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 7,500.00	2016
  England & Wales	Stanley Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 40,813.00	2015
  England & Wales	Thorne Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 22,600.00	2015
  England & Wales	Watford Central Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 385,000.00	2015	£315,000 Dr Solomon Will Trust / 2014
  England & Wales	Whitehaven Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 71,400.00	2015
  Scotland	Dalneigh Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 127,947.00	2016
  Scotland	Dumfries Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 28,052.00	2016
  Scotland	Forres Congregation Of Jehevahs Witnesses			£ 8,959.00	2016
  Scotland	Jehovahs Witnesses Montrose Congregation			£ 15,700.00	2017
  Scotland	Livingston Deans Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 168,415.00	2015
  Scotland				£ 61,600.00	2016
  Scotland	Livingston Dedridge Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 15,400.00	2016
  Scotland	Penicuik Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 7,678.00	2016
  Scotland	Riddrie Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 17,157.00	2016
  Scotland	Rutherglen Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses			£ 17,700.00	2016
  Scotland				£ 18,000.00	2017
  Scotland	Stirling Congregation Of Jehovahs Witnesses	£ 13,000.00	2016	£ 13,600.00	2016
  	Totals	£ 2,067,560.00		£ 4,140,596.00
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

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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.

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  The formatting is horrible
  
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  truthseeker

  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
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  Congregations removed/disbanded

  England & Wales: 89

  Scotland: 0

  Northern Ireland: 6
  
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  UK congregations transferred more than £4 million during 2015-17 to Watchtower HQ

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *** 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.

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  truthseeker

  *** 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
  
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  "In a human moment before Jehovah grabbed her"

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  i often wondered how far back the witnesses had been involved with my family.

  my grandmother died at the end of 2013 and while going through her photos we found some of my great-grandmother, dora, who was born in 1901 and died in 1994. there is a photo of dora dated 1946 standing outside her house in east riding, yorkshire.

  on the back of the photo her husband had written "in a human moment before jehovah grabbed her".. my great grandfather, who died before i was born, did not like the witnesses.

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  Here's an interesting update about my family involvement with the JWs.

  I recently discovered medical records regarding my great-uncle's admission to a psychiatric hospital in 1959. He was 20 at the time and the entry for religion had "Jehovah Witness."

  It seems my grandmother got her mother involved, and her brother (my g-uncle) and this would have been around 1958.