Inter-Varsity Press (IVP) was previously the publishing wing of Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.

It supported the publishing or distribution of well over one million books each year to over 150 countries, including the translation of titles into over 90 different languages.

Outgrowing this space, an empty water supply tank, built on a bombed site behind IVF's offices, became home to two new units.

The early 1960s saw these temporary buildings pulled down and replaced by a four-storey office block and basement, used by IVF until it outgrew this space and transferred despatching opportunities to Scripture Union.

In 1976, Inchley was succeeded as Publishing Director by the Revd Frank Entwistle,[4] who had joined IVP in 1973 and remained there until his retirement in 2002.

[5] By this time, IVP was publishing seminal works such as The Bible Speaks Today expositions and the Tyndale Commentary series.

This afforded IVP the organisational independence needed to increase its focus on developing its publishing ministry further.

IVP continues to have its own editorial team and publishing board, thereby guaranteeing it maintains its "conservative evangelical brand" whilst benefiting from "SPCK's finance, IT and infrastructure".