CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, PORTSMOUTH AND CHICHESTER

Registered charity 1166463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, PORTSMOUTH

Christian Science Society, Portsmouth and Chichester is a branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston Massachusetts, USA. It provides Sunday Services, Wednesday Testimony meetings, Bible Lesson Read-overs, metaphysical meetings and a Reading Room that provides literature relating to the teachings of Christian Science.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO MAINTAIN, DEMONSTRATE AND SPREAD THE TEACHINGS OF TRUTH AS FOUND IN THE BIBLE AND IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE; AND TO ABIDE BY THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE CHURCH MANUAL OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £3,646,229, following a merger that transferred property and cash assets. The trustees report that despite expenditure on building improvements, there was an excess of income over expenditure of £7,127, and the charity considers itself financially sound with sufficient resources to continue operations as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD SOUTARchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cora Magee
• RODNEY SOMERSET DE CHAIR

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Portsmouth City · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Christian Science Society Leamington Spa.

• Christian Science Society Leamington Spa income £31k
• FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON income £49k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON income £51k
• FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE income £38k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY SHEFFIELD income £28k
• FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST ALTRINCHAM income £38k

Side by side with its peers

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