FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, SHIPLEY

Registered charity 1186097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH, SHIPLEY

We hold Church services, teach Sunday School, provide a public Reading Room and hold public lecturesOur church premises are at 41 Bradford Road, Shipley, BD18 3DS, West Yorkshire

Objects

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS ARE TO MAINTAIN AND SPREAD THE TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY. THIS IS DONE THROUGH CHURCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES AND MEETINGS, MAINTAINING A PUBLIC READING ROOM, OPERATING A SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, AND SPONSORING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURES ALL FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £177,622 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £168,222. The Board Report notes that the charity completed the transition of its banking from Barclays to CAF and is working on safeguarding compliance. The financial position appears stable with positive net receipts for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Susanne Pagechair
• David Graham Moore
• Iain James Schofield
• Patricia Mary Skinner

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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