FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE

Registered charity 236171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is a church which holds Sunday services, midweek meetings and Sunday School for students up to the age of 20, all of which are open to the public. The Church has a Reading Room and organises public lectures. It is part of the world-wide Christian Science movement. For more details see www.poolechristianscience.com

Objects

GENERAL PURPOSES OF CHURCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£63k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £24,841 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit. Despite this, unrestricted funds remain in surplus at £265,982, with the trustees confirming adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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 3 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
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 14

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 14

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 8

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE HILARY EVANS
Brian Paul Roberts
Colin Matthew Fleming

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

Operates in: Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£38k	£63k
31/12/2024	£61k	£66k
31/12/2023	£66k	£74k
31/12/2022	£44k	£55k
31/12/2021	£48k	£42k

Common questions

Is FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £24,841 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit. Despite this, unrestricted funds remain in surplus at £265,982, with the trustees confirming adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE as a grant recipient include THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£110k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BRIGHTON AND HOVE.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BRIGHTON AND HOVE income £42k
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST ALTRINCHAM income £38k
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST OXFORD income £45k
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, READING income £46k
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST , SCIENTIST, WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE income £58k
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, DORKING, SURREY, ENGLAND income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST POOLE	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BRIGHTON AND HOVE FY2026	£42k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST ALTRINCHAM FY2025	£38k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST OXFORD FY2025	£45k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, READING FY2025	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST , SCIENTIST, WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE FY2025	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.