CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, HIGH WYCOMBE AND MAIDENHEAD

Registered charity 237379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY FOR FIRST CHURCH OF -CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST HIGH WYCOMBE, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HIGH WYCOMBE, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HIGHWYCOMBE AND MAIDENHEAD

Local Christian Science Church in High Wycombe, Bucks. Religious activities via church services and worship, and talks and lectures to community.

Objects

THE SOCIETY’S OBJECT IS TO PROPAGATE THE TRUTH OF CHRIST HEALING THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE AS SET OUT IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY. THIS OBJECT SHALL BE FULFILLED BY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, SERVICES, BROADCASTS, SUNDAY SCHOOL, LECTURES, READING ROOM AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.

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: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total income increased from £155,550.29 in 2023/2024 to £226,207.80 in 2024/2025, driven largely by a significant rise in donations to society. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (held in the NatWest Reserve Account) decreased from £192,546.71 to £192,546.71 (note: the text shows opening/closing balances for the reserve account specifically, but the NatWest Total closing balance is £260,306.48, while the Reserve Account closing balance is £6,242.90? No, the table shows 'NatWest Totals' closing balance £260,306.48 and 'Reserve Account' closing balance £6,242.90 is incorrect reading. Let's re-read carefully. 'NatWest Totals' closing balance is £260,306.48. 'Reserve Account' section shows 'Closing balances' £6,242.90? No, the table is messy. 'NatWest Totals' row: Opening £192,546.71, Closing £260,306.48. 'Reserve Account' row: Opening £34,098.68, Closing £6,242.90? No, the 'Reserve Account' section lists 'Transfer to Current Acc' £15,000/£77,000. The 'NatWest Totals' line seems to aggregate Current and Reserve. The 'Reserve Account' specific closing balance is not clearly isolated as a single 'free reserves' figure distinct from the total bank balance in a standard way, but the 'NatWest Totals' closing balance is £260,306.48. The charity has sufficient funds to cover its expenditures of £254,063.58, resulting in a positive net movement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• GAY BRYANT FLATTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edwin de Leon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeanette Elizabeth Wood
• Kathleen Blacknell

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Common questions

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• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MAIDSTONE income £59k
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• Christian Science Society, Windermere income £51k
• THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TRUST IN GREAT BRITAIN income £437k
• FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST CHELTENHAM income £29k
• CHRIST CHURCH HUNTINGDON income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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