FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST CHELTENHAM

Registered charity 237593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST CHELTENHAM NEW BUILDING FUND, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, CHELTENHAM, READING ROOM FUND

Religious activities

Objects

TO MAINTAIN THE TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETED IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOK, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £908,085 at the year end, compared to £625,375 in the previous year. The total funds increased from £934,319 to £908,085, with a net decrease in cash funds of £282,710 against total receipts of £28,848 and total payments of £311,558.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Anne Wilson
• Judy Annette Vaughan
• MARGARET CHRISTINE MATTHEWS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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