FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Registered charity 239123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

The Church holds Sunday services, Sunday school, and maintains a Reading Room for use by the public, in accordance with the Mother Church Manual.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SO AS TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN SUCH WAYS ONLY AS ARE STRICTLY CONSONANT WITH THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AS SET FORTH IN “SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES” BY MARY BAKER EDDY AND WITH THE MANUAL OF THE MOTHER CHURCH THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £1,064 for the year ended 31 May 2025, compared to £1,189 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that reserves have been maintained at a level of between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. The charity holds total unrestricted funds of £787,655 and a revaluation reserve of £1,018,575, resulting in total funds of £1,806,230.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• INGRID CHRISTOPHERSEN
• Shirley Margaret McGrath

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

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