FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Registered charity 250712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

As a branch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, MA, this church supports a community of people who want to understand more about God and practical Christianity, and acts in strict obedience to the spirit and letter of The Manual of The Mother Church.

Objects

THE CHURCH’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE:A) TO MAINTAIN A CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AS A BRANCH OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON USA.B) TO MAINTAIN AND SPREAD THE TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE, AND INTERPRETED IN "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES" BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, AND TO ACT IN STRICT OBEDIENCE TO THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE "MANUAL OF THE MOTHER CHURCH".C) TO PROVIDE SUNDAY SERVICES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL, WEDNESDAY MEETINGS, A READING ROOM AND ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

Area of benefit: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.

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 incurred a net expenditure of £26,784, reducing unrestricted funds from £647,147 to £620,363. The trustees consider the current level of funding adequate to support the continuation of the charity's aims and services. The charity holds tangible fixed assets valued at £576,427, primarily property, which constitute the majority of its net assets.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Jane Bremner-Smith
• Jennifer Mary Bremner-Smith
• Robert Eric Hopkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Jane McMaster

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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