CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON

Registered charity 252501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUND HELD IN CONNEXION WITH TENTH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, LONDON

We support Christian Science healing through prayer by holding weekly Sunday church services and Sunday School, and monthly Wednesday testimony meetings. Christian Science literature is available at these meetings. We also sponsor public talks about Christian Science. All activities are for the local community.

Objects

WORKING FUNDS OF THE 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: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,296,807, representing a net increase from the previous year's £1,235,334. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, with trustees expressing confidence in its financial position and investments. Total resources expended were £24,839 against total incoming resources of £50,546.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 03/12/2024, 126 days after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT THOMPSONchair
• Angela Madeline Finch

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MAIDSTONE.

• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MAIDSTONE income £59k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, OXTED income £25k
• Christian Science Society, Exeter income £28k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY SHEFFIELD income £28k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION income £54k
• CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY-HALIFAX income £7k

Side by side with its peers

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