THE GENERAL CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM COUNCIL LIMITED

Registered charity 263121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the activities of the General Church of The New Jerusalem (and its members) in the furtherance of its objects - to present, teach and maintain the doctrines of The New Jerusalem Church as contained in the writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £453,979 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven largely by a one-off transfer of £445,002 from the sale of Colchester Church. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,104,899, supported by significant investment assets, with the trustees confirming the entity is a going concern.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £900k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (89% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW RICHARD BRUELL
• ANITA JOY LEECH
• DALE MORRIS
• GEOFFREY GRAHAM WYNCOLL
• Gweirydd Rhys Williams
• MARK BURNISTON
• Rosalind Hilda Costello · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN ELPHICK · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NEW CHURCH.

• THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NEW CHURCH income £1.5m
• THE NEW CHURCH COLLEGE income £165k
• NEW JERUSALEM APOSTOLIC CHURCH (BIRMINGHAM) income £470k
• SWEDENBORG SOCIETY income £664k
• NEW GROUND CHURCHES income £450k
• TRUE JESUS CHURCH (LONDON) income £267k

Side by side with its peers

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