FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST CLAYGATE AND ESHER

Registered charity 268539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH CLAYGATE & ESHER, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST CLAYGATE AND ESHER READING ROOM

Religious activites.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THIS CHURCH IS TO MAINTAIN, DEMONSTRATE AND SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND 'SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES' BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND LEADER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MOVEMENT.

Area of benefit: ESHER AND CLAYGATE

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 has unrestricted monetary assets of £33,917 and investment reserves of £393,774. The trustees report that regular giving is expected to continue to meet running costs, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during their examination.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Abbott
• John Witney
• Shirley Tarboton
• Susan Thomas

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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