FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST , SCIENTIST, WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE

Registered charity 271683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE READING ROOM

Holding church services, sunday school services and testimony meetings; operating a reading room and book shop

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THUS BRINGING HEALING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO FULFIL ALL THE OBLIGATIONS OF A BRANCH CHURCH CONTAINED IN THE MANUAL OF THE MOTHER CHURCH.

Area of benefit: WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE

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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Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £42,447 for the year, with total expenditure of £100,765 against income of £58,318. Despite this operational loss, the charity holds unrestricted current assets of £355,950, comprising cash and investments, which exceed its current liabilities. The trustees report that the church intends to continue its activities and has secured necessary funds for projects before entering contracts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Officers' payment for services: The readers, clerk, treasurer and Weybridge librarian were entitled to receive total remuneration of £6600 during the year, of which £5725 was waived.

“As recorded in the minutes of the members' meeting held on 13 October 2024, the readers, clerk, treasurer and Weybridge librarian were entitled to receive total remuneration of £6600 during the year, of which £5725 was waived.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Risk management
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Janet Bland
Judy Macpherson
Linda Cox
Robert Longman · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£58k	£101k
31/10/2024	£85k	£80k
31/10/2023	£58k	£87k
31/10/2022	£350k	£70k
31/10/2021	£53k	£55k

Common questions

Is FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST , SCIENTIST, WALTON AND WEYBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £42,447 for the year, with total expenditure of £100,765 against income of £58,318. Despite this operational loss, the charity holds unrestricted current assets of £355,950, comprising cash and investments, which exceed its current liabilities. The trustees report that the church intends to continue its activities and has secured necessary funds for projects before entering contracts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.