THE AID FUND FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN NEED OF NURSING CARE

Registered charity 277849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AID FUND

To assist Christian Scientists of small means to pay for Christian Science nursing care

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£212k

Latest spending

£615k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on the General Fund of £409,814 for the year, primarily due to increased grant payments of £501,020 against lower donation income of £92,065. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains very healthy total reserves of £5,401,717, with unrestricted reserves of £4,907,665, which the Trustees confirm are sufficient to continue operating on normal lines.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level whereby grants paid out would be met out of income from investments and regular donations (held: £4.9m)

“The Trustees' aim is to increase the Aid Fund's reserves to a level whereby grants paid out would be met out of income from investments and regular donations.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by FLB Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Total income

£852k

Total spending

£577k

Cost of raising funds

£36k

Reserves (reported)

£5.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~108.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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 (17/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTOINETTE GLYNN · trustee of 2 other charities
Pamela Rigby
VALERIE MALLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Wendy Carter · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£212k	£615k
30/04/2024	£852k	£577k
30/04/2023	£278k	£299k
30/04/2022	£555k	£213k
30/04/2021	£459k	£608k

Common questions

Is THE AID FUND FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN NEED OF NURSING CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on the General Fund of £409,814 for the year, primarily due to increased grant payments of £501,020 against lower donation income of £92,065. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains very healthy total reserves of £5,401,717, with unrestricted reserves of £4,907,665, which the Trustees confirm are sufficient to continue operating on normal lines. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by FLB Audit LLP.

Who funds THE AID FUND FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN NEED OF NURSING CARE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE AID FUND FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN NEED OF NURSING CARE as a grant recipient include THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£12k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£12k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£11k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	—

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £398k
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £131k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA income £534k
WELLS VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £116k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE AID FUND FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS IN NEED OF NURSING CARE	£212k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£111k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FY2024	£398k	£101,623	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HYTHE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2024	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, NAILSEA FY2025	£534k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WELLS VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£116k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.