FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST MANCHESTER

Registered charity 519755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote Christian Science within Manchester and beyond and offer spiritual help to those in need

Objects

TO UPHOLD AND SPREAD THE TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETED IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOK "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES" BY MARY BAKER EDDY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUAL OF THE MOTHER CHURCH THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS.

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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Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is operating within a healthy financial position, supported by a Westminster Fund donation of £2,000 per month and increased collections. The trustees report that while reserves are maintained, there is little opportunity to build them further, though costs have been reduced through energy and insurance savings.

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
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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

RUTH STELLA KENNEDYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Belinda Carol Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
Mandy Avril Sheard

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£59k	£33k
31/12/2024	£95k	£71k
31/12/2023	£22k	£33k
31/12/2022	£22k	£32k
31/12/2021	£25k	£21k

Common questions

Is FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST MANCHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is operating within a healthy financial position, supported by a Westminster Fund donation of £2,000 per month and increased collections. The trustees report that while reserves are maintained, there is little opportunity to build them further, though costs have been reduced through energy and insurance savings. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.