FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, LONDON — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 8 October 1965
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £315,167
Latest expenditure: £329,502
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST LO, 8 WRIGHTS LANE, LONDON, W8 6TA

Website recorded by the regulator: www.firstlondon.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

This Kensington Church, open to everyone, provides for the community weekly Sunday Church Services, a Sunday School, Wednesday Testimony Meetings, a Christian Science Reading Room bookshop and sponsors regular free lectures. All details are on our church website www.firstlondon.org, with world-wide links to daily articles, podcasts and videos about Christian science.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 25 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 25 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £315,167
Total Gross Expenditure: £329,502

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 3 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £309,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £297,607

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 6 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 6 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £238,037
Total Gross Expenditure: £199,866

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 11 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £503,936
Total Gross Expenditure: £357,559

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 24 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 18 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £373,742
Total Gross Expenditure: £328,492

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 25 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £315,167
Total Gross Expenditure: £329,502
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 3 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £309,519
Total Gross Expenditure: £297,607
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 6 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £238,037
Total Gross Expenditure: £199,866
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £503,936
Total Gross Expenditure: £357,559
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 24 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £373,742
Total Gross Expenditure: £328,492
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 May 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 259197
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 2306
Income Investments: 242433
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 503936
Income Legacies: 243388
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £38,920
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £318,639
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 357559
Expenditure Investment Management: 38920
Expenditure Grants Institution: 34000
Expenditure Governance: 4087
Expenditure Support Costs: 217815
Expenditure Depreciation: 71568
Gain Loss Investment: -337894
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 975
Reserves: £2,453,341
Assets Total Fixed: 6312323
Assets Own Use: 1212323
Assets Long Term Investment: 5100000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £5,200,646
Assets Total Liabilities: £26,918
Assets Current Investment: 5065450
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £11,486,051
Creditors One Year Total Current: 26918
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £100,820
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 11486051
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 11486051
Count Employees: 7
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kensington And Chelsea
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, LONDON
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1965-10-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION AND RULES FCCS, 23RD SEPTEMBER 1974 AS AMENDED JUNE 1997, SEPTEMBER 1998 & 20TH SEPTEMBER 1999.
Charitable Objects: TO SPREAD THE UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETED IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Regulators

Regulator Order: 1
Regulator Name: Financial Conduct Authority

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling