01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014327
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- EH2 4HU
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
We are a branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. At our church on Young Street in Edinburgh we hold regular public services every Sunday morning and testimony meetings on Wednesday evenings, plus a Sunday School for children and teenagers. We provide a community reading room on Waterloo Place, where members of the public can find out more about Christian Science, study the Bible or read our weekly lesson taken from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. We also hold a public lecture, with guest speaker, at least once annually.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of religion
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Advancement of religion
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2025 | £207,308 | £108,224 | 0 | 27 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £556,525 | £143,524 | 0 | 26 December 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | £40,138 | £44,610 | 0 | 26 June 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | £55,765 | £73,415 | 0 | 18 June 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 11 Young Street, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.christianscience.org.uk/edinburgh
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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