The Christian Science Trust in Great Britain

Analysis

The Christian Science Trust in Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Christian Science Trust in Great Britain reported income of £437k and spending of £759k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £904k to £437k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Christian Science Trust in Great Britain sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anglican Missionary Congregations (Amc) Anglican Church of Redemption Sheffield, South Yorkshire (£436k), The Parochial Church Council the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, the Lace Market, Nottingham (£437k) and Immanuel Christian School Limited (£436k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.