The Aid Fund for Christian Scientists in Need of Nursing Care

Analysis

The Aid Fund for Christian Scientists in Need of Nursing Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Aid Fund for Christian Scientists in Need of Nursing Care reported income of £212k and spending of £615k, spending 290% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £459k to £212k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Aid Fund for Christian Scientists in Need of Nursing Care sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Christian Trust (£212k), Paediatric Critical Care Society (£212k) and The Community Support Network, South London (£212k).