# FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1040054
- **Other names:** CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH READING, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST READING
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 10, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1040054


## Contact

- **Address:** 52-54 KING'S ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE
- **Postcode:** RG1 3AA
- **Phone:** 01189590532
- **Email:** clerk@csreading.co.uk
- **Website:** http://www.csreading.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO MAINTAIN AND SPREAD THE TRUTH AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETED IN "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES", BY THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, MARY BAKER EDDY, AND SO DEMONSTRATE THIS TRUTH "BY BRINGING FORTH THE FRUITS OF LOVE, CASTING OUT ERROR AND HEALING THE SICK," (SCIENCE AND HEALTH P.35) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXAMPLE AND COMMAND OF CHRIST JESUS.

**Activities:** Christian Science Church, Reading Room and Sunday School, holding church and Sunday School services every Sunday at 10.30am, and Testimony Meetings at 7.45pm on Wednesdays. Reading Room and bookshop open during working hours most days of the week. Annual lecture to public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE READING AND SURROUNDING AREA.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £45831 | £66265 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £51008 | £93332 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £49444 | £70991 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £38592 | £62308 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £70788 | £88360 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amanda Jane Prince — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- John Robert Palmer — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Paul Terry Gilford — appointed Jan. 1, 2024