# THE INSTITUTE FOR ECLECTIC STUDY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 239131
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** March 16, 1965
- **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=239131


## Contact

- **Address:** Chalice House, Torridge Hill, Bideford
- **Postcode:** EX39 2AZ
- **Phone:** 01237 424737



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE EDUCATION IN AND THE STUDY OF ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION AND HUMANISM. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE KORAN WITH A VIEW TO EFFECTING A RECONCILATION BETWEEN THEM AND TO ESTABLISHING A NEW RELIGIOUS FAITH WHICH SHALL PRESERVE ND BE BASED UPON THE SACRED FUNDAMENTALS OF THE THREE SCRIPTURES AFORESAID AND WHICH SHALL BE DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT AND NOT TO REPLACE THE ESTABLISHED RELIGIONS. (FOR FURTHER OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF TRUST DEED OF 18TH FEBRUARY 1955.)

**Activities:** The object of the charity is to promote and encourage education in and around the study of eclectic philosophy, religion and humanism.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND FOREIGN




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £894 | £2328 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £826 | £281 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £578 | £321 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £604 | £237 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £680 | £2310 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **VAN BUREN SCHELE** (Chair)
- PAULINE CHRISTINE VAN BUREN
- Wilhelmina Elisabeth van Buren Schele-van Vledder — appointed Sept. 7, 2020