The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Christian Science Society, Portsmouth and Chichester

Registered charity 1166463 Registered since 2016

Operates: Portsmouth City, West Sussex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3 trustees on the board

8.7y median 6y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 3Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£39k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.csportsmouth.co.uk
Emailinfo@csportsmouth.org.uk
Phone023 9266 2838
AddressChristian Science Society, 178 London Road, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 9DP

Finances

£38,970 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£13,664£12,667
2021£24,544£40,603
2022£93,224£32,963
2023£33,293£43,128
2024£38,970£29,662

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO MAINTAIN, DEMONSTRATE AND SPREAD THE TEACHINGS OF TRUTH AS FOUND IN THE BIBLE AND IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES BY MARY BAKER EDDY, THE DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE; AND TO ABIDE BY THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE CHURCH MANUAL OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 JAN 1907AS AMENDED ON 02 AUG 2015AS AMENDED ON 28 FEB 2016 as amended on 05 Nov 2023

Trustees (3)

3trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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