BOURNEMOUTH SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

Charity number: 1162530
Charity reporting is up to date (48 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance and diffuse the knowledge of the religious philosophy of Spiritualism. The Church provides a comprehensive and wide programme of activities and events to a cross section of the public through Spiritualist teaching of divine services, spiritual awareness meetings, spiritual healing, discussion groups and workshops.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £64,741
Total expenditure: £83,198

People

5 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 July 2015: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ELIZABETH BELLHOUSE Trustee 25 April 2025
None on record
Robert Lawes Trustee 23 April 2025
None on record
Kay Hart Trustee 23 April 2025
None on record
John Beresford Trustee 14 October 2024
None on record
Geoff Potts Trustee 14 June 2024
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £12.77k £69.80k £26.66k £33.27k £64.74k
Total expenditure £20.23k £17.38k £36.12k £28.90k £83.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 22 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 18 December 2025 48 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 13 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 13 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 18 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 18 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 04 November 2022 4 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 04 November 2022 4 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 05 November 2021 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION AND THE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUALISM ON THE BASIS OF THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SNU SPIRITUALISM.

Contact information

Address:
Spiritualist Church
16 Bath Road
BOURNEMOUTH
BH1 2PE
Phone:
01202551751
Email:
No information available
Website:

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