The Swedenborg Society
Swedenborg House 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH 020 7405 7986
2014 Two hundred and forth Report for the year 2013 The Swedenborg Society 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH Telephone 020 7405 7986 Fax 020 7831 5848 E-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.swedenborg.org.uk
Charity Registration Number 209172 The Swedenborg Society is a Private Company Limited by Guarantee without share capital, registration number 209822. The Society was established by Deed of Trust. The governing document is the Memorandum and Articles of Association (1963), copies of which may be obtained by members at 40p a copy on application to the Secretary. The affairs of the Society are controlled by a Council, nominated and elected by members of the Society. THE OBJECTS OF THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY The objects for which the Society is established include:
(a) Printing, publishing, purchasing, selling and distributing as grants, the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. (b) Printing, publishing, purchasing, selling and distributing as grants, biographies of Swedenborg and, with the consent of a General Meeting, literature in agreement with his Writings. (c) Organising meetings, lectures and other functions as a means of directing attention to, and promoting interest in, the works of Swedenborg. (d) Encouraging the study of the works of Swedenborg by maintaining a Reading Room and Library. (e) Holding examinations on the works of Swedenborg. (f) Opening, supporting and maintaining branches and depots in any part of the world.
Bankers: HSBC Bank plc, 210 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HD, Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V Investment Managers: Quilter Cheviot, One Kingsway, London WC2B 6AN Solicitors: Cooper Whiteman, 34 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SA Auditors: WMT Chartered Accountants, 45 Grosvenor Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3AW. Property Advisers: Emmerson Barnett, Chartered Building Surveyors, Stanbrook Mead, Stanbrook, Thaxted, Essex CM6 2NQ THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
Report of the Council for the twelve months ended 31st December 2013
TRANSLATING, EDITING, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
Seven titles were published by the Society during the year: The Grand Theme and other essays by Anders Hallengren; Lost Rivers of London by Iain Sinclair; Philosophy, Literature, Mysticism: An Anthology of Essays on the Thought and Influence of Emanuel Swedenborg edited by Stephen McNeilly; The Feeling of What Happens/Smile or Die by David Lister; Carl Bernhard Wadström: In Search of the New Jerusalem by PL Johnson; The Garment of Love: Charity is the Bond of Perfection by Anders Hallengren; and Slipknots by Jane Lee.
Philosophy, Literature, Mysticism is an anthology of twenty essays edited by Stephen McNeilly with a foreword by Inge Jonsson, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University. Of the contributions, three are by the late Czeslaw Milosz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980, and two are by the late Eugene Taylor, Founder/Director of the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Institute of Psychology and Comparative Religions. Eight of the essays are collected from earlier volumes of the Journal of the Swedenborg Society, but many are published here for the first time, including four by contributors whose work has not previously been published by the Society, Keri Davies, Anna Maddison, Saori Osuga and Devin Zuber. While Stephen McNeilly states in his preface that an anthology cannot hope to be comprehensive, this book is a major publishing achievement for the Society, and, in particular, for Stephen McNeilly and his publishing team. The book has a full critical apparatus and is attractively designed and bound in hard covers with an intriguing dust jacket and a slipcase. It aims to establish itself as the most comprehensive single contribution yet on Swedenborg’s influence on the history of ideas and a key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate research into eighteenth- and nineteenth- century studies.
The Grand Theme consists of eight essays by Anders Hallengren the Swedish author and leading Swedenborgian scholar who was President of the Society from 2011 until 2013. The book brings together a selection of Hallengren’s work written over many years which explores the continuing influence of Emanuel Swedenborg through reflections on art, literature and music. The title comes from the second essay in the book, ‘The Grand Theme: A Journey in the Musical Universe’. Two of the essays were delivered as lectures in Swedenborg Hall. ‘Jardin des Plantes: The Most Important Place on Earth’ was the author’s Presidential address following the 2012 Annual General Meeting and a version of ‘The Oceanic Mind’ was given as the annual Swedenborg Birthday Lecture in January 2013. There is a substantial bibliography to each essay at the end of the book.
Swimming to Heaven by Iain Sinclair is the second book in the Swedenborg Archives series and is the same size and in the same format as his Blake’s London: The Topographic Sublime published in 2011. Like the earlier book, this one is a revised transcript of a talk, this time at
1 Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn in June 2009. Passages in the talk which explore the relation between Blake and Swedenborg have been extended and elaborated and Swedenborg’s ‘mud baptism’ of 1744 is given prominence. The book has endnotes and a brief preliminary note by the series editor, Stephen McNeilly.
Three new Swedenborg Society Transactions were published in January 2013. They are: The Feeling of What Happens/Smile or Die by David Lister, Transaction No. 8, Carl Bernhard Wadström: In Search of the New Jerusalem by PL Johnson, Transaction No.9, and The Garment of Love: Charity is the Bond of Perfection by Anders Hallengren, Transaction No. 10. All are transcripts of lectures given in the Hall in recent years. They are bound in uniform style and printed in a limited edition on quality paper. Each copy is numbered and signed by the author. In addition to this a small volume entitled Slipknots by the writer and academic Jane Lee was also published during the autumn. This was printed in a special limited edition of 27 to accompany her talk in Swedenborg Hall during the Bloomsbury Festival in October.
Kenneth Ryder completed a second draft of a new translation of Divine Love and Wisdom. The Rev. Alan Lewin continued as his consultant for this work. Typesetting continued on the Rev. John Elliott’s dual language edition of De Domino/The Teaching of the Lord and this work was almost ready for the printer at the end of the year. John Elliott made further progress with his dual language version of De Scriptura Sacra/The Teaching of the New Jerusalem concerning Sacred Scripture. The Rev. Robert Gill is his consultant for this work.
Typesetting of volume 3 of the Rev. Norman Ryder’s multi-volume work, A Descritptive Bibliography of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), got well underway during the year. An eight-page supplement to volume 1 of the Bibliography was published during the year.
Further work was done on volumes 6 and 7 of the Journal of the Swedenborg Society, a volume of essays on Swedenborg’s mathematics and science by David Dunér of Lund University, Sweden, and a biographical study of James John Garth Wilkinson, the eminent 19th –century British Swedenborgian thinker and a prominent member of the Society, by Malcolm Peet.
Another publication in course of preparation is an essay on Swedenborg and Jorge Luis Borges by William Rowlandson, Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent, an expanded version of a talk he gave to the Society in July 2013.
Enquiries had been made during the year of Oxford Classics, Everymans Library and Penguin Classics with a view to one of these publishing the Ryder translation of Heaven and Hell in paperback.
ADVISORY AND REVISION BOARD
The Board met on 6th March and 12th September to review the Society’s ongoing literary projects and consider proposals for new ones. Books seen through the press this year included Anders Hallengren’s The Grand Theme and other essays and Philosophy,
2 Literature, Mysticism: An Anthology of Essays on the Thought and Influence of Emanuel Swedenborg, edited by Stephen McNeilly. Progress on a new translation of Divine Love and Wisdom (see above) has reached the stage of a third and final draft. Work also continues on Norman Ryder’s Descriptive Bibliography with the final portions of volume 3 being typeset for publication in late 2014. Also being typeset for publication in 2014 is a dual language edition of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino. Dual language editions are also being prepared by John Elliott and Robert Gill of The Teaching of the New Jerusalem concerning Sacred Scripture, Faith and Life (three separate volumes).
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
The online catalogue remains the library’s primary concern and, on that front, Alex Murray, the assistant librarian, has continued to work three days a week on this huge project. A decision was taken to catalogue the archive holdings in greater detail so that files and items are not only recorded, but re-ordered and (where possible) re-housed in better preservation equipment. The two main sections of the archives and library worked on this year were: section K, covering correspondence (one of the sections most accessed by researchers); and section S4, covering pamphlets and printed sermons. Over 6,400 items have now been catalogued and listed online, including many files of correspondence which, whilst being recorded as single items, now contain details of each of the many letters of which they are comprised.
The growth of the online catalogue has seen an increase in the number of researchers visiting Swedenborg House and also the number of research enquiries coming in by email, post and over the telephone. The catalogue can be viewed at http@//swedenborg.liberyasp.co.uk/library or from links on the Society’s website.
The library has this year received generous donations from the Swedenborg Foundation and from the estate of Margaret Evans, as well as numerous items from the now defunct New Church House in Manchester, including first editions of Swedenborg owned by John Clowes and Clowes’s writing desk.
The considerable investment of finance, time and effort into the library over the last few years has been pursued by the Society with no costs (only benefits) to the researchers who use it. In the future library users will be asked for a small show of support for the facilities they use. It is proposed that the library should become a members’ library from 2015 so that researchers wishing to access our collections who are not already members of the Swedenborg Society will be asked to become members of the Society.
3 DISTRIBUTION
Sales. The gross retail value of books sold was £19,024, compared with £25,426 in 2012. Countersales in the shop were £6,894 (£8,510 in 2012).
Grants. Grants of books totalling £1,647 were made to libraries and individuals around the world, excluding the special grant of books to South Africa mentioned below.
2013 2012
Books and Booklets Books and Booklets
Sales 2,036 2,400
Grants 1,834 38
Total 3,870 2,438
GRANT OF BOOKS TO SOUTH AFRICA
A total of 1,785 books in 85 boxes with a retail value of £22,657 were shipped to South Africa for members of the New Church in Soweto. A grant of £2,000 was received from the Basil Lazer Trust in Australia which covered the shipping costs. The Society is most grateful for this. It is hoped that this may be the first of substantial grants of books, all of them recent translations of Swedenborg’s writings, which the Society wishes to make available to readers of Swedenborg around the world who might otherwise find it difficult to buy these books themselves.
SWEDENBORG PUBLISHERS INTERNATIONAL (SPI)
The Society is a member of this umbrella body which provides funding for translation and publishing projects around the world. No payments were made to SPI during the year. Individual contributions received for SPI projects and the Society’s own annual contribution to SPI will be applied to SPI projects during 2014.
PUBLICITY
Publicity about Swedenborg and the Society’s activities was given in a number of ways throughout the year. Nora Foster continued to manage the website and edit a lively, regular online newsletter sent to a mailing list of over 1,200 individuals. James Wilson took over the editorship of the online newsletter after Nora Foster’s departure. Good use was made of the Facebook page and Twitter account to make the Society better known and to advertise our own events. The Swedenborg House blog contains a rich store of fascinating material to attract the reader.
4 As usual, the Society was open to visitors as part of Open House London on the afternoon of 21st September when there were about 300 visitors. Patrick Johnson edited a further three issues of Things Heard and Seen which is posted to all members and some others and is available free of charge in the bookshop. In its issue of 8th November 2013 The Times Literary Supplement published a learned and fascinating history of the journeys of Swedenborg ‘s skull by Damian Walford Davies, Professor of English at Cardiff University. The issue of 22nd November published a short response to that article by Richard Lines. A review by Richard Lines of Kenneth Ryder’s translation of Heaven and Hell, originally published in Things Heard and Seen, was published in the Journal for the Study of Spirituality, Vol. 3 No 1, May 2013 (web).
LECTURES AND MEETINGS
On Saturday the 26th January the President, Dr Anders Hallengren, delivered the annual Swedenborg Birthday lecture on ‘The Mystic with an Oceanic Mind’, about the influence of Swedenborg in the Caribbean and Latin America. A revised, expanded and printed version of this lecture is one of the essays in Anders Hallengren’s book The Grand Theme and other essays which is mentioned in the first section of this report. On the 27th June immediately following the formal business of the Annual General Meeting Anders Hallengren gave a brief introduction to his book and The Grand Theme was duly launched. On Thursday 4th July Gary Lachman and Dr Marsha Keith Schuchard debated ‘Writing Swedenborg’. On Thursday 11th July Dr William Rowlandson of the University of Kent gave a lecture on Jorge Luis Borges and Swedenborg following the publication of his book Borges, Swedenborg and Mysticism (2013) Finally, David Lister spoke about ‘Biblical Darwinism’ on Thursday 25th July.
CURATED EVENTS
Once again, the Society enjoyed an exciting and varied programme of events organized by Stephen McNeilly (curator) and Nora Foster (assistant curator).
The first event of the year was a series of four evening lectures by leading academics on architecture and philosophy in May and June organized by Architecture Exchange in collaboration with the Society. These were well attended and created some useful publicity for the Society for the Society in hosting them.
Following the Annual General Meeting on the 27th June there was a lively discussion of the flag competition led by Stephen McNeilly. The online ballot had not led to a clear winner, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the members present, The winners, Christina Mirentse and Michael Hampton, were finally announced on Thursday 17th October, and the new flag was unfurled.
5 On the 30th July there was a day of screenings of Fritz Lang’s Dr Mabuse films in conjunction with the launch of Swimming to Heaven by Iain Sinclair. The screenings were part of the 70x70 series of film screenings in honour of Iain Sinclair’s 70th birthday. Other screening venues included the Barbican, the Whitechapel Art Gallery and Tate Modern. The event drew a large audience and there were many book sales. Howard Turner gave valuable technical assistance with the film screenings.
On Thursday 5th September there was an evening devoted to photography. First, Alex Murray our assistant archivist spoke about links between Swedenborg and spiritualism in the 19th century and then Alison Gill spoke about the role of Kirlian photography in her art.
On Thursday 17th October, as part of the Society’s contribution to the Bloomsbury Festival, an exhibition of spectacular drawings in black and white by the Society’s artist in residence Peter Cartwright opened top the public. Peter had used his residency to make drawings which represented his reaction to Swedenborg House and its various uses. On the following evening Jane Lee gave a series of readings from her book Slipknots.
The fourth international Swedenborg Short Film Festival attracted 120 entries. The judges, Peter Fillingham former head of Sculpture at Central St Martins, writer and journalist Sukhder Sandhu, and Nora Foster selected a winner from the shortlist of films screened on 29th November. A large and appreciative audience attended this event and the award for best film was presented to Nick Jordan for his film entitled Nature House Inc..
Eoin McMahon, assisted by Gusztav Varga, served wine, beer and soft drinks at all events.
Finally, members and guests were gathered in the bookshop on the 17th December to drink mulled wine and enjoy a reading of Amelia Edwards’ Victorian ghost story The Phantom Coach. The evening was organized by Vicky Rood.
MEMBERSHIP
Twenty-three new members were enrolled during the year. The deaths of 16 members were reported to the Society. Two members resigned their membership. The total membership is 879 (874 in 2012).
The deaths of the following members were recorded;
Mrs Margaret Arnold Eight Mile Plains, Queensland, Australia Life
Rev. Esther Byrne Alexandria, Dunbartonshire Annual
Mrs Yvonne Cook North Walsham, Norfolk Life
Mr Peter Edmonds London, N1 Life
Mrs Margaret Evans Letchworth Garden City Life
Mr Roy Evans Letchworth Garden City Life
6 Mr Armando de Francesco Milan, Italy Life
Mrs Kathie Freyhan Arnside, Lancashire Life
Mr Henry Grimes Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire Life
Mrs Ursula Groll Darmstadt, Germany Life
Mr Gerald Harris Killarney, Republic of Ireland Annual
Mrs W. Neilson Glasgow Life
Mr Eric Parker Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia Life
Mrs JN Parrott Polstead, Suffolk Life
Mrs Pamela Russell-Lacy Wolverhampton Life
Mr Brian Tenwick Bedford Life
The following were enrolled as Life Members:
Mr Rodrigo Machado Tavares London NW1
Mr William Neilson Glasgow
The following were enrolled as Annual Members:
Mr & Mrs Edward Asplundh Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA
Dr Eno Ateng Scunthorpe
Mr Henry Aweng London, N17
Mrs Jane Barton Bristol
Mr Jordan Biren Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ms Ursula Brookbank Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mr Göran Byland Hägersten,Sweden
Rev. Alan Cowley Beckenham
Mr Alan Davies Wigan
Mrs Diane Geanuleas Glenside, PA, USA
Ms Jane Lee London E1
7 Dr Anders Mortensen Åhus, Sweden
Mr Owen Power Salford
Dr Hans-Georg Schneider Oxford
Mr Peter Smith London W11
Ms Kalliopi Tavoulari London SE6
Mr Vitali Vitaliev Letchworth Garden City
Mr Lenville Walker London E8
Mr Bengt Wernersson Lidingö, Sweden
Mr Rick Young Harrogate
The following was transferred from Annual to Life Membership:
Professor Ian Thompson Pleasanton, CA, USA
2013 2012
Honorary Life Members 11 11
Life Members 560 571
Annual Members 308 292
FINANCE
Total incoming resources for the year amounted to £738,112 (£292,726 in 2012). Voluntary income was £463,450, of which £446,000 came from legacies. It should be noted that the Society had an operating surplus of £1,000 before taking account of legacies. Investment income was £208,970 (£206,331 in 2012). Income from the hire of rooms was £45,566 (£44,501 in 2012) and book sales were £20,126 (£21,945 in 2012). Total resources expended were £290,396 (£320,190 in 2012), giving a surplus for the year of £447,716. The total value of the investment portfolio at 31st December 2013 was £4,628,191 (£3,720,588 at the end of 2012).
The Society’s investment objective is to produce a balance between immediate income to support current projects and longer-term capital appreciation. This is achieved through a diversified portfolio with a medium-risk profile, comprising a mixture of equities and fixed interest stocks with a ratio of 75% equities and 25% fixed interest. It is considered that this objective was achieved during the year.
8 RESERVES POLICY
Of the Society’s declared objectives, we regard the work of translation, revision and publication as our highest priority. Here finance is not the only restriction; human resources, in the form of capable, specialised translators, are vital to our work. Much of this work is of a long-term nature, and designated reserves are justifiable to ensure continuity in our long- term operations.
Part of our income arises from property. We own a freehold building which provides facilities for our activities (as well as rooms we can hire out to others), together with office space which is commercially let. Both the income and associated expenses vary widely, and justify a specific reserve to cover fluctuations.
Another part of our income, albeit unpredictable, comes from gifts and legacies. In the absence of specific restrictions, it has been our past practice to add these to our general fund to provide sufficient investment income. We would seek to continue this practice, but recognise our duty to apply the resulting increased income to further our charitable objects. Our policy, therefore, is to keep our operating surplus/deficit within+/-5% of annual income averaged over three years. For the purpose of calculation, we would exclude any gifts or legacies. These will be added to the Society’s reserves to generate additional income for the future. This policy is subject to development, and is reviewed at intervals of not more than three years.
GIFTS AND LEGACIES
The Council acknowledges with thanks gifts and legacies received as follows:
Gifts
Rev. & Mrs Kurt Asplundh £3,241.88
Mrs Lucia de Francesco 579.85
Mr Takeo Satoh 702.02
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£4,523.75
Legacies
Rev. Christopher Jackson £ 85,000.00
Dr Margaret Jackson 360,000.00
Miss Hilda Waters 1,000.00
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£446,000.00
9 PREMISES
Eoin McMahon continued to take excellent care of the premises and to engage contractors and project-manage their work. No major property projects were undertaken during the year, although routine maintenance of the building is an ongoing task requiring constant vigilance. The new telephone system has been operational from the beginning of the year and has proved successful. The Hall and the other rooms were used by a wide variety of organisations throughout the year and Eoin McMahon, with the assistance of Gusztav Varga, has the task of supervising hirers while they are in the building.
COUNCIL AND OFFICERS
Mr John Cunningham, a long-standing member of the Council and Chairman of the Council from 1993 to 2006, was elected President of the Society for the year 2013/14 at the Annual General Meeting held on 27th June. At the same meeting Dr Anders Hallengren and Mr David Lorimer were elected as Vice-Presidents of the Society for the year 2013/14, and Mr Alec Morley was elected as Hon. Treasurer for the same period. Miss Margaret Fleming and the Rev. Alan Lewin retired by rotation under Article 32 of the Society’s Articles of Association. Neither offered themselves for re-election. Mr PL Johnson also retired by rotation under Article 32 and he offered himself for re-election and was duly elected as an ordinary member of the Council. The Rev. John Elliott retired as a Vice-President, having served as President of the Society from 2006 to 2009 and thereafter as a Vice-President. He did not seek election as an ordinary member of the Council. No nominations for election as ordinary members of the Council had been received, but the Chairman of the Council pointed out that the Council had the power to co-opt members to the Council during the course of the year.
All paid-up members of the Society are eligible for election to the Council, which is the Society’s decision-making body, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Articles of Association. The Council has the power to fill casual vacancies by co-option. New members of the Council are given copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and are advised by the Secretary of their duties as company directors and charity trustees. Council decisions are taken by majority vote.
ORGANISATION
The senior staff, Richard Lines, Company Secretary, Stephen McNeilly, Publications Manager, and Eoin McMahon, Property Manager, all remained in post throughout the year, as did James Wilson, Assistant Editor and Librarian and Alex Murray, Assistant Librarian, whose contract was extended for a further year until 30th April 2014. Nora Foster, Assistant Curator and Sales and Publicity Representative, left at the end of October after nearly five years with the Society to develop her career with a post on an art magazine. She has not been replaced for the present, but James Wilson and Alex Murray have extended their working weeks to five days and four days respectively in order that the shop may be covered. Creighton Mackay, who had kept the Society’s books and prepared the Annual Accounts since 2006, decided not to continue working for the Society in June. Victor Coles FCA was
10 appointed to replace him as a contractor and he has proved a worthy successor. Gusztav Varga has continued to assist Eoin McMahon as evening and Saturday doorman and in other ways. He has also proved a good book salesman on a number of occasions. Patricia McMahon has continued to assist Eoin with the cleaning of the building. Many thanks are due to Nora Foster and to Creighton Mackay for their work for the Society over a number of years.
As well as paid staff and contractors, the Society has also had the help of a number of volunteers. Diane Lewin assisted Nora Foster in the shop on two afternoons a week until June when she and her husband moved to Manchester. The Society is sorry to lose her valuable services and cheerful presence in the shop. John Cunningham has continued to attend regularly at Swedenborg House, giving valuable service in the bookshop to relieve staff members, as well as continuing to help Eoin McMahon with numerous small maintenance jobs around the building. David Lister has also attended once a week throughout the year. Towards the end of the year Michael Hiller began to give useful help in the shop on Wednesday lunchtimes. Also in the late autumn Vicky Rood, an English graduate, started as an unpaid intern in the publishing office working one day a week.
COMPANY MATTERS
This report represents a Directors’ Report as required by section 417 of the Companies Act 2006. The Society has taken advantage of the exemption available to small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 in the preparation of this report.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
The Society has complied with the duty imposed by section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. The Council considers that, having regard to its translating and publishing programme, its bookshop, its programme of lectures and events (which are open to the public) and to the publicity given through the website, leaflets and press releases, the Society is acting for the public benefit in pursuance of its aims and objects as set out at the front of the report.
COUNCIL
Mr John Cunningham, FCII (President); Dr Anders Hallengren (Vice-President); Mr David Lorimer, MA (Vice-President); Mr Alec Morley, MA (Hon. Treasurer); Rev, FC Elphick, MDiv; Mr Michael Hiller; Mr Patrick Johnson; Professor Malcolm Leder; Dr David Lister, FRCS; Mr Howard Turner.
Members of the Council are also directors of the company.
ADVISORY AND REVISION BOARD
Dr David Lister, FRCS (Chairman); Mr James Wilson, BA (Secretary); Rev. G Applegren; Mrs Josephine Appelgren, MA; Rev. John Elliott, BA, BD; Rev. FC Elphick, MDiv; Rev.
11 Robert Gill; Rev. Alan Lewin; Mr Richard Lines, MA; Mr Stephen McNeilly, MA; Mr Kenneth Ryder, MA; Rev. Norman Ryder.
CONCLUSION
There are two items in this report to which we wish to draw your special attention. The first is the publication of a volume of essays edited by Stephen McNeilly, our Publications Manager, entitled Philosophy, Literature,Mysticism: An Anthology of Essays on the Thought and Influence of Emanuel Swedenborg. This is a fresh step towards encouraging a wider appreciation of Swedenborg’s work. We think that the Society has much to offer in widening and deepening interest in him, both as a scholar and as a mystic. The second noteworthy item is the continuing reorganisation and computerisation of books and archive material. As you can read in the section on Library and Archives, over 6,400 items have now been catalogued. This has led to an increasing number of people visiting our library and archive material, both in our building and on the web. We would like to express our glad appreciation of this achievement to James Wilson and Alex Murray for all the work they have put into it. We would also like to thank Eoin McMahon, our Property Manager, for the beautiful state of our premises which has been commented on and admired by several visitors.
Finally, at the end of the year the Council approved a five-year ‘enhancement programme’ to invest the generous legacies of over £400,000 received in 2013 with the intention of increasing public awareness of Swedenborg, his writings and their influence in a number of ways. These will include innovations in marketing and distribution in order to increase book sales and knowledge of Swedenborg and his influence generally; the funding of residencies and scholarly research; and collaboration with other bodies. In this way it is hoped that the Society’s charitable aims can continue to be fulfilled and expanded in the coming years.
Dr David Lister, FRCS, Chairman of the Council
Mr Richard Lines, MA, Secretary
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
Charity Registration No: 209172 Company Registration No: 00209822
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL’S RESPONSIBILITIES
The charity’s Council (who are also directors of The Swedenborg Society for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Councils Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Council to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Council are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
• make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The Council are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the Council are aware: • there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditor is unaware; and • the Council has taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
By Order of the Council
Dr David Lister, FRCS
Chairman of the Council
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
We have audited the financial statements of The Swedenborg Society for the year ended 31 December 2013 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Summary Income and Expenditure Account and related notes numbered 1 to 14. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
This report is made solely to the charity’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and auditors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Council’s Responsibilities the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors.
Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charitable company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the trustees; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.
Basis for qualified opinion of financial statements arising from non-compliance with accounting standards
The charity owns a freehold property which is included in the financial statements at a valuation. FRS 15, Tangible Fixed Assets, requires regular formal valuations to be undertaken and the updated value to be incorporated in the financial statements, however for the reasons stated in note 8 to the financial statements, no formal valuations have been undertaken since 2001.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
Qualified opinion on financial statements
In our opinion, except for the financial effect, if any, of an updated valuation of the freehold property as described in the basis for qualified opinion paragraph, the financial statements:
Ø give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2013 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended; Ø have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and Ø have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion the information given in the Trustees’ Annual Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
Ø adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or Ø the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or Ø certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or Ø we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or Ø the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a strategic report or in preparing the Trustees Annual Report.
Elizabeth Irvine (Senior Statutory Auditor) 2nd Floor for and on behalf of WMT 45 Grosvenor Road St Albans Chartered Accountants Hertfordshire Statutory Auditor AL1 3AW
3rd June 2014
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
Unrestricted Endowment Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2013 2012 Notes £ £ £ £ Incoming Resources 1 Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income 4 463,450 - 463,450 19,949 Activities for generating funds – hire income 45,566 - 45,566 44,501 Investment income 5 208,414 556 208,970 206,331 Incoming resources from charitable activities: Book sales 20,126 - 20,126 21,945 ______Total incoming resources 737,556 556 738,112 292,726 ______Resources Expended 1 Cost of generating funds: Cost of generating voluntary income 10,010 - 10,010 11,959 Fundraising trading and other costs 7 20,898 - 20,898 23,501 Investment management costs 20,218 53 20,271 18,416 Charitable activities 6 218,420 - 218,420 245,408 Governance costs 20,797 - 20,797 20,906 ______Total resources expended 290,343 53 290,396 320,190 ______
Net incoming/ (outgoing) resources before 447,213 503 447,716 (27,464) transfers
Gross transfers between funds 12 503 (503) - - ______Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other 447,716 - 447,716 (27,464) recognised gains and losses
Other recognised gains and losses: Realised gains/(losses) on investments 55,834 - 55,834 (1,070) Unrealised gains/( losses) on investment assets 457,682 (1,653) 456,029 169,479 ______Net movement in funds 961,232 (1,653) 959,579 140,945 Fund balances at 1 January 2013 6,033,329 13,766 6,047,095 5,906,150 ______Fund balances at 31 December 2013 6,994,561 12,113 7,006,674 6,047,095 ______
The notes numbered 1 to 14 form part of these statements
All gains and losses are included in the Statement of Financial Activities
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013
2013 2012 Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed Assets Tangible assets 1, 8 2,138,957 2,141,104 Heritage assets 8 40,000 40,000 Investments 9 4,628,191 3,720,588 ______6,807,148 5,901,692 Current Assets Stocks 100 100 Debtors 10 64,095 35,415 Cash at bank and in hand 190,542 148,941 ______254,737 184,456
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 1 1 (55,211) (39,053) ______Net Current Assets 199,526 145,403 ______Net Assets 7,006,674 6,047,095 ______
The funds of the charity Endowment funds 12 12,113 13,766
Unrestricted income funds
General fund 4,764,162 3,802,930 Property reserve 13 95,000 95,000 Freehold property revaluation reserve 2,095,499 2,095,499 Library revaluation reserve 39,900 39,900
______Total Funds 14 7,006,674 6,047,095 ______
Approved by the Council on 1st May 2014 and signed on its behalf
J Cunningham
P L Johnson Members of Council
The notes numbered 1 to 14 form part of these statements
Charity Registration No: 209172 Company Registration No: 00209822 Page 5
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
2013 2012 Notes £ £
Gross income from continuing operations 737,556 292,170
Total expenditure of continuing operations (290,343) (320,122) ______Net income/ (expenditure) for the year before transfers and investment asset disposals 447,213 (27,952)
Transfer from endowment funds 503 488 ______Net income/ (expenditure) for the year before investment asset 447,716 (27,464) disposals
Gain/ (Loss) on disposal of fixed asset investments 55,834 (1,070) ______Net income/ (expenditure) for the year 503,550 (28,534) ______
Total income comprises £737,556 for unrestricted funds and £Nil for restricted funds. A detailed analysis of income by source is provided in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Detailed analyses of expenditure are provided in the Statement of Financial Activities and Note 6.
Net income before investment asset disposals for the year of £447,716 comprises £447,716 net income of unrestricted funds and £nil net income of restricted funds, as shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.
The summary income and expenditure account is derived from the Statement of Financial Activities which together with the notes numbered 1 to 14 provide full information on the movements during the year on all the funds of the Society.
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounting Convention The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets and to include a nominal value of stocks.
Compliance with Accounting Standards The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (Revised 2005) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (“SORP 2005”) and applicable accounting standards and the Companies Act 2006, except as noted below.
As the company is a small company as defined by the Companies Act 2006 it is exempt from preparing a cash flow statement and has taken advantage of this exemption.
Fixed Assets The freehold land and property is stated at valuation. Matthews and Son, Chartered Surveyors prepared the current valuation, on 31 December 2001. The directors consider the appropriateness of the valuation at the end of each financial year and consider whether there has been any impairment in the value of the property. No depreciation is charged in relation to the property as the directors consider the annual charge would be immaterial taking into account the residual value of the property. See note 8 for further information. Costs of improvements to the property are charged to expenditure within the statement of financial activities annually.
Fixtures, fittings and office equipment are depreciated on the following basis:
Fixtures and fittings 4 years/15 years - straight line Office equipment 50% - straight line
Heritage Assets The Society holds an extensive library and archive relating to the life and works of Emmanuel Swedenborg, held primarily for the purposes of transferring knowledge and promoting culture which are disclosed on the Balance Sheet as heritage assets. This collection is considered to be a heritage asset and is stated in the balance sheet at an attributed value based on the insured value and, as allowed by FRS 30, is not depreciated as it is considered to have an indefinite life. Following the implementation of FRS 30 material additions to the library will be capitalised.
Investments Investments are stated at market value. Realised and unrealised gains on revaluation are disclosed in the Statement of Financial Activities. Realised gains are calculated as the difference between sale proceeds and market value, or cost if acquired during the year.
Stocks Stocks of books, printed sheets and papers are included in the accounts at a nominal value of £100, based on significant uncertainties with regards to the realisable value of the books held. Disposal proceeds and acquisition costs are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are received/paid.
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Legacies and Gifts Legacies and gifts are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when there is reasonable certainty of receipt and the amount can be ascertained.
Sales of Books Sales of books are stated net of trade discounts to customers.
Investment Income Investment income is accounted for in the Statement of Financial Activities on a receivable basis.
Costs of Generating funds Costs of generating funds include all publicity expenses incurred in raising the profile of the Society.
Shop and Stock Rooms, Library and Hall Expenses Shop and stock rooms, library and hall expenses comprise direct expenses and a proportion of the total property expenses, based on estimated floor space, as follows:
Charitable activities 77.1 % Support Costs 22.9 %
2. NET SURPLUS OF THE PERIOD 2013 2012 The net surplus for the period is after charging: £ £
Auditor’s remuneration 4,500 4,500 ______
3. EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
2013 2012 Staff costs: £ £ Wages and salaries 163,549 163,345 Social security costs 12,818 13,092 ______176,367 176,437 ______
The average number of employees during the period was 8 (2012: 8). The average number of subcontracted employees engaged during the year was 1 (2012: 1). No employee earned in excess of £60,000 per annum.
No Council Member was remunerated during the year. Reimbursement of travel expenses of £3,612 (2012: £2,263) were made to council members during the year. Nothing was owed (2012: £409) to a trustee at the year end for reimbursement of expenses incurred.
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
4. VOLUNTARY INCOME 2013 2012 £ £
Subscriptions 2,119 2,131 Donations 7,639 4,338 Gifts 7,527 7,980 Legacies 446,000 5,500 Miscellaneous income 165 - ______463,450 19,949 ______
5. INVESTMENT INCOME 2013 2012 £ £
Rent income 57,346 57,441 Service charges 20,195 19,155 Investment income: Interest 693 802 Dividends 130,736 128,933 ______
208,970 206,331 ______
6. CHARITABLE ACTIVITES 2013 2012 £ £
Lectures and meetings 5,150 6,443 Publishing and distribution Printing and binding 60,308 64,642 Books purchased for resale 473 3,570 Revision and translation 30,769 34,269 Shop and stock room expenses 103,470 117,975 Events 2,303 3,728 Library expenses 14,180 14,781 Online catalogue costs 1,767 - ______218,420 245,408 ______
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
7. FUNDRAISING TRADING AND OTHER COSTS 2013 2012 £ £
Wages & Salaries 9,314 9,320 Property Costs 9,004 10,129 Administration 1,683 1,912 Depreciation 897 2,140 ______20,898 23,501 ______
As outlined in the accounting policies, relevant expenses are apportioned between charitable activities and other costs based on utilisation of floor space.
8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixtures, Land & Library Fittings, & Buildings & Archives Equipment Total £ £ £ £ Cost or valuation At 1 January 2013 2,125,000 40,000 113,980 2,278,980 Additions - - 1,771 1,771 ______At 31 December 2013 2,125,000 40,000 115,751 2,280,751 ______Depreciation At 1 January 2013 - - 97,876 97,876 Charge for the year - - 3,918 3,918 ______At 31 December 2013 - - 101,794 101,794 ______Net Book Value At 31 December 2013 2,125,000 40,000 13,957 2,178,957 ______
At 31 December 2012 2,125,000 40,000 16,104 2,181,104 ______
All assets are held for the benefit of the charity
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (Continued)
The freehold land and property is stated at a valuation which was prepared in 2001. The directors consider the appropriateness of the valuation at the end of each financial year and consider the value included in these financial statements to be materially correct. However under accounting standard FRS 15, Tangible Fixed Assets, a formal valuation should be undertaken by a property professional on a regular basis to confirm that the valuation is still appropriate. The trustees do not consider that it is a good use of the society’s limited resources to pay for a valuation and therefore a valuation has not been obtained. This policy does not accord with the requirements of FRS 15.
The library and archives are heritage assets. They are included in the financial statements at a valuation based on insurance value. The valuation was undertaken internally prior to 2005 and is reviewed on a regular basis by the Society. The library was established in1824 and provides an important resource for those researching Swedenborg. It has four main sections: The Swedenborg Collection; the Archives; Collateral titles; and Periodicals. The library is a research library and is open to members of the Society and non-members. Full information is available on the Society’s website www.swedenborg.org.uk/library.
9. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS 2013 2012 £ £
Market value at 1 January 2013 3,720,588 3,483,660 Less: Disposals at market value (249,556) (75,657) Add: Acquisitions at cost 701,130 143,106 ______4,172,162 3,551,109 Unrealised gains 456,029 169,479 ______Market value at 31 December 4,628,191 3,720,588 ______Historical cost at 31 December 3,639,147 3,222,950 ______
The following investments are material in the context of the investment portfolio at 31 December:
Mercantile Investment Trust £278,820 £199,620
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
9. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS (Continued)
2013 2012 Analysis of investments held £ £
Fixed interest - UK 583,582 629,551 Fixed interest – Non UK 121,297 143,462 Equities - UK 2,317,789 1,793,893 Equities – Non UK 1,567,398 1,116,932 Property fund 38,125 36,750 ______4,628,191 3,720,588 ______
10. DEBTORS 2013 2012 £ £
Sale of books 2,101 312 Other debtors 39,751 22,557 Prepayments and accrued income 22,243 12,546 ______64,095 35,415 ______
11. CREDITORS 2013 2012 £ £
Trade creditors 2,546 5,802 Other creditors 11,321 15,868 Accruals and deferred income 41,344 17,383 ______55,211 39,053 ______
12. ENDOWMENTS Balances Net Incoming Gains/(losses) Balances 1.1.13 Resources and transfers 31.12.13 £ £ £ £
Endowment fund 13,766 503 (2,156) 12,113 ______
The permanent endowments comprise sundry capital gifts to the Society, the income from which is unrestricted.
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THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
13. DESIGNATED FUNDS Balances Balances 31.12.13 31.12.12 £ £
Property reserve at 31 December 95,000 95,000 ______
The property reserve is a fund designated for future exceptional expenditure required to maintain the property.
14. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS Unrestricted Endowment Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 2,178,957 - 2,178,957 Investments 4,616,077 12,113 4,628,191 Current assets 254,738 - 254,738 Current liabilities (55,211) - (55,211) ______Total net assets 6,994,561 12,113 7,006,674 ______
Unrealised gains included in above: On tangible fixed assets 2,135,399 - 2,135,399 On investment assets (see note below) 986,747 2,297 989,044 ______
Reconciliation of Movements in Unrealised gains on Investment Assets
Unrealised gains at 1 January 2013 493,989 3,950 497,939 Add: net gains arising on revaluations in year 457,682 (1,653) 456,029 Realised on disposals 35,076 - 35,076 ______Unrealised gains at 31 December 2013 986,747 2,297 989,044 ______
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26 List of Members as at 31 December 2013
Honorary Life Members Bambury, Mr L., Nottingham Mr. Lars Bergquist L Bank, Rev. C., Shipley Mr. John Cunningham Baptiste, Mr. T., London Mrs. G. P. Dawson L Barshack, Mr. Lior, Tel-Aviv, Israel Rev. John E. Elliott L Barton, Mr. D. J., Ipswich Mr. P. L. Johnson L Barton, Ms. Irina, Richmond, Surrey Mr. Leif Leifland L Bateeman, Mr. Philip, Kenilworth, RSA Rev. Norman Ryder L Batt, Mons. F., Paris, France Mr. G. Roland Smith L Batt, Mme. F., Paris, France Mr. Norman Turner L Baynes, Mrs.Karin, Wells Miss Madeline G. Waters Bellinger, Miss J., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Benson, Mr. A. S., Accrington L Benson, Mr. J., Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia Acton, Rt. Rev. A., II, Pineville, SC, USA L Benson, Mrs. J., Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia L Adams, Mr. D.V., Lichfield L Bentley, Mr. Andrew, Derby Adams, Mrs. A. C., Lichfield Bentley, Dr. G., Derby L Aghelmanesh, Mrs. Jahan, London Bentley, Mrs. G., Derby L Aibara, Mr. H. N., Bombay, India Berman, Dr. David, Dublin, Ireland Aitken, Mr. Alastair, London L Berridge, Mr. A. J., Deal L Alden, Rev. Kenneth J., Lake Worth, FL, USA L Berridge, Dr. John C., Deal L Allaby, Mr M.A.G., Aylesbury L Berridge, Mr. R. J., London Allais, Mrs. B. G., Edenglen, RSA L Berto, Mrs. L. C., Glenview, IL, USA Allen, Mrs. H.C., Essex L Bignell, Mrs. Gail, Eastcote L Allison, Mrs. Annette, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Amirani, Miss Giti, London Biko, Thank-God Unodi, Abolga, Nigeria Amos, Mr. Patrick, Colchester L Billington, Mrs. T., Upper Woolhampton Amos, Mrs. Patrick, Colchester Birdseye, Mr D., Woodford Green L Appelgren, Rev. G., Bromma, Sweden Birjukov, Mr K., London L Appelgren, Mrs. G., Bromma, Sweden L Black, Mr. P., Manly, NSW, Australia L Ardill, Mrs. R. H., San Terenziano, Italy L Blake, Ms. Anita, Southall L Arnold, Rev. I. A., Eight Mile Plains, QLD, Australia L Blanco-Roldan, Mrs. Mercedes, Madrid, Spain L Arnold, Mrs. I. A., Eight Mile Plains, QLD, Australia L Böning, Mr. J. W., Haarlem, Netherlands L Ashworth, Mrs. J., Accrington L Boolsen, Rev. G., Valby, Denmark L Asplundh, Mr. E. B., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Boolsen, Mrs. G., Valby, Denmark L Asplundh, Mrs. E. B., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Booth, Mrs. Mary, Mt Lawley, WA, Australia L Asplundh, Rev. K. H., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Booth, Mrs. P. R., Bournemouth L Asplundh, Mrs. K. H., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Boothby, Mr. Ambrose, Llandudno Asplundh, Mr. Ned, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Borelli, Mr. L., Columbia, SC, USA Asplundh, Mrs. Ned, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Bottomley, Mrs. M., Wrexham L Asplundh, Mr. R. H., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Bowie, Mrs. Anne, Perth L Asplundh, Mrs. R. H., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Bowley, Mr. W., Angaston, SA, Australia L Atherton, Mrs. A. D., Bournemouth Bowley, Mrs. W., Angaston, SA, Australia L Azekawa, Mr. Yoshiyuki, Paris, France L Bown, Rev. C. D., Kelvin, RSA Bowyer, Mr. C., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Bain, Mr. Hugh, Glasgow Bowyer, Mrs. C., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Bain, Mrs. P. N., Perth L Baker, Mr. D. M., Essendon L Boyd, Mrs. M. L., North Perth, WA, Australia L Baker, Dr. Gregory, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Boyes, Mrs. J., Carseldine, QLD, Australia L Baker, Mr. Peter, Barnsley Boysen, Mr. Joseph, London L Baker, Mr. R. W., London L Braam, Mr. A., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Balen-Linthuis, Mrs. W. S., The Hague, Netherlands L Bradfield, Mr. T. M., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Bradshaw, Mrs. W., Preston L Branston, Mrs. Virginia, New York, NY, USA L Bray, Mr. Ted, Kettering
27 L Braybrook, Mr. Mark, Basingstoke L Clarkson, Mr. Godfrey, Sutton-on-Sea Breadon, Rev. John, Windsor L Clarkson, Mr. J. A., Glasgow L Brigg, Miss Joyce, Clitheroe L Clayton, Mrs. V., Accrington L Brinch, Mrs. J.L., Forest Row Clemett, Ms. Liz, Uttoxeter L Britton, Mr. D., Colchester L Clemson, Mr. David, London Britton, Mrs. Elizabeth, Stroud L Clover, Mr A.D., Shrewsbury Brock, Mr. C. I., Goolwa, SA, Australia L Clubb, Mr. Michael, Derby L Brock, Dr. E. J., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Clubb, Mrs. Michael, Derby L Brock, Mrs. E. J., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Coats, Mr. Peter, Bath L Brock, Dr. R. R. A., Collinswood, SA, Australia L Cole, Mrs. C. S., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Brooks, Mr. David, Croydon L Cole, Rev. S. D., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Brooks, Mrs. Elisabeth, Croydon L Collins, Miss Christine, Catterick Garrison L Brooks, Mr. David, St John, NB, Canada Comer, Mrs. E. J., Otago, New Zealand L Brown, Mrs. B. L., Lynwood, WA, Australia L Conaron, Mrs. Julie, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Brown, Mr. Bryan, Addlestone Conway, Mr. David, Bromley L Brown, Mrs. Helen, Addlestone L Cook, Mrs. S. H., North Walsham L Brown, Mrs. D. J. Latham, Leeds Cooper, Miss D., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Brown, Mrs. K. T., Pretoria, Transvaal, RSA L Cooper, Mr. G. M., Mitchellville, MD, USA L Brown, Mr. L., Macclesfield L Cooper, Mrs. G. M., Mitchellville, MD, USA L Brown, Mrs. Lach, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Cooper, Mr. Kent, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Brown, Mr. N. J., Glasgow Cooper, Mrs. Kent, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Bruell, Mr. A. R., Felsted L Cooper, Miss Primrose, Uckfield L Bruell, Mrs. A. R., Felsted L Cooper, Mrs. Rey W., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Brun, Mr. Anders, London L Cooper-Mitchell, Mrs. Prudence M., Seaford L Brush, Dr. James S., Scottsdale, AZ, USA L Costello, Dr. Michael, London L Buckley, Mr. Michael N., Brighton Costello, Mrs. R., Semington L Bula, Mr. L. A., Bexhill-on-Sea Coward, Ms. Ginevra, London L Burl, Mr. Wilfred, Erina, NSW, Australia Cowley, Mr. J., Weltevreden Park, Transvaal, RSA L Burniston, Mr. J., Folkestone Cox, Mrs. Hilary, Salisbury L Burniston, Mr. Mark, Witney L Cox, Ms. Jan, Powys L Burnley, Mrs. J., Bradford L Cranch, Mr. Eliot, Laguna Hills, CA, USA L Burton, Mrs. Marian, Manchester L Cranch, Mrs. Eliot, Laguna Hills, CA, USA L Buss, Mr. Clive L., Umtentweni, RSA Crawford, Mrs. M., Paisley L Buss, Rt. Rev. P. M., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Cristovao, Mr H., Evora, Portugal L Buss, Mrs. P. M., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Crofts, Mrs. Elizabeth, South Croydon L Butler, Mr. Raymond, Newton Stewart L Cunningham, Mr. G., Leigh-on-Sea Byrne, Rev. Esther, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire L Cunningham, Mr. P., Southend-on-Sea L Currim, Dr. A. N., Norwalk, CT, USA L Campbell, Ms. Agnes, Huddersfield L Curry, Rev. C., Christchurch L Campbell, Mr. K., Northam L Curry, Mrs. M. P., Christchurch L Campbell, Mr. Richard, Hatboro, PA, USA Curry, Mr. P. H., Farnham L Cansell, Mrs. Anne, Manchester Carosin, Miss Genevieve, Lathlain, WA, Australia L Carswell, Miss Mary Alice, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Danjoux, Miss Evangeline, Mauritius L Chadwick, Mrs. Jean, Stockport L Danjoux, Mr. J. L., Mauritius L Chambers, Mr. C. J., Rossendale L Daum, Mrs. Scott, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Chambers, Rev. Leslie, Rossendale L David, Mr. S., Pittsburgh, PA, USA L Chapman, Mr. Dan, Wivenhoe L David, Mrs. S., Pittsburgh, PA, USA Chapman, Mr. R. W., Jr., Portland, ME, USA L Davies, Mrs. E., Wokingham L Chesworth, Mrs. Sue, Hadleigh L Davies, Mrs. K. J. B., Buxhall L Chigbo, Dr. Chuba, Cuffley L Davis, Mr. D. W., Fleet L Chiles, Mrs. C., London L Dawkins, Mr. Peter, Warwick Christensen, Mrs. B., Humbel, Denmark L Dean, Mr. Michael, Droitwich L Chrysell, Mr. E. T., West Wickham L Clark, Mrs. H. M., Glasgow L de Chazal, Mr. C. C., Guildford L Clark, Miss Hazelle, London L de Chazal, Mrs. C. C., Guildford L Clarke, Mr. Gary A., Filey Delbridge, Mr. Michael, Glenside, SA, Australia
28 de Gramont, Mr. D., Paris, France L Fornander, Mr. G., Mansarp, Sweden de Maagd, Mrs. Richard, Cincinnati, OH, USA L Forster, Mrs. Vera, Newcastle-upon-Tyne L de Moubray, Mr. G. L. L., Saxmundham L Fox, Rev. Leonard, Charleston, SC, USA L de Moubray, Miss V., Jersey, Channel Islands L Fox, Mrs. Leonard, Charleston, SC, USA Demyanyuk, Miss N. Ter-Grigoryan, Buenos Aires, Argentina L Francis, Mr. Eric, Godre’r-graig L De Verneuil-Smith, Mr. Bryan, Purley L Fraser, Mr. C. M., Isle of Lewis DeVoy, Mrs. N., Paisley Fraser, Mr. Peter, Bristol L Dewey, Rev. David, Hitchin L Frazee, Ms. Candace, Pasadena, CA, USA Dibb, Rev. A., Abington, PA, USA L Freyhan, Mrs. K., Arnside L Dicks, Mr. I. R. G., Bengeo L Friend, Mr. D. R. A., Wembley L Differ, Mr. Lee, Birmingham L Friend, Mrs. D. R. A., Wembley L Doering, Mrs. G. R., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Friend, Mr. Eric, Chorley L Downing, Mr. J. C., Accrington L Friend, Mr. Lionel, London L Dristy, Dr. F., Delray Beach, FL, USA Friesen, Mr. Burton, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Ducat, Mr. Joel Julien, Crayssac, France Friesen, Mrs. Rae, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Duckworth, Mr. A., Accrington L Fryxell, Mr. R., London L Duckworth, Rev. M., Clayton-le-Moors L Fuller, Mr. David, Bay Minette, AL, USA Duckworth, Rev. Julian, Roseville, NSW, Australia L Gaffney,Rev. David, Gainsborough Duckworth, Mrs. Julian, Roseville, NSW, Australia L Garnett, Mr. Maurice, Bradford Duijzings, Mr. Paul, Rotterdam, Netherlands L Gatti, Mrs. M. M., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Duncan, Mrs. D. B., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Geere, Mr. Peter, Romford Dunion, Rev. Jack, Belsmyre L Gellven, Mrs. Maj-Lis, Stockholm, Sweden L Gennett, Mr. G. N., London Eadie, Mr. K. F., Birmingham L Gilbert, Mr. R. A., Bristol L Edmonds, Mr. E. Peter, London L Gill, Rev. R. A., Paisley Ehlers, Mr. Kim, Kristianstad, Sweden Gills, Prof. B.K., Newcastle-upon-Tyne L Elder, Mr. Alan, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Gladish, Rev. Michael, Mitchelville, MD, USA L Elder, Mrs. Alan, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Gladish, Mrs. Michael, Mitchelville, MD, USA Elliot, Miss Natalya, London L Gladish, Mrs. T., Maineville, OH, USA L Elliott, Mrs. J. M. L., London Glashen, Ms. Donna-Marie, Thornton Heath L Elphick, Rev. F. C., Beckenham L Glenn, Mrs. E. Bruce, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Elphick, Mrs. F. C., Beckenham L Glenn, Mrs. Michael, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Elphick, Mrs. J. F., Westville, Natal, RSA L Glover, Mr. David, Colchester L Elphick, Mr. S. C., Wilmington Glover, Ms. S. B., Colchester Engelbrecht, Miss M. J. S., Fairways, RSA L Goalen, Mr. Clive, Stockport L Enger, Mrs. M., Littleton, CO, USA L Gobard, M. Henri, Paris, France Escuder, Miss Damia, Barcelona, Spain L Godbey, Rev. Charles, Duncanville, TX, USA L Etherington, Mr. E., Bognor Regis Goerwitz, Mr. R. L., Jr., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Evans, Mrs. J., Penarth Goerwitz, Mrs. R. L., Jr., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Evans, Mr. M. J., Winnersh L Goerwitz, Mr. R. L., III, Northfield, MN, USA L Evans, Mr. R. B., Letchworth L Goodenough, Rev. D. W., Big Horn, WY, USA L Evans, Mrs. R. B., Letchworth L Goodenough, Mrs. D. W., Big Horn, WY, USA L Evans, Mrs. Sean, Colchester Goodfellow, Mr. David, London Gordon, Mr. Barry, Bournemouth L Fairlie, Dr. Henry, Glasgow L Gordon, Rev. G. L., Bournemouth L Farrar, Mrs. M. J., Beeston L Gordon, Mrs. Doreen, Croydon Fenwick, Miss Madeleine, London L Gould, Mr. Mike, Leicester L Ferr, Mr. A., Kitchener, ONT, Canada L Graham, Mr. J. P., Belfast Fiffer, Ms. Sue, Maida Vale, WA, Australia L Grange, Mr. J., London L Fisher, Mrs. F., Colchester L Green, Miss B. B., Nantwich Fisher, Mr. William, Chester L Greer, Mrs. H. L., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Fitzpatrick, Rev. D., Lake Worth, FL, USA L Gretner, Mr. J. R., Baar, Switzerland L Fleming, Miss Margaret, Worcester Park L Griffiths, Mrs. D., Pittsburgh, PA, USA Fletcher, Miss Brigid, Richmond L Grimshaw, Mrs. W. A., Kearsley Floyd, Mr. Thomas, Oslo, Norway Gronda, Mr. Roberto, Lessona, Italy L Fleming, Miss Margaret, Worcester Park L Grubb, Mr. Alan, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Flynn, Mr. Richard, Brooklyn, NY, USA L Guiu, Mr. R., East Bridgewater, MA, USA
29 L Hughes, Prof Sean, Cheltenham Haeffner, Mr. Mark, Oxford L Humphries, Mr. Peter, Dublin, Ireland Hague, Mr. Peter, London Hunter, Mr. John, London L Hale, Mrs. Lesley, Preston Hussey, Mr. Frank, Littlehampton, SA, Australia L Hall, Mrs. Tina Swedenborg, London L Hutchison, Mrs. Dorothea, Barnet L Hallengren, Mr. Anders, Stockholm, Sweden Hyatt, Mr. David, London Halterman, Rev. Barry C., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Hyatt, Mr. Gary, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Hammersley, Mr. Bryan, London Hyatt, Mrs. Judy, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Hammond, Mr. E., Cheltenham Hyatt, Mrs. Kent, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Hammond, Mr. P. R., Los Osos, CA, USA L Hyatt, Miss M., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Harding, Mrs. H., Craighall, RSA L Hyatt, Mr. Wynne, Glenn Dale, ML, USA Hardy, Mrs. G. M., Leigh-on-Sea Hyman, Mr. Mohan Dean, London L Harrington, Mr. John, Bridgewater, MA, USA Hyman, Mrs. Bethany, London Harrison, Mr. Jeffrey, Romford L Hart, Mr. R. G., Floreat Park, WA, Australia L Ichiba, Mr. Masumi, Gunma-ken, Japan L Hart, Mrs. R. G., Floreat Park, WA, Australia Instone, Mr. Frederick, Llandovery Haseler, Mr. M. David, Birmingham L Hasen, Mrs. Rachel, Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Hasler, Rev. C. V. A., Southend-on-Sea Hassam, Mr. Jason, Welwyn Garden City L Jackson, Miss R., Burnley Hauptmann, Rev. Olaf, Colchester L James, Mrs. R., West Drayton Hawkins, Mrs. Catherine Maeve, Chesterfield L Janssens, Mr. G., Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands L Hawkswell, Mr. Nicholas, London L Janssens-Klassen, Mrs. A. J., Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands L Hayes, Mr. A.F., London L Jarratt, Mr. Christpoher, York L Headsteen, Miss S.J., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Jarratt, Mrs. Rebecca, York Heinrichs, Rev. D. W., Boynton Beach, FL, USA L Jarvis, Rev. B. R., Sunderland Heinrichs, Mrs. D. W., Boynton Beach, FL, USA L Jarvis, Mr. N. C., Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia L Heldon, Mr. B. K., Sanctuary Cove, QLD, Australia L Jarvis, Mrs. N. C., Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia Heldon, Mr. M. F., Hurstville, NSW, Australia L Jeffreys, Ms. Dorothy, Shelton, WA, USA L Heldon, Mr. N., Loftus, NSW, Australia L Johns, Mr. H. R., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Heldon, Mr. O., Loftus, NSW, Australia L Johnson, Rev. I. P., Hebden Bridge Henderson, Mrs. Ian, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Johnson, Mrs. Belinda, Edmonds, WA, USA L Heslop, Miss S., West Auckland L Johnson, Rev. Martie, Edmonds, WA, USA L Hewlett, Mr. D. J., Exeter L Johnson, Mrs. P. L., Croydon L Hewlett, Mrs. D. J., Exeter L Johnstone, Mr. W. J. B., Paisley Hill, Ms. Joanna, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Johnstone, Mrs. W. J. B., Paisley L Hill, Miss M., Whitefield L Jones, Mr. A. D., London L Hill, Mr. Michael, London Jones, Ms. Jenny, Sheffield L Hill, Mr. Stanley, Kitchener, Ont., Canada L Jones, Mr. Marc J., Luxembourg L Hiller, Mr. Michael S., London Jones, Dr. Mary, Brushford L Hindley, Mrs. Isabel, Brightlingsea Josiah, Miss Brenda, London L Hindley, Mr. M. J., Brightlingsea L Jungé, Mr. B., Kempton, PA, USA Hiroki, Mr. Hamasaki, Kagoshima City, Japan L Jungé, Mrs. B., Kempton, PA, USA L Hjern, Rev. O., Stockholm, Sweden L Jungé, Mr. J. F., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Hodgkinson, Miss J. E., Conwy Jungé, Mrs. Mark, Glenview, IL, USA L Hollinshead, Mr. Charles, Edinburgh L Jungé, Rev. R. S., Kempton, PA, USA L Hollinshead, Mrs. Charles, Edinburgh L Holmström, Mr. B., Monte Carlo, Monaco L Kawaguchi, Mr. Yukio, Tokyo, Japan L Horn, Mrs. F., Zürich, Switzerland Kearney, Mr. Andrew, Alexandria Horner, Mr. G., Dungowan, NSW, Australia L Kegler, Dr. Adelheid, Cologne, Germany L Houghton, Mr. L. H., Leatherhead L Keith, Rev. B. W., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Howard, Rev. G. H., Sudbury, MA, USA L Kelly, Miss Joanne, Rochester, MI, USA L Howard, Miss H., Cincinnati, OH, USA Kelly, Mr. Neale, Manchester L Howe, Mr. P., Farnham L Kennett, Mrs. Susan, Lampeter L Howland, Mrs. D. R., Faversham L Kenyon, Dr. F. E., Oxford L Huggins, Mr. W., Churchtown L Keyworth, Rev. R., Auckland, New Zealand L Huggins, Mrs. W., Churchtown Kidd, Mrs. M. C., Stockport
30 L Killala, Mr. Neal, Westcliff-on-Sea Martyres, Miss Evelyn, London L Kimishima, Mr. M., Tring Mathieu, Mr. B., Charleville-Mézières, France L Kimishima, Mrs. M., Tring Matthews, Mr. Harry, Newport, Shropshire L Kinghorn, Miss. V., Peterculten L Mayer, M. Jean-François, Fribourg, Switzerland L Kirk, Mr. R., Ludlow L Mayer, Mr. Paul, Westville, Natal, RSA L Klafkowski, Mr. P., Drammen, Norway L Mboura, Mr. Eric, Sutton, Surrey L Kline, Rt. Rev. Tom, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA McAllister-Lovatt, Mr.. W.A., Lockerbie L Kline, Mrs. Tom, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L McCall, Mr. William, Tigard, OR, USA L Kourkov, Ms. Elizabeth, Kiev, Ukraine L McCall, Mrs. William, Tigard, OR, USA Kpodo, Mr. John, London L McCardle, Mr. Grant, Cambridge Kratimenos, Dr. Marysia, London McEwen, Mr. P., London L Krettek, Ms. Janet, Bay Minette, AL, USA McGregor, Mrs. Marion, Alexandria L Kuhn, Ms. Elizabeth, London McIlroy, Mrs. May, Paisley Kuphal, Mr. G. S., Brightlingsea L McLeay, Mr. G. D., Moss Vale, NSW, Australia Kuusirati, Mr. Jyrki, Oulu, Finland McNeilly, Mr. Stephen, London Meyer, Ms. Florence, London L Laidlaw, Mr. Alan, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Mijnssen, Mr. J., Walsham-le-Willow L Laidlaw, Mrs. Suzy, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Millar, Mrs. Jan, Bingley Laidlaw, Mr. N., Edinburgh L Millar, Mr. Trevor, Keighley Laidlaw, Mrs. N., Edinburgh L Misson, Mr. A. C., Croydon Laing, Mrs. Winnie, Johnstone L Mitchell, Dr. J. J., Santa Clara, CA, USA L Lampard, Dr. Ronald, Market Harborough L Moffat, Rev. T., Swan View, WA, Australia L Larsen, Rev. O. T., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Moffat, Mrs. T., Swan View, WA, Australia L Larsen, Mrs. O. T., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Moorhead, Mrs. D. T., Delray Beach, FL, USA L Lawrence, Mr. Derek, Southampton L Morley, Mr. Alexander, Toronto, ONT, Canada L Lawson, Mrs. Carol S., Dillwyn, VA, USA L Morley, Mr. H. K., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada Leach, Mr. Tony, Sheffield L Morley, Mrs. H. K., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Leal, Mrs. Anne, South Coast, Natal, RSA L Morley, Mr. N. J., Guildford L Leary, Mr. Ray, Hainault L Morley, Mr. S. H., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Leather, Mr. P., Manchester L Muir, Mrs. B., Whiston L Leather, Mrs. P., Manchester L Mullock, Mrs. Deborah, Upton-by-Chester Leder, Prof. Malcolm, Harrow-on-the-Hill L Murata, Mr. Kentaro, Tokyo, Japan L Lee, Mr. E. B., III, Pittsburgh, PA, USA L Murlis, Mrs. L., Ashtead L Lehne, Mr. S., Tucson, AZ, USA Murrell, Mr. Colin, Hitchin L Lehne, Mrs. S., Tucson, AZ, USA L Lemole, Mrs. Emily Jane, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Lewin, Rev. Alan, Beckenham L Lewin, Mrs. Diane, Beckenham N Nemitz, Rev. K. P., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Newton, Mrs. H., Chester L Lim, Prof. Chung Kyu, Kwachon, South Korea L Newton, Mr. John, London Lines, Mr. Richard, London L Nicholls, Miss B. F., Chester L Lister, Dr. David, Hook L Nicholls, Mrs. F. B., Littleover L Livingstone, Mrs. Ann, Norwich L Nicholls, Mr. Richard, Reading Lomax, Mr. David, Manchester L Nicholson, Rev. A. L., Topsham, ME, USA L Lorimer, Mr. David, Fife L Nicholson, Mrs. A. L., Topsham, ME, USA L Lyons, Ms. Celia, London L Nicolier, Rev. Alain, Beaune, France Nugent, Mr. P.F., London Macfarleane, Mr. Don, Tumbi Umbi, NSW, Australia L Nuotio, Mr. Asko, Pori, Finland MacPherson, Mr. C. A., Paisley L Nurmi, Mr. Sakari, Helsinki, Finland MacPherson, Mrs. C. A., Paisley Magoogan, Mrs. P., Paisley O’Connor, Rev. Feargus, London Maidment, Mr. Ian, Westbourne Park, SA, Australia Odhner, Rev. Grant, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Malmaeus, Mr. Alexander, London Odhner, Mrs. Grant, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Maloney, Mr. J. D., Barbados L Odhner, Rev. John, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Margison, Mrs. D., Eastbourne Odhner, Mr. Oliver, Kempton, PA, USA L Marsh, Mrs. Hilary, Tavistock Odhner, Mrs. Oliver, Kempton, PA, USA
31 L Okafor, Dr. A. I., Onitsha, Nigeria L Rhodes, Miss M., Manchester Olson, Mr. Scott, Ocala, FL, USA L Richards, Mr. P., Lyons (ACT), Austrralia L Orchard, Dr. B. C. L., Brampton, ONT, Canada Richardson, Mr. Craig, Sheffield Otten, Mrs. Helen, Rivonia, RSA L Ricketts, Mr. Michael, Littlehampton L Ridgway, Mr. B. R. D., Canberra, Australia Ridgway, Ms. Christine, Little Burra, Guyong, NSW, Pafford, Mr. J., Etobicoke, Oak Arbor, MI, USA Australia Pafford, Mrs. J., Etobicoke, Oak Arbor, MI, USA L Ridgway, Miss H. M., Canberra, ACT, Australia L Palmer, Dr. E.R., Wandsbeck, RSA L Riley, Rev. N. E., Hatboro, PA, USA Pangburn, Ms. Kris, Los Angeles, CA, USA L Riley, Mrs. N. E., Hatboro, PA, USA L Parker, Mr. C. John, Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Robin, Mons. Claude, La Teste de Buch, France L Parker, Mr. E. H., Vermont South, VIC, Australia Roebuck, Mrs. Mary, Irene, Transvaal, RSA L Parker, Mrs. E. H., Vermont South, VIC, Australia L Rogers, Rev. N. Bruce, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Parker, Mr. R. M., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Rogers, Mrs. N. Bruce, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Parker, Mrs. R. M., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada Rooney, Ms. Kim, London L Parker, Miss S. D., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Rose, Mrs. D. L., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Parker, Mr. Tobias., St. Albans L Rose, Rev. F. S., Tucson, AZ, USA Parnell, Mr. J., Swindon L Rose, Rev. Dr. Jonathan, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Peet, Professor Malcolm, Sheffield L Rose, Miss M. H., Colchester L Pendleton, Rev. D., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Rose, Rev. P. A., Woodstock, GA, USA L Pendleton, Mr. K. P., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Rose, Mrs. P. A., Woodstock, GA, USA L Pendleton, Mrs. K. P., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Pendry, Mrs. Jenina, Tunbridge Wells Rosen, Mr. Peter, Hadley Wood Pendry, Mr. Tim, Tunbridge Wells L Rowcliffe, Mrs. N., Cark-in-Cartmel L Perizonius, Dr. W. R. K., The Hague, Netherlands L Russell, Rev. Ian, Lancaster L Persson, Mr. Marten, London L Russell, Dr. P. M., Lancaster L Pettersen, Mrs. N. H., Pinner L Russell, Mrs. I. C., Canary Islands L Pierpoint, Mrs. L. M., Christchurch L Russell, Rev. Rita M., Derby L Pilikian, Prof. H. I., New Barnet Russell-Lacy, Mr. Stephen, Kinver L Pitcairn, Mrs. G., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Pitcairn, Mr. Lachlan, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Pitcairn, Mrs. M., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Sabol, Mr. John, Iselin, NJ, USA L Place, Mrs. F., Colchester L Sagar, Mr. W. H., Accrington L Poynton, Prof. J., London L Saini, Mr. Tripit Roy, Barking L Pradyer, Ms. Zarayna, Chessington L Samuel, Mr. R. R., London L Prance, Mr. Christopher, Bradford L Sandow, Mr. John, N. Tamborine, QLD, Australia L Presland, Mrs. B. J., Manchester L Sandow, Mrs. E., N. Tamborine, QLD, Australia L Price, Dr. Geoffrey L., Lymm L Sandstrom, Rev. E. E., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Price, Mr. Leslie, Wallington L Sandstrom, Mrs. E. E., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Prince, Mr. Charles, New York, NY, USA Santiago, Ms. Diana, Bahia, Brazil L Procter, Mr. V. F. A., Ludlow L Satoh, Mr. T., Tokyo, Japan L Pulsford, Mr. R. G., Chester L Satoh, Mrs. T., Tokyo, Japan L Pulsford, Mrs. R. G., Chester L Schnarr, Mr. M. G., Goderich, ONT, Canada L Punter, Mrs. Margaret, Churt L Schnarr, Mr. R. W., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada L Purser, Mr. K. B., St. Agnes Schofield, Mr. B., London L Segulin, Mrs. M., Huntingdon Heights, NSW, Australia L Raggett, Mr. S. G., London L Selvendren, Dr. R. R., Eaton L Raichoudhury, Mrs. I., Clydach L Sewell, Mrs. E. L., Manchester L Ramsay, Mr. A., Woodhead-by-Fyvie Shah, Mr. Pravin, Croydon L Ramsay, Mrs. A., Woodhead-by-Fyvie L Shah, Mr. Surendra, London L Ravenscroft, Mr. Lawrence, Ascot L Sharrock, Mr. David, Blackburn L Raymond, Mrs. J., Toronto, ONT, Canada L Shaw-Ridler, Mr. H. J., Little Walden L Rees, Mr. K. I., London Sheppard, Miss Julia, London Reggio, Mr. David, Ilford L Shores, Mrs. Denise, Paris, France L Reynolds, Mrs. Hazel, Birmingham L Shotwell, Mr. Stuart, Cooper, ME, USA L Retzius, Mrs. L., Stavanger, Norway L Sidery, Ms. Jennifer, Enfield L Rhodes, Mrs. L.S., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Siebert, Mr. Ray, Pretty Prairie, KS, USA
32 Siebert, Mrs. Ray, Pretty Prairie, KS, USA Silverman, Rev. Ray, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Taft, Mr. Earl M., Soquel, CA, USA Simons, Mrs. D. R., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Talbot, Mrs. A., Beecroft, NSW, Australia Simons, Rev. J., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Talbot, Rev. Brian, Manchester Simons, Mrs. J., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Talbot, Miss Dorothy, West Epping, NSW, Australia L Simons, Mr. Kurt, Lutherville, ML, USA Talbot, Mr. George, Floreat Park, WA, Australia L Simons, Mrs. Kurt, Lutherville, ML, USA L Tanaka, Mr. Takao, Tokushima, Japan L Skinner, Mrs. C., Wallington L Tasker, Mr. R. H., Accrington Skinner, Rev. C. J., Greensborough, VIC, Australia L Taylor, Miss Diane, Keighley L Slack, Mrs. Brenda, Bolton Taylor, Rev. D., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA Sloan, Ms. Deborah, Glenside, PA, USA Taylor, Mrs. D., Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA L Smeaton, Mrs. P. H., Sale L Taylor, Mrs. Joanna, Clunderwen, Pembs. L Smith, Mr. B. R., Hadleigh L Taylor, Mrs. Madeleine, Sunderland L Smith, Rev. C. R. J., Kempton, PA, USA Tecklenberg, Mr. Paul, London L Smith, Ms. D. C., Tucson, AZ, USA L Teed, Rev. J. E., Wood End, VIC, Australia Smith, Ms. Judith, Hinsdale, IL, USA L Thexton, Mr. R. J., Bournemouth L Smith, Rev. L. M., Kempton, PA, USA L Thiessen, Mr. Malte, Buedelsdorf, Germany L Smith, Mrs. L. M., Kempton, PA, USA L Thomas, Mr. David J., Leicester L Smith, Mr. Marlyn, Bryn Athyn L Thomas, Mrs. David J., Leicester Smith, Mr. Robert, Glenview, IL, USA L Thomas, Mrs. J., Accrington Smith, Mrs. Robert, Glenview, IL, USA L Thomas, Ms. Nellie, Accrington Smith, Mr. R. A., Caledon, ONT, Canada Thomas, Mr. Stephen, Bournemouth Smith, Mrs. R. A., Caledon, ONT, Canada Thompson, Prof. I. J., Pleasanton, CA, USA L Smithson, Mr. William, Burnley L Thornhill, Ms. Evelyn, London L Sookeeah, Mr. Aswandeo, Rose-Belle, Mauritius L Thornström, Mr. G., Karlskrona, Sweden L Sookeeah, Mrs.Saveeta, Rose-Belle, Mauritius L Thurston, Mrs. Mary, Ilford L Sorling, Mr. Pether, Gothenburg, Sweden L Tokura, Mr. H., Matsudo, Japan L Spencer, Mr. Ronald, Deal L Tough, Mr. Ian, Dartford Splittstoesser, Miss Rebecca, Houston, MN, USA L Tsikata, Mr. S. K., Accra, Ghana Spracklin, Ms. Dorothy, Shelton, WA, USA Tucker, Mrs. Lynne, Reading L Stanley, Rev. Dr. M. W., Nelson L Turner, Miss D., Paisley L Stebbing, Mr. E. E., Ross-on-Wye Turner, Mr. G., Harrow Stedman Jones, Ms. Susan, London L Turner, Mr. H. W., London Stefic, Mr. Ivica, Umag, Croatia L Turner, Ms. Ingrid, Cambridge L Stenton, Mrs. I., Henley, SA, Australia L Stephens, Miss A. J., Bradford L Stephens, Mrs. Nini, Craighall Park, Transvaal, RSA Stevens-Turner, Mr. James, London L Stevenson, Mr. M. A., Weymouth L Valentine, Mr. Mark, Keighley Street, Mr. Eddie, Lostwithiel Veenstra, P. L., The Hague, Netherlands L Stroh, Mrs. K. O., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Verschoor, Mr. E., Ermelo, Netherlands L Stroh, Miss Marilyn, New York, NY, USA L Voller, Mr. G. E., Downham Market L Sutton, Rev. J. M., Auckland, New Zealand L Sutton, Mrs J.M. Sutton, Auckalnd, New Zealand L Wainham, Mrs. Sharon A., Watford L Sutton, Mr. Nigel K., Findern Walker, Mr. Andrew, Basildon L Sutton, Mr. R. A., Auckland, New Zealand L Walker, Mrs. Nicholas, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Sutton, Mrs. W. G., Birmingham Wallis, Mrs. K. A., Irene, Transvaal, RSA L Suzuki, Mr. Yasuyuki, Tokyo, Japan L Walton, Mr. Justin Sarnarvi, London L Swedenborg, Mr. Anders, Karlshamn, Sweden Warwick, Mr. G. M., Bushey L Swedenborg, Mr. Jens, Stockholm, Sweden L Warwick, Mrs. R. J., Sidcup L Swedenborg, Mr. Joakim, Trier, Germany L Waters, Mr. Gary, London Synnestvedt, Mrs. G., Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Watkin, Mr. Michael, Hitchin L Synnestvedt, Rev. L. D., Kempton, PA, USA L Webber, Miss F. M., Bristol Synnestvedt, Mr. Ray, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA Wellham, Mr. Chris, Great Yarmouth L Synnestvedt, Mr. Richard, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Welsh, Mr. John, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire L Synnestvedt, Mrs. Richard, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L West, Mrs. T. T., Kilmarnock L Syrianou, Miss Sophia, Athens, Greece White, Dr. Steven, Barnet
33 L Whitfield, Prof. Richard, Lyme Regis L Wilcox, Mr. James, London L Wildash, Mr. R. J., London L Wilhelmson, Mr. Karl, Malmo, Sweden L Wilkinson, Mrs. J. H. W., Howick, Natal, RSA L Williams, Mrs. R. M., Barnet L Williams-Hogan, Dr. Jane, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA L Wilson, Mr. Michael, Bournmouth L Wilson, Mrs. Judith, Bournemouth L Wilson, Mr. P. M., Preston L Wilson, Mrs. P. M., Preston L Wilson, Mrs. Susan, Burnley L Wittye, Ms. Hannelore, London L Wood, Mrs. D. L., Stratton-on-the-Fosse L Woods, Mrs. M. Leonie, Cromer L Woodward, Mrs. A., Whitwell-on-the-Hill Woof, Mrs. Pamela, Grasmere Wormald, Ms. Alison, Manchester L Wright, Mr. P. F., Bristol L Wyncoll, Mrs. E., Kingston, ONT, Canada L Wyncoll, Mr. J. H., Etobicoke, ONT, Canada
Yambah, Mr. Patrick, Bawku, Ghana L Young, Mrs. E., Durban, RSA L Young, Mr. George, Daventry
Zak, Dr. Lubor, Michalovce, Slovakia L Zwink, Dr. Eberhard, Lorch-Waldhausen, Germany
34 35 LIST OF COLLECTORS
The Secretary, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH.
Societies of the New Church
Colchester: Miss M G Waters, ‘Jasmine’, Boxted Road, Colchester, C Essex O4 5HF.
Michael Church: Mr Norman Turner, 35 High View Road, Lightwater, Surrey GU18 5YF.
Paisley: Mrs Ruby Johnstone, 35 Victoria Gardens, Paisley, Scotland PA2 9PQ.
West Wickham: Mr Richard Lines, 38 South Vale, Upper Norwood, London SE19 3BA.
Abroad
The General Church of the New Jerusalem: Mr Christopher Bowyer, PO Box 487, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009, USA.
Australian Societies: Mr Murray Heldon, 35 O’Brien’s Road, Hurstville, New South Wales 2220.
Mr Ian Brock, 11 Chester Street, Lockleys, South Australia 5032.
Mrs Val Hart, 28 Kincardine Close, Floreat Park, Western Australia 6014.
Durban: (Vacant)
Toronto: Mr John Wyncoll, 19 Hampshire Heights, Etobicoke, ON, M9B 2J9.
36 The Society was established in 1810 (incorporated 1925) for the purpose of translating and publishing the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. Annual Membership subscriptions £20 or upwards (£15 for those aged 65 or over, students and the unwaged). Life Membership, £200 (£150 for those aged 65 or over0. For a married couple – one-and-a-half times the individual subscription (applying to both annual and life membership). Application for membership must be in writing and approved by the Council.
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Reference Library. The Library at Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, is open each week-day and the works of Swedenborg and collateral literature may be consulted freely.
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