WALTHAMSTOW AND CHINGFORD ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1116355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides sheltered housing for older people from Walthamstow or Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The Charity also makes grants.Grant making falls broadly into two categories; relief in need and grants to other charitable organisations or institutions sharing similar objectives to the Charity. The recipients of grants must reside within Walthamstow or Chingford.

Objects

(A) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT, OR FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT;(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE ALMSHOUSES AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE;(C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL NEED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 4 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WALTHAMSTOW AND CHINGFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,242,107 from £1,289,087 in the prior year, while total expenditure increased significantly to £1,478,547 due to extraordinary repair works and increased grant spending. Despite this operational deficit, the charity reported unrealised investment gains of £1,110,479, resulting in a net movement in funds of £773,789 and total unrestricted reserves of £14,405,975. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and maintains a reserves policy target of £900,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06374226
• Trading subsidiary: WALTHAMSTOW ALMSHOUSE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD Companies House 08393301

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALDRON, Sharon — director, appointed 16/10/2025on trustee list
• ADAM, Shenise — director, appointed 25/10/2023on trustee list
• RAMPTON, Christine — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
• WHEELER, Terrence Victor — director, appointed 25/01/2023not on trustee list
• MCCANN, Colette — director, appointed 28/04/2021on trustee list
• MOORE, Anthony John — director, appointed 23/10/2019on trustee list
• CONANT, Vanessa Caroline, Revd — director, appointed 13/07/2015on trustee list
• TREDOUX, Helen Patricia — director, appointed 07/07/2015on trustee list
• KEARNS, Jacqueline Edith — director, appointed 16/10/2014not on trustee list
• MACNULTY, Surinder — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list
• RICH, Andrew — director, appointed 24/04/2013on trustee list
• MOSS, John Julian Charles — director, appointed 13/12/2012on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Paul Jonathan — director, appointed 25/07/2012on trustee list
• SMITH-PRYOR, Sheila — director, appointed 15/07/2010not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Rich
• Anthony Moore
• Christine Rampton
• Colette McCann
• Helen Tredoux
• Jackie Kearns
• John Moss
• Paul Williams
• Sharon Waldron
• Sheila Smith Pryor
• Shenise Adam
• Surinder MacNulty
• Terry Wheeler
• Vanessa Conant · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £261k
• PLUMSTEAD ALMSHOUSES income £132k
• ALVECHURCH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £61k
• THE CHARTERHOUSE income £327k
• THE POWELL AND WELCH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £55k
• ANGIERS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £33k

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