THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WALTHAMSTOW

Registered charity 1128173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETER-IN-THE-FOREST, WALTHAMSTOW

Religious activities, including weekly Sunday morning Eucharist in church and online (via both Facebook and YouTube), plus online weekday services via Facebook.Provision of spaces to hire for local individuals and groups.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31.3K in 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year, with net current assets increasing to £200.4K. The charity remains heavily reliant on income from hiring out Peterhouse, which accounted for 51% of total income. Unrestricted reserves stood at £49.2K, exceeding the stated policy target of £42K based on three months of normal expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “St Peter-in-the-Forest is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Alexander William Mark Summerschair
• Anne Smith
• BERYL ANN PORTER
• Brian Gilbert Cook
• Emily Morrell · trustee of 1 other charity
• FRANCES ELIZABETH DOWNING
• Ma-Jali Henry
• Marian Bradley
• Mel Morris
• Rev James Bernard Eaton
• Rev Rachel Summers

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

Operates in: Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).