THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTHAM ABBEY

Registered charity 1129915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALTHAM ABBEY PCC

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. The provision of a youth group with Christian ethos and promoting the whole mission of the church.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Epping Forest, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£309k

Latest spending

£300k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £309,227 against total expenditure of £299,760, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet their stated policy target of one month's general expenditure, with available funds standing at approximately £11k above the agreed level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month’s general expenditure (reserves figure: £11k)

“The Abbey DCC agreed in January 2025 the principle of maintaining a minimum level of available reserves in the Abbey General fund sufficient to meet one month’s general expenditure” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

Complaints handling
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 22

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £1,647 — grants £1,647 (1); under 1% of the £306,413 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 60

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev PETER HENRY SMITHchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Caroline Berry
JUDITH ANN MEADEN
Jane Hudson
Jane Shipman
Linda Anderson
Rachel Matthews
Rev TREVOR IAN SCOTT
Sarah Caroline Moores · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Redman
Sheila Pearce

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£309k	£300k
31/12/2024	£306k	£285k
31/12/2023	£282k	£297k
31/12/2022	£255k	£302k
31/12/2021	£238k	£275k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTHAM ABBEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £309,227 against total expenditure of £299,760, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to meet their stated policy target of one month's general expenditure, with available funds standing at approximately £11k above the agreed level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, BISHOP'S WALTHAM.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTHAM ABBEY	£309k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, BISHOP'S WALTHAM FY2025	£314k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE PRIORY CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST CUTHBERT, BOLTON ABBEY FY2025	£322k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, WOKINGHAM FY2025	£472k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS MARPLE FY2025	£374k	—	above	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WICKHAM BISHOPS & LITTLE BRAXTED FY2025	£81k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.