THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTHAMSTOW

Registered charity 1132391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PARISH OF WALTHAMSTOW

In respect of all ages and races:*public worship and prayer*learning about the Gospel, and its engagement with the insights and values of contemporary society, and its dialoguewith those of other faiths, or none; and informing the resolve to live according to 'the mind of Christ' (1 Corinthians2)*provision of pastoral care*support for outreach and works of compassion

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £123,912 for the year, driven by a significant legacy income of £177,037. However, the trustees report that free reserves of £21,518 are below the stated policy target of approximately four months' routine general fund expenditure, which is valued at £102,976.

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.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Vanessa Caroline Conantchair
• ALFRED WILLIAM DALEY
• Ava Faith Blake
• BRIAN FOXTON
• Dane McFarlane
• Donna Bart
• Donna Louise Gwilliams
• Elizabeth Helen Davies
• Ian Charles Drury
• Isobel Gordon
• Jennifer Damant
• Johanna Talbott
• Lynne Rhodes
• MARTIN STEPHEN KEARNEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Megan Wordsworth
• Michael James Forbes
• Mr Rob Duddridge
• Natalie Burwell
• Nevil Osborne
• Oliver James Elgie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Andrew Thomas Stewart
• Rev Jacintha Danaswamy
• Timothy Coles
• William Thomas McDermott

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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