WOOLWICH COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1157291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCC

Regular Sunday morning services, celebrations, house groups, children/youth work, bible studies & prayer meetings. Outreach activities to the local area including in Woolwich Town Centre. Make prison visits & also provide ongoing contact/support to those men after release. Provide personal financial planning through running the Money Course using materials/training provided by CAP.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS SET OUT IN THE BASIS OF FAITH STATEMENT OF THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE UK AND ANNEXED TO THIS DOCUMENT.IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS PURPOSE THE FOUNDATION MAY, WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOLLOWING,:-SEEK NEW FOLLOWERS AND CONVERTSPROVIDE A PLACE OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIPRAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND PRACTICE THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, INSTRUCTION AND STUDYUNDERTAKE MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH WORK IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FURTHER AFIELD INCLUDING OVERSEAS AMONGST PEOPLE AFFECTED BY POVERTY OR NATURAL DISASTERNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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

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Latest income

£120k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a financial deficit of £26,332 for the year ended 31 May 2025. However, unrestricted reserves remain strong at £180,816, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of one month’s gift income plus £1,000 for unexpected expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month’s gift income from members, plus an amount (£1,000) for unexpected expenditure (held: £181k)

“The policy effectively allows for a reserve to cover one month’s gift income from members, plus an amount (£1,000) for unexpected expenditure which could not be deferred.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 7 states payments from the Pastoral Fund may include those to a Trustee, but no specific amount or name is disclosed.

“as the Church Leadership Team make confidential payments from the Pastoral Fund it is possible that such payments may include those to a Trustee.”

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Mary West
JANET MILLER
Olushola Laguda
Oluwatosin Omoniyi Oloyede
Petruta-Elena Nila

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/05/2025	£120k	£147k
30/05/2024	£154k	£129k
30/05/2023	£149k	£117k
30/05/2022	£121k	£69k
30/05/2021	£91k	£78k

Common questions

Is WOOLWICH COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a financial deficit of £26,332 for the year ended 31 May 2025. However, unrestricted reserves remain strong at £180,816, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of one month’s gift income plus £1,000 for unexpected expenditure. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations. 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 SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING income £398k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY-THE-VIRGIN, BATHWICK income £179k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, NAILSEA income £109k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY income £116k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.1m
LIFE CHURCH WIRRAL income £436k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOOLWICH COMMUNITY CHURCH	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING FY2025	£398k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY-THE-VIRGIN, BATHWICK FY2025	£179k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, NAILSEA FY2025	£109k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO FY2024	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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