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.

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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.

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.