WALK MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1168547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit to promote the rehabilitation of released prisoners or individuals who are at risk of being imprisoned; to enable them to live a more structured life by such means as the trustees think fit including the provision of housing, education, advice, support and counselling with a Christian ethos

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £188,328, with total income rising to £1,359,148 and total expenditure at £1,170,820. Unrestricted funds increased to £757,719, strengthening free cash reserves to £444,517. The trustees report continued stability and strengthening financial performance, supported by a strategy to maintain high-quality services and diversify income streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £758k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DPC Accountants Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £180k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£445k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/07/2024£1.2m£985k
31/07/2023£1.1m£998k
31/07/2022£894k£788k
31/07/2021£797k£711k

Common questions

Is WALK MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £188,328, with total income rising to £1,359,148 and total expenditure at £1,170,820. Unrestricted funds increased to £757,719, strengthening free cash reserves to £444,517. The trustees report continued stability and strengthening financial performance, supported by a strategy to maintain high-quality services and diversify income streams. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DPC Accountants Ltd.

Who funds WALK MINISTRIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WALK MINISTRIES as a grant recipient include Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, SEEDFIELD TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and ShropshireFY2024£40kMaterial Grant Payments
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£25kSocial justice
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and ShropshireFY2023£19k
SEEDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£6k
SEEDFIELD TRUSTFY2021£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCommunity Projects and Integration
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATIONFY2024£3kPart time staff to support work with vulnerable children & young people
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENTFY2023£3k
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENTFY2022£3k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kGeneral Charitable Purposes
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENTFY2025£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£1kCompassionate Support
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2022£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kGeneral

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2020£10kOperations Support

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY VALLEY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALK MINISTRIES£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CITY VALLEY CHURCH FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING FAITH SUNDERLAND FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD HOUSE OF JOY FOR ALL NATIONS FY2025£117k—0above—no doubt
COMMAND PRAYER CENTRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025£209k—0unclear—noted
WORSHIP TABERNACLE MINISTRIES FY2024£1.8m£120,001 - £130,000—above—no doubt

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