SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1176353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWCC

To advance the Christian faith by engaging in God's mission by reaching those in the local community and in the wider world. Witnessing by word, action and life-style. Enabling people to establish and deepen their relationship with God. To love, care for, and build up one another as members of God's family and to serve the local community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

£205k

Latest spending

£171k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income increased substantially to £192,593 while expenditure rose modestly to £155,834, resulting in a positive net cash flow. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £191,825 and an investment portfolio valued at £103,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £50,000, which is currently exceeded by the actual unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £50,000 (held: £192k)

“The church has a policy of maintaining a balance of £50,000 (or less if agreed by a church meeting) for the running of the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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 £375k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Barry Landchair
Dr Paul Anthony John Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew Pargeter
PETER JONATHAN GRAVES
Richard Boyce
Siobhan Rouse

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£205k	£171k
31/03/2025	£166k	£130k
31/03/2024	£167k	£115k
31/03/2023	£133k	£98k
31/03/2022	£130k	£94k

Common questions

Is SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income increased substantially to £192,593 while expenditure rose modestly to £155,834, resulting in a positive net cash flow. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £191,825 and an investment portfolio valued at £103,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of £50,000, which is currently exceeded by the actual unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST	1	£2k
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD.

ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD income £203k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN income £251k
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
SAFFRON WALDEN BAPTIST CHURCH income £110k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING BREAD NEWCASTLE income £209k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARK COMMUNITY CHURCH SUTTON COLDFIELD FY2025	£203k	£41,688	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH FY2025	£459k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAFFRON WALDEN BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£110k	£34,200	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE FY2025	£403k	—	above	—	no doubt

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