WATLING VALLEY ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1199024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a church that is serving the people resident in the Anglican parish area of the Watling Valley.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE PARTICIPATING DENOMINATIONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE LEP MAY ENGAGE IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, EITHER ON ITS OWN OR WITH OTHERS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO):A) THE CELEBRATION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, PRACTICES AND TRADITIONS SET OUT IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY THE PARTICIPATING DENOMINATIONS;B) THE TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;C) MISSION AND EVANGELISM;D) PASTORAL WORK, INCLUDING VISITING THE SICK AND THE BEREAVED; E) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO) THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG AND OTHER GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.F) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THEPARTICIPATING DENOMINATIONS BY MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.

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

£304k

Latest spending

£291k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the partnership incurred a net loss of £11,278.97 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £112,286.17. This actual reserve level is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £134,000, which equates to six months of unrestricted payments. The trustees note that only essential expenditure was agreed in 2024 and that effort was made to raise funds through events and individual giving.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months unrestricted payments, about £134,000 (held: £112k)

“It is good practice to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to approximately six months unrestricted payments, about £134,000 to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lynne Denise Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ADEDAYO LANRE ADEBIYI · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID THOM
Gayle Shotton
John Walter Rowcroft-James · trustee of 3 other charities
Norah Anne Jones
Regina Osborne
Rev Katherine Claire Long
Rev Michael James Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
Rosemary Helen Parry Rowcroft James · trustee of 2 other charities
Terrance Dawes

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£304k	£291k
31/12/2023	£0	£0
31/12/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is WATLING VALLEY ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the partnership incurred a net loss of £11,278.97 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £112,286.17. This actual reserve level is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £134,000, which equates to six months of unrestricted payments. The trustees note that only essential expenditure was agreed in 2024 and that effort was made to raise funds through events and individual giving. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WATLING VALLEY ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WATLING VALLEY ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP as a grant recipient include THE ROBERT WINSTANLEY TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Rev Michael James Morris — trustee here and at THE ROBERT WINSTANLEY TRUST
Rosemary Helen Parry Rowcroft James — trustee here and at THE ROBERT WINSTANLEY TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROBERT WINSTANLEY TRUST	FY2025	£7k	for furtherance of the mission to All Saints’ Church, Loughton

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 CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST	1	£211k

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 WALCOT, BATH.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WATLING VALLEY ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP	£304k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2025	£356k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2025	£449k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK FY2023	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE WEMBLEY PARK IN THE DIOCESE OF LONDON FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S KINGS WORTHY FY2025	£191k	—	above	—	no doubt

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