WALTHAM ABBEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We act as an umbrella and bring together individuals, families and voluntary organisations in the area. We cater for children and young people, the elderly and the general public. We provide a meeting place with facilities.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WALTHAM ABBEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; (B) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNTIY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: WALTHAM ABBEY AND DIST THE URBAN DIST OF WALTHAM HOLY CROSS

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,389 for the year, resulting in negative unrestricted funds of £1,316. The trustees consider current cash reserves sufficient for short-term operations and confirm the charity is a going concern. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Wilsonchair
• Christina Tait
• Derek Wraith
• JEAN MCALPIN
• Janet Money
• Jean Street
• Karen Burgess
• Lynn Hall-Pearson
• Samantha Churchill
• Suzanne Brady

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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