The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Waltham Abbey Church

Registered charity 1044663 Registered since 1995

Operates: Essex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

7.8y median 7.5y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 12Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£43k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.walthamabbeychurch.co.uk/Friends/friends.htm
Emailfriends@walthamabbeychurch.co.uk
Phone01992767873
AddressPARISH OFFICE, Abbey Church Centre, Abbey Gardens, WALTHAM ABBEY, EN9 1XQ

Finances

£20,035 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£396,386£6,043
2022£13,461£12,177
2023£15,561£10,225
2024£42,741£17,412
2025£20,035£11,700

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE FABRIC OF WALTHAM ABBEY CHURCH AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE.

Governing document: AMENDED CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 AUGUST 1994 AS AMENDED 7 MAY 2003 AND 26 MAY 2010

Trustees (12)

12trustees
78median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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