Registered charity · London
Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter-Wfcns Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £858k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Newham and more
- Website
- www.wfcbranches.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter-Wfcns Limited
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£858k£820k
- 2024£1.5m£811k
- 2023£1.1m£760k
Earlier years
- 2022£857k£689k
- 2021£720k£653k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF SINGLE PERSONS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE HOMELESS BY THE PROVISION OF A HOSTEL, AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SUPPORT SERVICES.
Grants received
21 grants · £2,008,419 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £918,531 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £334,300 (2 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £317,820 (3 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £183,675 (5 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £150,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Gilbert Alexander Stowe Chair since 2013
- Alan Mustafa since 2017
- Anna Nesbitt since 2025
- Benjamin John Patrick Lynch since 2014
- Dr Sheila Belgrave since 2024
- Ian Pogue since 2024
- Tom Markwell since 2024
- Winston Reid
Trustees past 6 years
- Gilbert Alexander Stowe Chair since 2013
- Alan Mustafa since 2017
- Benjamin John Patrick Lynch since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gilbert Alexander Stowe Chair since 2013
- Alan Mustafa since 2017
- Anna Nesbitt since 2025
- Benjamin John Patrick Lynch since 2014
- Ian Pogue since 2024
- Tom Markwell since 2024
- Winston Reid
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Sheila Belgrave since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1086888
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/09/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/04/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/08/2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/12/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 03844727 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02085206363 · theoffice@wfcbranches.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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