The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Walthamstow and Chingford Almshouse Charity

Registered charity 1116355 Registered since 2006

Operates: Waltham Forest

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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.

14 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

14
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 14Accommodation/housing 13Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious 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.

Business services 3Property 3Construction 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.3 in 2021

8 from 8 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.wcac.org.uk
Emailoffice@wcac.org.uk
Phone02085200295
AddressMONOUX HALL, CHURCH END, WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON, E17 9RL

Finances

£1,289,087 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£963,936£705,152
2022£989,206£707,664
2023£1,032,766£898,867
2024£1,172,804£1,143,249
2025£1,289,087£1,091,229

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(A) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT, OR FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT;(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE ALMSHOUSES AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE;(C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL NEED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(2) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 4 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 14/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28/07/2007AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 23/07/2014 as amended on 24 Apr 2019

Trustees (14)

14trustees
67median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Walthamstow & Chingford Almshouse Trustee Company Limited · 06374226 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/09/2007

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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