St Mary's Watford

Registered charity 1132880 · since 2009stmaryswatford.org·International·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£6,941

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2024

From the Charity Commission register

year to 31 December 2025 grants not yet published.

Key takeaways

The latest reported giving is £6,941, and the funder publishes no grant range, so size any request to your project rather than to a figure from this funder.
Most of its money is donor-directed: gifts go to recipients the donors choose, and a PCC-approved formula applies when no recipient is named, so an unsolicited request has a limited route in.
The reported recipients include Christian missionary and relief organisations, Christian work in schools and town-centre ministry, and work with people who are or are at risk of homelessness, so a Christian mission or relief project fits best.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website to ask whether it accepts approaches.
The register lists its geographic focus as worldwide, so a project outside Watford is not ruled out.

Overview

St Mary's Watford is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1132880).

St Mary's Watford is a parish church charity whose PCC exists to promote the whole mission of the Church in the parish, including pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical work, and to share the good news of God's love with the people of Watford and beyond. Its External Giving Fund receives money donated specifically for the worldwide mission of the Church. That money is distributed according to donors' wishes or, where no wish is specified, to missions in line with a formula the PCC has approved. The charity reported giving of £6,941 on the Charity Commission register.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2024) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 24 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The PCC’s primary objective is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Church of England doctrines and practices. Its External Giving Fund receives money specifically donated for support of the worldwide mission of the Church. Some members donate to St Mary’s for money to be passed to recipients they choose; when no recipient is specified, distributions go to missions under a formula approved by the PCC. The reported recipients include Christian missionary and relief organisations, Christian work in schools and town-centre ministry, and work supporting people who are or are at risk of homelessness. This is donor-directed giving, with a PCC-approved formula for unspecified wishes.

Themes

Christian missions and relief

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£276,500	£319,556	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£319,663	£308,822	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£332,614	£360,698	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£557,348	£297,721	£6,941	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£481,940	£330,312	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.