The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey

Registered charity 1129915 · since 2009walthamabbeychurch.co.uk·Essex·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Abbey Church's stated object is to promote the whole mission of the Church in its ecclesiastical parish, and its annual report gave no readable grants figure or grant range, so the likely size of any award cannot be judged from what is published.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the contact shown there is the route to ask whether it accepts requests and on what terms before you write a proposal.
The Charity Commission records its area of operation as Essex, but no geographic focus is stated, so do not assume that limit applies to your organisation without asking.
The published material sets out no exclusions or eligibility rules, so nothing here rules a request out.

Overview

The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1129915).

The Abbey Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and its stated object is to promote the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish. It describes its primary purpose as offering a variety of opportunities for prayer and worship, whether as a community or individually.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The charity's stated object is to promote the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish. The PCC co-operates with the Rector in pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical work. The Abbey Church describes its primary purpose as offering varied opportunities for prayer and worship, individually and as a community, with services on Sundays and during the week. Its parish activities also include pastoral visiting to the sick and bereaved, Christian teaching through sermons, courses and small groups, religious assemblies in schools and a youth group with a Christian ethos. The parish describes itself as seeking to respond to others’ needs and serve the local community.

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

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Essex

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey.

St Mary's Church StebbingNo public processGave £5,665 St Thomas of Canterbury Church of EnglandNo public processGave £3,508 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chigwell and Chigwell RowNo public processGave £2,782 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of DedhamNo public process The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bewdley with Ribbesford & DowlesNo public processGave £898 St John the Evangelist, Kensal GreenNo public processGave £4,380 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Mardyke Team MinistryNo public process The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, BaildonNo public process St Mary IslingtonNo public processGave £17,010 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Acton Trussell with BednallNo public processGave £3,050

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£238,338	£275,401	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£255,006	£301,661	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£281,579	£296,959	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£306,413	£285,011	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£309,227	£299,761	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.