The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited

Analysis

The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waltham Abbey. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03376501). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £307k to £1.1m (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Peckham (£1.1m), Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust (£1.1m) and Jesmond Community Leisure (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69% and donations and legacies 31%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 8 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.