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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

Children of Watamu

Children of Watamu is a registered charity (number 1098731) based in Oxfordshire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by David Hayward since 2015. Latest income £94k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £94k (2025)
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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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Lancashire, Blackpool, Kenya
Website
www.childrenofwatamu.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£94k£82k
  • 2024£165k£85k
  • 2023£120k£82k
Earlier years
  • 2022£153k£159k
  • 2021£162k£169k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST CHILDREN IN WATUMU, KENYA BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS SCHOOL FEES FOR CHILDREN IN WATUMU

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.

9 trustees on the board

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£94k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1098731
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 15/04/2003AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 03/07/2003AS AMENDED ON 16/10/2014
Contact on the register
+447479498987 · dave@childrenofwatamu.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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