The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Village Water Limited

Registered charity 1117377 Registered since 2006

Operates: Mozambique, Zambia

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Overseas Aid/famine Relief 12Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 13Professional services 4Finance 3

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£1.5m latest income
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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

9 from 6 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.villagewater.org
Emailinfo@villagewater.org
Phone01743241563
AddressC/O URC Office, Coleham Head, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7BJ

Finances

£1,478,198 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,201,760£1,111,046
2022£2,303,396£1,975,025
2023£2,447,890£2,558,958
2024£1,688,308£1,660,016
2025£1,478,198£1,516,641

What it does

What

Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, HYGIENE EDUCATION AND SANITATION AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING HEALTH, ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO LOCAL PARTNERS WORKING IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA AND FOR OTHER COMPLEMENTARY CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITIES & INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH WE WORK.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 OCTOBER 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 MAY 2016 as amended on 07 Jan 2024 as amended on 26 Jul 2024 as amended on 26 Jul 2024

Trustees (12)

12trustees
46median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Village Water Limited · 05970344 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/10/2006

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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