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Wateraid

1.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:1.1.1 to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through (i) the improvement of water supplies, sanitation and hygiene services, and (ii) providing...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £92m (2025)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Where
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana and more
Website
www.wateraid.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wateraid
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£92m£97m
  • 2024£91m£94m
  • 2023£95m£96m
Earlier years
  • 2022£92m£84m
  • 2021£90m£85m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:1.1.1 to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through (i) the improvement of water supplies, sanitation and hygiene services, and (ii) providing advice on related health matters; and 1.1.2 to advance education concerning the nature, causes and effects of such poverty and suffering related to inadequate water supplies, sanitation and/or hygiene services. 1.2 Nothing in the objects shall authorise an application of property for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with s.7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Grants received

59 grants · £19,487,457 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis for researchers

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.

13 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

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 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13Education/training 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 14Professional services 13Finance 11

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£92.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

933 from 882 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
288701
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH JANUARY 1984 AS AMENDED 17 OCTOBER 1989, 24 SEPTEMBER 1997, 23 SEPTEMBER 1998, 9 SEPTEMBER 2004 AND 4 OCTOBER 2007 as amended on 16 Oct 2020 as amended on 28 Nov 2023
Companies House
Company number 01787329 · Active
Contact on the register
02077934500 · supportercare@wateraid.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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