WATERAID

Charity number: 288701
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£90,861,000

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Donations and legacies £64.48m
Charitable activities £24.39m
Other trading activities £1.01m
Investments £701.00k
Other £275.00k

Total expenditure:
£93,639,000

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Raising funds £23.71m
Charitable activities £69.93m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £3,089,000 from 4 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £23.71m
Charitable expenditure £69.93m

People

888 Employee(s)

14 Trustee(s)

990 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 32
£70k to £80k 14
£80k to £90k 11
£90k to £100k 9
£100k to £110k 3
£110k to £120k 3
£120k to £130k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Bangladesh
  • Burkina Faso
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 February 1984: Standard registration
  • 01 September 2014: Funds received from 242678 THE ROWAN CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 15 July 2018: Funds received from 1052557 MEXBOROUGH NEW LIFE CHURCH
  • 01 October 2018: Funds received from 256640 NEW RENASCENCE
  • 05 February 2019: Funds received from 1145153 SADAQAH FOUNDATION
  • 15 February 2021: Funds received from 1021780 STANLEY CLAYTON TRUST
  • 23 February 2021: Funds received from 1156255 NEW INSPIRATION FOUNDATION
  • 19 March 2021: Funds received from 1143412 KENYA 2020
  • 14 May 2021: Funds received from 271022 THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 29 March 2022: Funds received from 1058376 WOOD GREEN MENNONITE CHURCH TRUST
  • 12 August 2022: Funds received from 1035923 ROTARY CLUB OF SEAHOUSES AND DISTRICT CHARITABLE T...
  • 31 August 2022: Funds received from 1030696 INNER WHEEL CLUB OF DORCHESTER CHARITY FUND
  • 15 November 2022: Funds received from 1039408 INNER WHEEL CLUB OF ST AUSTELL BENEVOLENT FUND
  • 17 July 2023: Funds received from 1187267 WATER4ALL
  • 14 August 2024: Funds received from 1016859 POWER AID
  • 06 December 2024: Funds received from 1174254 MEDICAL EDUCATION, SANITATION AND HEALTH IN ETHIOP...
  • 10 December 2024: Funds received from 1138556 HAKI WATER
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WATER AID (Working name)
  • WATERAID (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANDREW JAMES GREEN Chair 09 October 2020
WATERAID INTERNATIONAL
Received: On time
Mamadou Biteye Trustee 11 July 2023
Anglo American Foundation
Received: On time
Ashvin Dayal Trustee 11 July 2023
None on record
Nina Marta Pertwee Trustee 11 July 2023
None on record
Simi Sadaf Kamal Trustee 11 July 2023
None on record
Sanjay Nair Trustee 11 July 2023
None on record
Alyson Margaret Clark Trustee 11 October 2019
None on record
Dr Guido Schmidt-Traub Trustee 11 October 2019
GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT UK
Received: On time
Hilary Frances Wild Trustee 11 October 2019
None on record
Peter John Simpson Trustee 12 October 2018
None on record
HEIDI MOTTRAM CBE Trustee 13 October 2017
KIELDER WATER AND FOREST PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Received: On time
THE ROYAL ANNIVERSARY TRUST
Received: On time
Professor Mala Rao OBE Trustee 13 October 2017
WATERAID INTERNATIONAL
Received: On time
MANUEL ALVARINHO Trustee 13 October 2017
None on record
Heather Skilling Trustee 13 October 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £91.26m £89.52m £91.91m £94.54m £90.86m
Total expenditure £95.05m £85.39m £84.50m £96.40m £93.64m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £6.45m £5.61m £2.12m £2.69m £3.09m
Income - Donations and legacies £55.49m £54.85m £58.53m £63.48m £64.48m
Income - Other trading activities £4.51m £3.78m £931.00k £1.08m £1.01m
Income - Charitable activities £27.77m £26.98m £25.86m £29.60m £24.39m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £183.00k £183.00k £20.00k £379.00k £701.00k
Income - Other £3.31m £3.73m £6.58m £0 £275.00k
Income - Legacies £9.18m £9.19m £11.53m £12.84m £12.69m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £72.84m £63.85m £62.79m £72.86m £69.93m
Expenditure - Raising funds £22.12m £21.45m £21.67m £23.54m £23.71m
Expenditure - Governance £9.57m £527.00k £641.00k £1.08m £1.06m
Expenditure - Grants institution £55.90m £13.21m £10.20m £10.46m £7.90m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £85.00k £87.00k £38.00k £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £1.90m £4.59m £5.20m £5.65m £5.04m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £100.00k £182.00k
Other assets £39.05m £40.69m £47.56m £46.43m £42.22m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £8.64m £8.85m £8.91m £10.19m £8.22m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 25 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 25 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's 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

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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
WaterAid
6th Floor
20 Canada Square
LONDON
Phone:
02077934500
Email:
supportercare@wateraid.org
Website:

www.wateraid.org Open in new window