UNITED UTILITIES TRUST FUND

Registered charity 1108296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UUTF

The relief of those persons who are in condition of need, poverty, hardship or other distress and are unable to meet the cost of charges for the supply of water and/or sewerage services provided to premises used or occupied by them by United as water and/or sewerage undertaker appointed pursuant to the Water Industry Act 1991 (or any statutory modification or amendment to that Act).

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £3.5m in donations and spent £3.45m on grants, resulting in a net surplus of £56,757 for the year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £319,249, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £200,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient reserves for the next 12 to 18 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• United Utilities Water Limited — “United Utilities Trust Fund is an independent grant making trust, committed to helping people out of poverty and debt – thanks to generous d…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Robert Berry
• Eamonn James Guilfoyle
• Gary John Dixon
• Jo-Anne Elsa Boswell
• Martin Charles Crowhurst
• Michelle Mather
• Sally Rowena Bence

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Cumbria · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WATER CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WATER CHARITABLE TRUST income £240k
• YORKSHIRE WATER COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.3m
• FIRDOUS FOUNDATION income £184k
• THE WSUP CHARITY income £2.0m
• THE UMEED WELFARE TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) income £238k
• MOUNTAIN OF MERCY income £317k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.