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).

Objects

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 UTILITIES AS WATER AND/OR SEWERAGE UNDERTAKER APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THE WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991 (OR ANY STATUTORY MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT TO THAT ACT). SUCH RELIEF IS TO BE PROVIDED AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND IS TO INCLUDE THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN RELATION TO DEBT, DEBT AWARENESS AND DEBT PREVENTION.

Area of benefit: FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE SUPPLIED BY UNITED UTILITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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 UNITE 4 HUMANITY.

• UNITE 4 HUMANITY income £1.1m
• WATERBEACH UNITED CHARITIES income £30k
• WATER UNITE income £993k
• THE LIVING WATERS TRUST income £128k
• UNITY (SOUTHERN) LTD income £887k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k

Side by side with its peers

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