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THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1117535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£15.5m
Latest spending
£16.2m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £241,107,314, a significant increase from the previous year's £220,064,926, driven by a large net gain on investments of £21,734,009. The trustees report a sound financial situation and explicitly state there is no requirement for an explicit reserves policy at this time. The charity generated a net income surplus of £21,042,388 despite total expenditure exceeding total incoming resources from donations and investment income.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Carston ETL.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£15.5m
Total spending
£16.2m
Cost of raising funds
£520k
Reserves (reported)
£241.1m
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~179.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£15.5m£16.2m
31/12/2024£11.2m£13.8m
31/12/2023£10.3m£13.7m
31/12/2022£11.5m£11.6m
31/12/2021£14.3m£11.1m

Common questions

Is THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £241,107,314, a significant increase from the previous year's £220,064,926, driven by a large net gain on investments of £21,734,009. The trustees report a sound financial situation and explicitly state there is no requirement for an explicit reserves policy at this time. The charity generated a net income surplus of £21,042,388 despite total expenditure exceeding total incoming resources from donations and investment income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Carston ETL.

Who funds THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include WAR ON WANT, BWYD BOB AMSER.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
WAR ON WANTFY2024£21k
BWYD BOB AMSERFY2024£20k

Funders of similar charities

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THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£150k

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