THE ONE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1118810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The One Foundation exists to positively change lives in developing countries through a simple vision that includes: a world in which everyone has access to clean, safe water, forever. Our mission is to support sustainable WASH services to change lives in some of the world's poorest communities.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £888,218 at 31 December 2025, which the trustees consider adequate to cover at least six months of operating expenditure as per their reserves policy. The charity reported a net income increase of 10% in fundraising to £3,358,841, with total expenditure rising by 22% to £3,013,871, resulting in a net movement in funds of £309,937. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The One Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Paul Gunstensen — Executive Director (source)
• Jim Ridgwick — Chair of Trustees (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• One Water — “Our founding partner and the heartbeat of our mission. Since day one, One Water has helped fund clean water and sanitation projects in some …” (source page)
• Co-op — “A long-standing champion of responsible retail, Co-op has partnered with us since 2007, empowering customers to make a difference through ev…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 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 (98% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Edward Gordon Ridgwickchair
• Duncan Hugh Goose
• KARINA MORAWSKA
• Nyika Brain

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

Operates in: Ghana · Kenya · Malawi · Rwanda · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with One Housing Foundation.

• One Housing Foundation income £221k
• One Life Global Welfare income £861k
• ONE TO ONE CHILDREN'S FUND income £2.0m
• ONE VISION income £219k
• ONE FOR THE WORLD (OFTW) income £206k
• THE ONE FEEDS TWO FOUNDATION income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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