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FRANK WATER PROJECTS

Registered charity 1121273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Frank Water Charity

Frank Water funds provision of safe drinking water within inclusive WASH programmes, helping close the loop that is critical to health and wellbeing. Implementation takes different forms and uses only appropriate technology. Frank Water concentrates on areas and populations where its work can have maximum impact, beneficiaries include marginalised tribal populations and isolated rural communities.

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

Latest income
£415k
Latest spending
£508k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the period was £414,534 against total expenditure of £507,523, resulting in a net expenditure of £92,989. The charity held £51,525 in total reserves at year-end, with free reserves of £41,204, which fell below the trustees' stated satisfactory target of £55,710 during the year but were restored above the target level after the year-end through cost reductions. The organization remains adaptable and resilient despite a challenging fundraising environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: unclear
“The trustees consider the key management personnel to be themselves, the Chief Executive Officer, Head of Operations and Finances, Head of Development and the Head of Programmes and Fundraising. Total remuneration and benefits paid to key management personnel during the year amounted to £98,325” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Frank Water Projects received £15,294 from Frank Water CIC in respect of rent and overheads, and £34,781 was owed to the charity at year end, including a £25,000 loan.
“During the year, Frank Water Projects received £15,294 (2024: £15,483) from Frank Water CIC in respect of rent and overheads, and £34,781was owed to the charity at the year end (2024: £44,496 owed to the charity). Of this balance outstanding at the year end, £25,000 consisted of a loan from Frank Water Projects to Frank Water CIC to support their working capital.” — page 44
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Frank Water Projects (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Total income
£595k
Total spending
£499k
Cost of raising funds
£88k
Reserves (reported)
£303k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 14.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Nepal · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£415k£508k
30/09/2024£462k£620k
30/09/2023£595k£499k
30/09/2022£522k£397k
30/09/2021£343k£313k

Common questions

Is FRANK WATER PROJECTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the period was £414,534 against total expenditure of £507,523, resulting in a net expenditure of £92,989. The charity held £51,525 in total reserves at year-end, with free reserves of £41,204, which fell below the trustees' stated satisfactory target of £55,710 during the year but were restored above the target level after the year-end through cost reductions. The organization remains adaptable and resilient despite a challenging fundraising environment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of FRANK WATER PROJECTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the unclear band.

Who funds FRANK WATER PROJECTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRANK WATER PROJECTS as a grant recipient include THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2023£5kSmaller Grants

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT2£40k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£33k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY2£27k
ZOUQ FOUNDATION1—
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
Founders Pledge Ltd1£386k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION1£173k
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRANK WATER PROJECTS£415kunclear0unclear—no doubt
CHARITY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED FY2025£3.3m——above—no doubt
WATER FOR KIDS FY2026£128k—0above—no doubt
VILLAGE WATER LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
FAIRY WATER TRUST FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt
WELLBORING FY2025£278k—0unclear—no doubt

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