ALLEGRA FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1133540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLEGRA FOUNDATION, Project Waterfall

The Allegra Foundation, trading as Project Waterfall, is a charity committed to bringing clean drinking water, sanitation and education to coffee growing countries. The foundation also organises UK Coffee Week, an annual celebration of coffee which unites the coffee industry to raise funds for Project Waterfall.

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

Latest income

£200k

Latest spending

£203k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,281 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £55,188. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong position to deliver its objectives, citing diversified income streams and adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to invest in projects that the trustees consider meet the objectives of the Foundation (held: £52k)

“The Foundation aims to ensure long term sustainability of the charity and maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to invest in projects that the trustees consider meet the objectives of the Foundation.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Foundation owed £3,084 to Allegra Strategies Limited, a company under the control of J Young, a trustee.

“At the Balance Sheet date, the Foundation owed £3,084 (2023 - was owed £1,761) to Allegra Strategies Limited, a company under the control of J Young, a trustee. The full amount is disclosed within other creditors at the year end.” — page 22

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Project Waterfall (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

AQUAPHOR Professional — “A panel event sponsored by AQUAPHOR Professional exploring challenges & opportunities surrounding water usage in the coffee supply chain.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JEFFREY YOUNG MBAchair
BARRY KITHER
Jessica Worden
Kamal Bengougam
Laura Kiri Harper-Hinton
Matthew Wootliff
Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£200k	£203k
31/12/2023	£247k	£231k
31/12/2022	£283k	£254k
31/12/2021	£120k	£133k
31/12/2020	£111k	£178k

Common questions

Is ALLEGRA FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,281 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £55,188. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong position to deliver its objectives, citing diversified income streams and adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATER FALL.

WATER FALL income £516k
THE ALTITUDE FOUNDATION income £159k
THE ALETHEIA FOUNDATION income £109k
ALWAHAB FOUNDATION income £1.1m
THE ALTRO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £109k
WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £598k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ALLEGRA FOUNDATION LIMITED	£200k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WATER FALL FY2025	£516k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALTITUDE FOUNDATION FY2025	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALETHEIA FOUNDATION FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALWAHAB FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALTRO FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£109k	—	below	—	no doubt

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