STILL WATERS

Registered charity 1139135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide subsidised Christian or secular counselling .To reach those in the community unable to afford or access other resources. To also provide CPD .Workshops:Child Protection/Safeguarding. Couple Counselling. Sand Tray Refresher

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROVIDE HELP AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:A. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.B. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH BY:I. THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO COUNSELLORS.STILL WATERS WILL OFFER FOR RENT THE TRAINING FACILITIES AT THE PROPERTY "49 GORDON ROAD, WESTWOOD, MARGATE, CT9 4EA" TO GROUPS INVOLVED IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, OR ANY OTHER SECULAR ACTIVITY THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE CHRISTIAN ETHOS OF STILL WATERS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE TRUSTEES AND THEIR WORD IS FINAL AND BINDING.

Area of benefit: MARGATE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Thanet, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£90k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a balance of £33,785.77, which represents a decrease from the previous year. The trustees expressed confidence in the financial management and noted that monthly losses were counteracted by fundraising and grants. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target or unrestricted reserves figure to compare against.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mr Roy Corker. Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2026

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2026£90k£106k
01/04/2025£92k£81k
01/04/2024£95k£83k
01/04/2023£84k£101k
01/04/2022£79k£75k

Common questions

Is STILL WATERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a balance of £33,785.77, which represents a decrease from the previous year. The trustees expressed confidence in the financial management and noted that monthly losses were counteracted by fundraising and grants. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target or unrestricted reserves figure to compare against. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Mr Roy Corker.

Who funds STILL WATERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STILL WATERS as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, EDWARD VINSON 1957 CHARITY SETTLEMENT, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£73k
EDWARD VINSON 1957 CHARITY SETTLEMENTFY2024£3kCommunity counselling and support
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government29/09/2020£13kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 THE STILL WATERS CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STILL WATERS£90k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STILL WATERS CHURCH FY2025£264k—0below—no doubt
THE LIVING WATERS TRUST FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERLOO COMMUNITY COUNSELLING FY2025£642k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVING WATERS EUROPE FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt

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