WATER FALL

Registered charity 1140634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATER FALL CHARITY

THE CHARITY AIMS TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND SUFFERING BY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF,THROUGH EDUCATION, FOOD, HOUSING, WATER PROVISION AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMMES.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY BUILDING WELLS, PUMPS AND THE INSTALLATION OF WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS IN UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFE AND CLEAN WATER

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

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

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£516k
Latest spending
£696k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held a surplus of unrestricted funds of £423 and restricted funds of £5,906 at the end of the year. The trustees report that the charity consistently met its objectives with a 100% completion rate across all planned initiatives. The filing confirms that fundraising targets were successfully met through online and community-based efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2023 (received 04/12/2023, 4 days after the 30/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£495k
Total spending
£696k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£6k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Tanzania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£516k£696k
31/01/2024£917k£805k
31/01/2023£667k£646k
31/01/2022£479k£535k
31/01/2021£593k£542k

Common questions

Is WATER FALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held a surplus of unrestricted funds of £423 and restricted funds of £5,906 at the end of the year. The trustees report that the charity consistently met its objectives with a 100% completion rate across all planned initiatives. The filing confirms that fundraising targets were successfully met through online and community-based efforts. Its FY2025 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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WATER FALL£516k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE FY2025£203kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWATER RELIEF FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
STILL WATERS FY2026£90k—0unclear—no doubt
WATER FOR KIDS FY2026£128k—0above—no doubt
FLOWW FY2025£189k——below—no doubt

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