WasteAid
Registered charity 1160263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WASTEAID UK
- Sharing knowledge between the international development and solid waste and resource communities- Delivery of solid waste services to communities without them- Raising awareness of the negative impact of solid waste management on poorer communities
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £264,215 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income growing by 11% to £1,212,733. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £189,954, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The cash position strengthened considerably during the year, with cash balances growing by 50%.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £190k; policy: three months of operating expenses)
“At the end of the financial year the charity held free reserves of £189,954 representing 2.4 months of operating expenditure, slightly below target.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ward Williams. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WasteAid UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ceris Turner-Bailes — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Akira Akazawa — Director of Programmes (source)
- Tim Jarvis — Director of Finance (source)
- Jonathan Straight — Chair (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: India · South Africa · South Sudan · The Gambia · Throughout England · Uganda
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WasteAid financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £264,215 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income growing by 11% to £1,212,733. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £189,954, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The cash position strengthened considerably during the year, with cash balances growing by 50%. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Ward Williams.
Who funds WasteAid?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WasteAid as a grant recipient include UNITED PURPOSE, H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.
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