WATERLOO UNCOVERED

Registered charity 1168268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Waterloo Uncovered was established in 2015, the Battle of Waterloo's bicentenary, to undertake the first major excavation of the battlefield, and support serving personnel and veterans in their recovery, education and return (transition) to civilian life. The charity includes education and welfare as charitable objectives, and encourages multinational collaboration.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £30,211, increasing its total funds to £95,586. The trustees' report notes that financial sustainability remains challenging due to the external environment, and the charity is dependent on donated funds. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has reduced its staff headcount to three employees.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Waterloo Uncovered (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGADIER GREVILLE BIBBY CBE
• Elizabeth Jane Browne
• George Waters
• Lorraine Money
• Major General James Michael Cowan CBE DSO
• Major General Sarah Helen Johansen CB MBE

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

Operates in: Belgium · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION income £15.5m
• WATERLOO COMMUNITY COUNSELLING income £642k
• WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE income £203k
• WATERLOO EAST THEATRE LTD income £193k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WATERLOO income £1.1m
• SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURS income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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