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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND STUDY OF SITES OF MILITARY INTEREST;TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BUT IN PARTICULAR (AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED OR WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES BY PARTICIPATION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND STUDY OF SITES OF MILITARY INTEREST;TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, BY ADVANCING ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE RELIEF OF VETERANS IN NEED BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR INJURY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES THROUGH (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INJURED, DISABLED AND OTHER SERVICE PERSONNEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND STUDY OF SITES OF MILITARY INTEREST.

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

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

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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

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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 7.2 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (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
• Dr Ian Collard OBE
• 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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• THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION income £15.5m

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