THE FRESHWATER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide charities, voluntary and community entities with: - funds for development purposes; - marketing, advocacy, educational and other support services; - encouragement and facilitation of coordination and cooperation amongst themselves;- encouragement and facilitation of engagement with broader public life;

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: THE DONATION OF FUNDS TO CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES; THE PROVISION OF MARKETING, ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES; THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF COORDINATION AND COOPERATION AMONGST CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES; THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC BY CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES; AND BY AIDING AND EMPOWERING CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ENTITIES IN ANY WAY THE DIRECTORS DEEM FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, CONSISTENT WITH CHARITY LAW.(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING TRAINING AND RESEARCH)

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £6,756 to £4,387 due to net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, noting that the required level has been maintained throughout the year despite the current balance being below that target. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10238641

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FOLEY, Polly Louise — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
• CASERTANO, Manuel — director, appointed 09/01/2019on trustee list
• HUNT, Juliet Maria — director, appointed 17/06/2016on trustee list
• ROBBINS, Mark Nicholas George — director, appointed 17/06/2016on trustee list
• ROBBINS, Mark Nicholas George — secretary, appointed 17/06/2016

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Juliet Hunt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Manuel Casertano
• Mark Robbins
• Polly Foley

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

Operates in: Ealing · Hounslow

Income and spending

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