HAQ WATER FOR LIFE LTD

Registered charity 1193595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our main activities within this charity are to provide or facilitate free education to local communities in Africa. Improve social welfare of inhabitants by providing food, water, medical supplies and other necessary utilities. To provide grants of money to relieve financial hardship, either generally or individually. We also aim to support any disaster appeals around the world.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF THE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION.2) TO RELIEVE CHARITABLE NEED AND SICKNESS BY PROMOTING AND IMPROVING THE SUPPLY OF FOOD, WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, UTILITIES AND ALL MATTERS REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF AFRICA WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AFRICA BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES. 4) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE COMPANY MAY DETERMINE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £4,215 to £2,617 due to a net expenditure of £1,598 against incoming resources of £49,212. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of keeping a minimum of £2,000 in unrestricted funds to safeguard against funding downturns. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under the small companies regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (89% of income)
“Donations and legacies 49,212”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a minimum of £2,000 (held: £3k)
“To safeguard against a potential downturn in funding, a minimum of £2,000 will be maintained as reserves in unrestricted funds”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£49k£51k
31/07/2024£41k£41k
31/07/2023£33k£38k
31/07/2022£29k£22k

Common questions

Is HAQ WATER FOR LIFE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £4,215 to £2,617 due to a net expenditure of £1,598 against incoming resources of £49,212. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of keeping a minimum of £2,000 in unrestricted funds to safeguard against funding downturns. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under the small companies regime. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.