THE WATER CONSERVATION TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1199697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides for relief of poverty of persons generally engaged in water and environment sector, advancement of education of persons engaged or wanting to engage in the water and environment sectors, promotion of research in the field of water technology and conservation, promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in schools and support to youth organisations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ENGLAND AND WALES ARE:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE PERSONS ENGAGED IN WATER CONSERVATION, THE WATER INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE TREATMENT OF WATER AND WASTE WATER, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS;(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED OR DESIRING TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE WATER INDUSTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OR ELSEWHERE IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BY:-(I) PROVIDING OR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF ALL REQUISITE FACILITIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH;(II) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS INTENDING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE WATER INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OR ELSEWHERE IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE GENERALLY SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES;(III) AWARDING PRIZES IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXAMINATIONS OF RECOGNISED EDUCATION AUTHORITIES;(IV) ASSISTING IN GENERAL OR INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL EDUCATION ANY PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE PREPARING TO ENTER THE WATER INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, COMMERCE OR INDUSTRY GENERALLY BY THE PROVISION OF BOOKS THE PAYMENT OF FEES AND THE DEFRAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT;(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND WATER RELATED SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT TO YOUTH AND STUDENT ORGANISATIONS.(4) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF WATER TECHNOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OR OTHERWISE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED OR DESIRING TO ENGAGE IN THE WATER INDUSTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE DISSEMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND FACILITIES FOR THOSE ENGAGED IN SUCH RESEARCH AND THE AWARD OF BURSARIES AND PRIZES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH;(5) TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS MAY BE DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE CHARITY TRUSTEES BY MAKING DONATIONS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES.

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 total receipts for the year were £34,351, while total payments amounted to £67,852, resulting in a net expenditure. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £654,080, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of developing a fund to support medium-term programmes and poverty relief.

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (50% 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: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER WILLIAM JAMES NORTHchair
• CHRISTINE SUSAN JARVIS
• CHRISTOPHER GEOFFREY PARKER
• LEE MORTON
• PETER BEILBY HALL
• Professor Martin Geoffrey Bigg
• ROBERT JOHN CASEY
• THOMAS NICHOLAS FLOOD
• Trevor Charles Harrington

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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